Thanks for the link. The price is a bit steep for a piece of bent metal. Gives me a good idea of what's going on though. I'll probably be able to make something a bit nicer. for much less.Vince Lupo wrote:Here is another type of watch holder you can look for. This one doesn't seem to be quite as substantial as the one I have (as it appears to be meant for a bicycle), but it might work for you:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0564831389
Japan Meets Britain
Here is a link to a site that has some very clear pictures of classic stopwatch holders. http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/co ... -clip.html Vince, that bike looks spectacular. I love the new watch also. Looks Art Deco. :) 1964-C77 305 Dream
2002 BMW R1150GS
Thanks! Yes, I believe the watch (an Ingraham) is from the 1930's, and is generally referred to as a 'dollar' watch (of course, meaning that it cost a dollar back in the day). These are non-jeweled movements, and for all the bumps and jarring that the roads would deliver, either these or a quartz-movement watch would be best for mounting on handlebars. If you check back several thread pages, you'll see that I did have an Elgin GCT U.S Navy comparing watch on the bike at one point (the one with the 24 hour dial), but that ended up with a broken staff and the parts were unavailable. So although it looked great, it was a bad decision on my part to subject the watch to that kind of abuse. At least the dollar watches are pretty cheap and easily replaced.
That Terry's holder is really neat, but there isn't any cushioning in the mount -- kinda like the hardtail of watch holders! Here's a watch I just picked up for $24.99..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT
Haven't posted a beauty shot of the bike lately, so here's a new one. Not that it's really changed all that much!
 Well, I did actually change one thing -- I removed 'Special' from the top of the headlight bucket. Things are being slowly removed from the bike, and I think it's looking far less cluttered, adornments-wise. It seems that the Gold Star mufflers have gotten to be unreasonably loud -- people now refuse to ride behind me, and I think I've actually suffered some hearing damage as a result. I'm sorry, did you say something.....? So, I've ordered a pair of baffles (below) from British Cycle Supply to put into the ends of these mufflers. They're the kind that require that you drill a little hole into the muffler, slide the baffle into the end of the muffler, then secure it with the set screw. Hopefully that will make things just a bit quieter!  Sorry, did you say something?
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Vince, are those mufflers straight through and if so can they be re-packed or is that not an option?
If there is some way to get the perforated tube out, it may be possible to re-wrap it - assuming it's made that way. I seem to recall that the genuine twittering Goldie silencer had a mechanical baffle ie two internal pipes that passed by each other within the body of the muffler. It was a long time ago that I had a Goldie so it's possible my memory is playing tricks on me. Man, that was one cantankerous beast, but when it was running right it was just amazing to wind it though the gears on a summers evening in Scotland around those winding roads. But that's a whole other story. More to the point, I hope you always wear good ear plugs inside that nice shiny helmet.
If you go back several pages in this thread, there's a video of me riding the bike. If you put headphones on and turn the volume WAY up, it will give you an idea of the sound that these pipes produce. The overrun is killer.
Having said that, the mufflers have just gotten to be too unreasonably loud for words. No, the mufflers have no packing -- they are just straight through, with a perforated baffle inside, one of which has broken loose and is just rattling around inside. I spoke with both British Cycle Supply (the people from whom I purchased the mufflers) and with Norman Hyde himself, and the mufflers cannot be repaired. I mean, they CAN be repaired, but you'd have to cut them open, do the repair, reweld them shut, then have them replated. No thanks! I was going to buy a new pair of mufflers (to the tune of $450 for the pair), but I ended up buying a pair of those baffles above for $12 each. They arrived yesterday and I just slipped them into the ends of the mufflers just to see the difference, and boy what a difference! These are definitely an inexpensive fix, and the only thing required is to drill a little hole into each muffler for the retaining screw for each baffle. I don't know if the jetting will be affected, but John can determine that when we do the work in a couple of weeks. Yes, that Ruby helmet is not exactly the quietest one for these mufflers (I don't know if the makers of the helmet actually expect you to use it or not -- maybe it's just supposed to sit alongside your Louis Vuitton luggage and Patek Philippe watch collection for show?). The sound comes up from the bottom, and that shield on the front doesn't help matters. Plus, there are these big air spaces where your ears go, and it becomes this big sound chamber. You are right though -- earplugs a must! Vince,
All helmets allow some wind noise and even good full face helmets are up around 120db of wind noise at speed. I can't imagine how much ear damage that one causes. I used to ride without ear plugs until I started racing and realized that most racers use them. Now I would not consider riding without them. Funny thing is that you still hear everything - just not as loud. Ear plugs are cheap. Ears are not.
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