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Sadly, I am colour deficient, and useless at making decisions upon colour choices. What colour should the BSA be in your opinion? (I withold the right for my wife to veto any of your choices) :-)

Black with red upholstry
1 (12.5%)
Cream sides, green bonnet and boot with black upholstry
2 (25%)
Dogsc0#k red (sorry, apparently it is a thing so my decorator colleague says) and black
0 (0%)
British Racing Green + black upholstry
3 (37.5%)
Cream and navy upholstry
2 (25%)

Total Members Voted: 8

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Moogie38 (Noel)

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Re: BSA 3 wheeler.
« Reply #210 on: 02 May 23, 12:23 pm »
Put a radioactive sign on the back,  i bet you don't get any tailgaters.  🙂
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Re: BSA 3 wheeler.
« Reply #211 on: 10 May 23, 11:18 am »
Well the trailer and the BSA made it to Stretton without incident and a grand day out was had.
The BSA proved reliable on the day, the new steering rack was a joy to use compared with the old Pitman arm set up and the tweaks to the geometry seemed to work.
The CDI system worked a treat with smoother power delivery across the rev range and a quieter engine. As before when I have driven it, it never felt like it was at its limit for power but I doubt I have topped 10hp with it. (I have no dyno) For this circuit, the power was more than sufficient.
I mostly kept it on three wheels, tight corners and too much power on the exit at slow speed was the cause of wheel lift each time. (same corner)
I was not quick. I suspected that the lack of a fourth wheel might make me a little slower and this proved the case. However, if you multiplied our lap times by our wheel count then the BSA was very near the other cars on the few timed laps we did.
As always I come away wanting to tweak a couple of things, less so than last time though.
The spark plug after a good thrashing shows the engine to be slightly lean - I will re jet the carburetor to the next size up main jet for next time.
I need a couple of touch ups on the paint on the spinners (oops) and the hood ornament  ;D
But that is about it. For a first test with corners I am very happy with "Slippery Jim"

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Re: BSA 3 wheeler.
« Reply #212 on: 10 May 23, 04:52 pm »
First corner after the pits, going clockwise? Not saying why I suggest that, I'd never get the Morgan on two wheels of course, AHEM.

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Re: BSA 3 wheeler.
« Reply #213 on: 10 May 23, 07:30 pm »
No Chris 😁 last corner of the right left hairpin going clockwise, didn't go quickly enough to scare myself on that one 😁😁😁🤞
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