A thrash around the countryside on my lovely BSA - Ostensibly to test the speedo accuracy :-)

[@joeturner2375]

I had a a10 in my twenties the best bike I’ve ever owned, the sound, arm chair comfort and torque with a full fairing,where I lived there were a number of little boy racers in there mini’s lots of noise and paint and bad manners.I was able to pick the time and place ,the mini would start to run out of steam at 67 mph then I would overtake change into third then forth no more problems with that mini. The other side was Sunday afternoon rides max speed 50mph plus most other times.

[@t20racerman]

Lovely bikes aren't they? So effortless to ride, yet they really can fly!

[@Peter234100]

Sounds lovely and yes worth getting the speedo calibrated, especially as modern clock all over estimate the speed. 😊

[@t20racerman]

Yes, they should over read by law. Mine's illegal! 😁

[@samrodian919]

There is absolutely nothing that's sounds better than a BSA parallel twin! What a lovely bike! Nice bit of wartime info about RAF Hunsdon and Operation Jericho. RIP Wing Commander Charles Picard who led the raid and was shot down and killed along with his Navigator.

[@t20racerman]

Thank you for your kind comments. 😊 Re Hunsdon airfield (ie a small sloping grass strip in the middle of nowhere), I only recently found out about it's important war time role, despite living here for over 30 years! A hidden history gem 💎

[@samrodian919]

@@t20racerman yes it probably was in the middle of nowhere during the war. I think Harlow was probably only a hamlet then, not the sprawling place it's since become. I'm only about ten miles from Harlow, living on the edge of the London borough of Redbridge and my brother in law and his family lived in Harlow until just about a year ago. I must go and look at the airfield soon. There is a KZbin documentary by I think a Canadian war historian about Operation Jericho that has footage of him and a local historian on the airfield. This video is well worth a look if you are interested.

[@t20racerman]

@@samrodian919 I'll search for it - thanks 👍👍

[@kevbaldwin9552]

Interesting video and lovely A10 👍

[@t20racerman]

Thank you. I've owned it for 40 years and it's a joy to ride 😊

[@user-abob-1800c]

Worrying to much mate that be alright for your steady riding surely. Nice ride nice bike! 🤠

[@t20racerman]

@@user-abob-1800c Thanks, yes, lovely bike to ride 😊

[@Tonyv1951]

Interesting since I rode an A10 from 1971 - 1973 - mostly attached to a side car!

[@t20racerman]

Lovely bikes 😊

[@kdsowen2882]

What a great bike...and sound ! I've been looking at A10's for a few-years...feeling the-call ! They aren't cheap in NZ , I would have to sell my highly-modded yam XS-2 cafe' and my mint W650 in-order to buy one . Even-then , there would be no-guarantee that it wouldn;t need some serious 'Sorting' . English-bikes are a lot-cheaper in Britain and The-States , you can almost import-one for less than here which doesn't make a lot of sense Dave nz

[@t20racerman]

It's such a lovely ride, and very reliable too. Shame they're so expensive out there.

[@jjrider6758]

It's nowhere near as bad as an 500 Indian Enfield I had a few years back, it read so high that I was stopped by a Traffic Car because he was suspicious that I was going very slow - even for the 30mph limit I was in - and he wondered if I'd been drinking !.. My speedo was reading 30 on the dot but according to his reading (which I would hope was much more accurate ?..) I was only doing 21mph !.. and that wasn't the worst of it because the faster I went the wider the discrepancy between my speedo and reality got !..

[@t20racerman]

Better that way I suppose than getting a speeding ticket! 🙂

[@Gribbo9999]

Having you speedo calibration a little slow maybe a good thing. It means you can drive to the apparent speed limit on your speedo without actually speeding. Also the odometer will register distances a little further than actual so you have a little leeway on your service intervals.

[@t20racerman]

@@Gribbo9999 They have to over read (or be exact) by law to prevent 'accidental' speeding offences. Mine is a little too slow though for my liking.

