From a Bristol Beaufighter.

Was a place in essex like that the quarry was full of old 70s/80s cars motorcycles mind you it wasnt far from the old arena essex banger track and it was said that a lot of banger race cars where in there ,and it was also a dumping ground for joy riders ,last time i checked it out in the mid 90s it was flooded but there was loads of cars stickin out the water .

It's not a Spitfire or Herald. They don't have beam axles. Maybe a Marina

no triumph parts,the 2-wheel frame is for a 1950s lambretta scooter,big bucks lol

i was half expecting a mars explorer trundling over the hill , very "fallout" vibes from this location also i would recommend some sort of wind shielding for your microphone

The 'Spitfire' looks like a 'sit up and beg' Ford of some sort. Wheels look right and it has lever arm shocks and a torque tube rather than open propshaft. Edit: just watched the rest, the 'A series' engine is an OHC E series...

thank you for the explore

How do you remove the lens on the blue bikes rear mudguard light. I have one but it doesn't screw off or prize off

It's too hard to hear what you're saying, you need a lapel mic.

After a hell of a lot of work, it's nearly ready for the road

Cool

Did you notice the wheel sizes are different?

I had the raleigh back in the 80's. Great bikes

Welcome to Jackass

I started with Raleigh twenty and a Kingpin.....I like the Kingpin....not a fan of the weight of the Twenty and the proprietory Raleigh threading....plus the Kingpin fold mechanism is better in my opinion

Audio poor 😢

Bring back the Renault 4 , that is all the car Anybody needs.

That doesn’t look to crappy to me

Thanks , very interesting. I like both equally , but on the folding versions I think Raleigh has a stronger folding mechanism.

I want one

Is it a real car

Good video. I have just restored a Kingpin and love it. Never been on a R20 so cannot compare however spare parts do seem easier to get for the R20. Both great bikes I am sure. Does the SA trigger shifter click when moving position? As I am not sure if my shifter is faulty, i have to slide it into the position (where the numbers are).

My 1st car in 72, grey with canvas sun roof. Loved it.

*promosm* 😠

I have a dawes kingpin with a 80cc 2stroke engine straped to it and I also have 2 Raleigh 20s a twenty and a nova lovey to ride

Outdated fossil vehicles designed and mostly made in the 20th century have buttons, levers, analog displays. Maybe they have one OBD Dongle. Modern cars have none of that outdated useless thingies. Maybe they still have this outdated OBD dongle.

How long was the test drive for?

I'm a lucky boy, I've got an almost mint condition 1975 original kingpin in a beautiful metallic bottle green with all green grips and cables for my daily whip, wicker baskets front n back , she's a real head turner👌 , since I got mine I've seen a couple other gangsters on the estate trying to flex on vintage whips but they aint no kingpins 😂👍

When choosing a base for a high-performance small wheeler project a few years ago I looked very carefully at both - and plumped for the Kingpin due to what initially looked like superior construction quality - and the conventional BB threading. That was a big mistake! The finished bike was "soft" to the point of being unrideable when pedalling out of the saddle or seated and "stomping" up a hill. The Kingpin's downfall is a weedy 1 1/2" (38mm) main frame tube, which is insufficiently stiff. Adding a top tube to the frame would solve this, but I wanted to retain, for aesthetic purposes, the original "step-thru" format. Second attempt was Twenty based. The Twenty conversion was more involved due to the unconventional BB. However, it rode beautifully and felt as stiff and efficient as any decent, coventional steel road frame. The Twenty's 1 3/4" (44mm) main frame tube is way stiffer. I've done many successful "R20 performance" conversions since then and the go-to bikes in my stable are all R20 based. Twenty is the hands-down winner in my book. Of course, for a 5'3" lady to do the daily shopping on in 1964 (no weekly supermarket loads in those days!), as was originally intended, the Kingpin is probably stiff enough! It's also worth mentioning that Raleigh rushed out the Twenty as a "parts-bin special", based on RSW and existing stock compnents, to counter the Kingpin's sales success and their recently launched RSW's poor reviews. The Twenty was an instant hit (initially with Triumph branding so as not to eclipse the Raleigh branded RSW) and went on to be Raleigh's biggest seller, with 2.2 million produced between '68 and '84. So yes, the R20 is just a "bitsa" copy of the Kingpin, but in my estimation it's the better bike.

Try a Raleigh RSW 16, they are brilliant little bikes.

I am fortunate enough to own one of each; a 1985 Raleigh Stowaway, and a 1989 Dawes Kingpin. They are both great bicycles, but I have to say that I am 60/40 in favour of the Kingpin, because overall it just seems to be more well made, it handles better, and has a bit more finesse about it.

Da iawn, diddorol iawn

Very interesting 👍👏

Gwych! Fedri di gael rhiwbeth fel wireless mic pryd ‘ti oddiwrth y camera? ‘Na’i helpu os ti eisio 👍

Diddorol iawn ! Swn y gwynt yn ddiflas, ond wedi dysgu mwy am Môn mam Cymru.

That is a cool bike

Nice one mate, interesting video. I love seeing my local area in a video perspective 😀 can't wait for the next 👍

Great video! I love Anglesey and I've never had a guided tour of the island on a classic bicycle before. It would be great to see more tours with the bike and the Herald too.

Love the design in the brake levers, amazing to see some of the old country, it's been a long time. Hope you didn't get too muddy cycling down that footpath!

Brilliant 🙂👍

Excellent episode ! :) 👍🏼

Great video mate

Really interesting this one. Would love to see more local history in a more documentary style. How old was the little thatch cottage that's open to the public? Also, where did you get the great music for the video?

hey big bro Ems its your brother Jack

I was fortunate enough to meet that Herald at Sandringham back in June. Was very impressed with the condition and modifications and having first seen it in Triumph World Magazine, I was not dissapointed in the flesh.