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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Oil loss through breather pipe
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnbull" data-source="post: 20397" data-attributes="member: 2349"><p>Just read through this whole thread. Thanks for the info, but thanks also for the humour. I needed a good laugh !</p><p> </p><p>Someone mentioned Bill Kind. I've just been on the phone with him this evening. I bought my Series B Meteor from him many years ago, and have enjoyed many thousand miles of riding with it since. As my Meteor had never been touched since 1948, in recent years it has been somewhat OILY - now there's an understatement for you ! Tony and I did last year's Giro di Sicilia rally - I rode the Meteor - and I swear I used more oil than fuel, so much so that the Italian organiser presented me with a pack of nappies to put under the bike when left on hotel forecourts.</p><p> </p><p>Since then Tony and I have rebuilt the top end, also fitting an O/S piston, new valves, guides etc, and I can tell you that consumption since then has been absolutely minimal and power has doubled. We were again invited on the "Giro" last October, and again I rode the Meteor. It was a different bike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnbull, post: 20397, member: 2349"] Just read through this whole thread. Thanks for the info, but thanks also for the humour. I needed a good laugh ! Someone mentioned Bill Kind. I've just been on the phone with him this evening. I bought my Series B Meteor from him many years ago, and have enjoyed many thousand miles of riding with it since. As my Meteor had never been touched since 1948, in recent years it has been somewhat OILY - now there's an understatement for you ! Tony and I did last year's Giro di Sicilia rally - I rode the Meteor - and I swear I used more oil than fuel, so much so that the Italian organiser presented me with a pack of nappies to put under the bike when left on hotel forecourts. Since then Tony and I have rebuilt the top end, also fitting an O/S piston, new valves, guides etc, and I can tell you that consumption since then has been absolutely minimal and power has doubled. We were again invited on the "Giro" last October, and again I rode the Meteor. It was a different bike. [/QUOTE]
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