[@c-31100]

Nice drive and the sound mmmmm this bikes are too expensive in Sweden or else i Bay on Thanks for the film .

[@t20racerman]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@junglie]

Lol my '77 T140v speedo was the same but accurate, they all do that mate, nice A10 sounds good engine & pulls well that one.

[@t20racerman]

Thanks. It's set up for low down oomph - the 2 into 1 pipe makes a big difference. It really flies with two open pipes on, but loses a lot low down.

[@junglie]

@@t20racerman Had a two into one dunstall on my T140 when I got it. Ran ok but much better after a midrange tune from motorcycle mechanics & fitting the stainless cambell ray gun replica silencers I got given with it.

[@thewatsonian8111]

Are you aware of the vibration damper available for the Quad Lock? It’s designed to isolate the phone and more specifically the sensitive cameras from damaging vibrations transferred through the solid mount you have there.

[@t20racerman]

No, I wasn't aware of that. I'll look into it. Thanks 😊

[@bobuk5722]

And why not have a good thrash? 😉 Lovely looking and sounding machine. They are a labour of love, wish I still had my Norton Fastback ..... The speedo does n't seem too bad. Is it original?

[@t20racerman]

Indeed! 😁 Thank you

[@notwocdivad]

One good thing is it is a constant error, it doesn't change with the different speeds which should give a clue to the problem?

[@t20racerman]

Yup, just needs the needle moving round a bit!

[@peterwardle572]

I don't know about bike Speedos, but car speedos must be set up to under read, so it can never cause you to speed, my car speedo is about 2 to3 mph low at 30 and 4 to 5 at 70mph. You probably know that anyway. A nice bike, I would like to know what the mods are, and that Ariel is a bit of a can of worms, but interesting.

[@t20racerman]

I'll do a couple of videos on the mods - there are a lot! I don't mod it for the sake of it, but I've owned it for 40 years and have improved things on it along the way to make it more reliable, faster and to stop better!

[@cozydram1]

thanks chap it sounded AWESOME ....so what did you do about the speedo????

[@t20racerman]

It does sound nice 😊 I'll send the speedo off for repair in the winter when I'm not using my bike as much.

[@dogpaw775]

motor sounds sweet, why does the choke lever look as if it's on ?.

[@t20racerman]

It's off if forwards. Other side (left) is the manual advance and retard, which is on full advance 😊

[@nounoufriend1442]

Is it a chronometric speedo as mine goes up in steps but never wavers about , nice A10

[@t20racerman]

@@nounoufriend1442 Yes it is, and mine never used to waver around either 😕 I sent it for repair once and was told that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it 🙄

[@bluesplayer59]

I've heard quad locks ruin mobiles because of the vibration 😢

[@t20racerman]

Possibly - I've not had a problem (yet!) but apparently they sell anti-vibration attachments. I'll look into it. 😊

[@jeremyatkinson4976]

As far as I know satnav doesn't allow for hills, so it will always under read.

[@t20racerman]

It's not accurate on steep hills, but much of my testing (not all of it in the video) was on fairly flat roads. Those speed reminder things that show your speed as you enter a village always show me going a little faster than the speedo reads.

[@Phiyedough]

@@t20racerman I find those things vary though, I think some are set to exaggerate your speed.

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

My triumph TR6 had no speedometer I got pulled over for speeding and the officer said if I put a speedometer on it he would disavow the ticket. I went home put one on and I connected the tachometer cable to the speedometer even though neither one of them work and he goes oh you even hooked it up okay 👍 and he had the ticket distressed or whatever

[@t20racerman]

Ha ha - nice one 😁

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

That tank looks too small on that bike it's like my buddy Sportster we stop every ninety miles for gas

[@t20racerman]

It is over 3 UK gallons. I get at least 140 miles before going on reserve.... Unless I really thrash it! 😁