pumping up the prices.

[clevtrev]

You were robbed i paid £7/10- shillings for my Comet pulled out of a coal hole in Rochdale in 1970. Ken

I paid a fiver for mine in 1957, that`s inflation for you. ;-)

 

[vibrac]

I paid a fiver for mine in 1957, that`s inflation for you. ;-)

£5:0:0 1957 =£98.45 today
£7:10s 1970 =£97.28 today

 

[Ducdude]

Wow and I thought I was crazy for paying $90 for an original....It is now to nice to keep on the bike. Any one have a lead on a modern pump that works, looks ok and fits in the luggs that I can get in the USA?

Thanks,
Eric

 

[clevtrev]

Wow and I thought I was crazy for paying $90 for an original....It is now to nice to keep on the bike. Any one have a lead on a modern pump that works, looks ok and fits in the luggs that I can get in the USA?

Thanks,
Eric

You wait till it drops off on a bumpy road, and you don`t notice. `til you get home.

 

[Ducdude]

You wait till it drops off on a bumpy road, and you don`t notice. `til you get home.

I hate when that happens

 

[nkt267]

You wait till it drops off on a bumpy road, and you don`t notice. `til you get home.

She was really annoyed when I eventually realised

 

[b'knighted]

A cheap replica pump can be prevented from dropping off by drilling/tapping the handle just clear of the body when fitted. Inserting a screw stops the pump from being compressed to remove from the clips. The handle is then rotated so that the screw is towards the middle of the bike.
You wouldn't want to do this if you'd just paid £361 for the pump.

 

[A-BCD]

Wow and I thought I was crazy for paying $90 for an original....It is now to nice to keep on the bike. Any one have a lead on a modern pump that works, looks ok and fits in the luggs that I can get in the USA?

Thanks,
Eric

see my earlier post on this thread.........

 

[chankly bore]

A "Jubilee" clip around the pump body and lightly tightened keeps the pump between the tank clips. My apple-cheeked old Granny used to say;" There are two sorts of people in the world, those who use things and value people and those for whom the reverse is true." I think the latter preponderate where Vincent parts are sold nowadays.

 

[Ducdude]

A "Jubilee" clip around the pump body and lightly tightened keeps the pump between the tank clips.

I am guessing that you apply the clamp around the pump and snugged up against the spring loaded handle to hold it there..? Best used on a low cost replacement and not your £361 pump..LOL

Cheers,
Eric