BSA Fury SS (E35SS) - Shakedown Repairs and Further Testing
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- čas přidán 26. 10. 2021
- Following on from the first start ever and a failed test during an outing to Cadwell Park vintage weekend, we've issues to attend to before further testing. Here we go!
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It is a damned shame I am not your next door neighbor. 😉
Sorry about that Jet but thanks for the interest and comment and hopefully at least I can bring them to you through the amateur vids.
Every episode of trying this machine, I can feel my old CB72/77 experiences urging up from the depths to "give you a hand". It does sound so similar but it's acting very tight which at this stage would be normal. Hope the carb bowls are vented properly and that the slide needles are in equal positions on both. Perhaps the cables are seating and causing some inequality there. Shakedown testing of Hondas back in the day was quite prolonged in the U.S. to wring out the new models. We ended up with some fine bikes to sell.
Yes it is certainly tight and I've yet to complete the balancing of the carbs at higher revs, but I think were just about there at tickover. Indeed it does remind me of my brother's CB250 K4 back in the late 70's when I had a T160.
I admire your patience, mate. A true enthusiast. These bikes, Fury and Bandit, could have been winners for BSA and Triumph. A great pity.
Many thanks Janet for the interest and kind comment.
I like the subtle changes to the opening sequence and another interesting video. 🇬🇧🏍
Many thanks Stewy.
Another monumental effort, Angus. You are a champion. Hopefully just a few more tweaks...
Thanks Mac and indeed hopefully …..
Hi Angus that last start up reminded me of my 1968 CB72 Honda 😜👍
Nice one Mick. Yep likewise this bike does remind me of the bike I passed my test on - 1970 CD175A :)
Hard to believe just how modern this Fury was compared to the rest of the BSA range, it had the left hand gear change to satisfy American regs back in '71, now the norm. Even the Trident and Bonneville didn't get this until 1975. If it had been produced I bet it would have got a disc brake in '73 as an update, then it truly would have been as good as it gets.
Hi Andrew yea I think it would have been competitive in the market had it made it to production. Although it does not have a disc brake, then as already pointed out by another comment, neither did the Japanese middleweights at the time.
Hi Angus, she's sounding good just needs a bit of tweaking to get it to run on both cylinders at idle. Hopefully you can get the gears sorted and give it a run on the road.
Thanks Bob - yes she does sound crisper now so keen to keep the momentum up to get a ride out of it.
Interesting video, another how to on points ignition system again... are you going to check the oil pressure on the fury?? Do you film any riding video s.?do you want to grow your channel? If so one video every week on different motorcycles might get you more subscribers,what do you think? Cheers pal.
Hi Matt. I might well check the oil pressure once I've completed another test on the Lightning as I've got the kit as loaned by a kind person :). I do film riding videos and coincidentally the next will be one as I was out on the Rocket Three a couple of days ago at the BSAOC East Midlands branch weekly meeting. The channel is growing in fits and starts but definitely increases more with additional content, so more frequent videos will help although the subject is a little niche - as my kids keep telling me!
Bottom engine mount bolt looks a bit dodgy.
Thanks for comment and interest. I noticed afterwards that I hadn’t tightened it properly - that’s now fixed.
@@BSAPowerSet You're welcome, Angus. I saw a Bandit/Fury on display at a motorcycle dealership here in New Zealand in the 70s and remember being told that it had no internals. Your videos are the first time I've actually heard one running, so thanks for that. Does sound a bit tight on shut down, though!
You’re right it is tight atm. Yes the NZ bandit with no internals was purchased by Sammy Miller for his museum where it currently resides.
Would they have made a reliable machine if BSA triumph had more time to develop them?
Hi Martin - I don’t see why not - they’d ironed out the major issues by the time the model was shelved and did actually continue testing afterwards in the background up until the end of Oct 1971.
@@BSAPowerSet cheers for that!! Ho Hum!! What could have been
Doug Fraser in Australia has/had a Triumph Bandit. It seems he used it as a normal runabout and wasn't afraid to open it up. The only running example in the Southern Hemisphere.
A350 Fury with a piece of Kraft underdeveloped with cams that wore out and was part of the reason ypsa went out of business and it's like typical of the British let's get it on the road and who cares if the quality works Honda sold 350,000 and they were good little bike they should have never listened to the magazines and they could have just built their previous range and they would have had any problems they changed everything and everything was a piece of crap they didn't have enough to even give it to the dealer the engines were pretty and they wore out completely and they weren't worth crap take off the rose-colored glasses
Hi Frank and thanks for the interest and comment. There's no rose coloured glasses here - they didn't go into production because of development problems and outstanding issues before the factory went under. Honda was indeed already running away with the market with dependable quality bikes - even Edward Turner acknowledged that. So this will be treated as a fragile, but at least running, example and will never see 10,000 rpm that's for sure.
I mean this respectfully, the subject matter in these vids is fascinating but the whole is spoiled by the editor accepting the numerous and superfluous repetition which for me reduces the entertainment value , making it painful to watch.
Technically interesting and reasonable filming.
Thanks for the interest, comment and the polite critique as well as the compliments too. I appreciate that sometimes I’m a bit repetitive and as an amateur I don’t spend a lot of time finessing with editing but thanks again for the feedback and interest.