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Aug 11, 2016 | 09:50 PM

smokeygold

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Another Oil O Ring question

Does the O ring on the touring models oil drain plug seat in a groove under the hex head of the drain plug? Should it be visible when the plug is tightened?

Oct 9, 2016 | 07:03 PM

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Yes, no

Oct 10, 2016 | 05:28 AM

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Does the O ring on the touring models oil drain plug seat in a groove under the hex head of the drain plug? Should it be visible when the plug is tightened?

Nothing I can add to xcbullet's reply! So which model BSA is that in your photo?

Oct 10, 2016 | 06:45 AM

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When I looked at my 14 it looks as if the o-ring compresses in the hole to seal. No grove on mine.

Oct 12, 2016 | 07:46 PM

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Nothing I can add to xcbullet's reply! So which model BSA is that in your photo?

1969 441 Victor Special

Oct 13, 2016 | 03:33 PM

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1969 441 Victor Special

Here in the UK my brother bought a B44 street version around the same time! Not his, but close enough:

Oct 13, 2016 | 06:47 PM

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That bike is sweet. I love the old british bikes! Dream of owning a Norton commando some day. They are pricey in the states though!
Have you ever visited the ACE cafe?

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Oct 14, 2016 | 03:43 AM

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A college friend was a development engineer at Norton, working on the Commando and experimental projects! I rode an experimental 830, long before they were announced. The Ace is around 40 miles away, but to be honest I've never visited in it's current incarnation, only a very long time ago while it was still a transport cafe. I suppose it's close enough that I can go when I fancy, but haven't yet found the urge!

As for British bike prices, they are silly over here as well. I tried to buy a Vincent twin around 1970, when they were dirt cheap, but also knackered and nobody was prepared to invest the money to restore them. I couldn't find one that worked, let alone was rideable. They cost a king's ransom today. A decent Commando over here costs about as much as one of the cheaper new H-D Dynas!

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Oct 15, 2016 | 09:48 PM

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What is the definition of a transport cafe? Food and drink ? I've never heard the term! I imagine thats where the term cafe racer came from?
ACE is opening a place in orlando Florida in the spring.

Oct 16, 2016 | 03:17 AM

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What is the definition of a transport cafe? Food and drink ? I've never heard the term! I imagine thats where the term cafe racer came from?
ACE is opening a place in orlando Florida in the spring.

A transport cafe is where lorries, or trucks as you chaps call them, stop for refreshment. So in its heyday the Ace Cafe was a blue-collar cafe with the space to park up large vehicles and were not fussy when motorcyclists discovered and visited them. A cafe racer is a road bike customised to look like a racing bike, for chasing from one such cafe to another. In recent years the Ace Cafe has become a brand in its own right. This pic is outside the Busy Bee Cafe, note low clip-ons!

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