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Motorcycle road safety PIF from 1965 - a road-safety film contrasting the standard of riding between two twenty-year-old motorcyclists. Produced by Associated British Pathé for the then Ministry of Transport.
Different times.........but some things never change!
How does Tom keep his throttle on?? And naughty Tom didn't let the lady on the zebra cross the road :D
Proof that fun can be had on a cub!!!! 8-)
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Love it !!! 8-)
brilliant!!.. :)
Was the scooter a Triumph Tigress?? :-/
My dad had one when I was a kid. just remembered the "pointed" rear end.
How did he manage the throttle, He pulled away several times without even touching it. Is it magic?
Yep! a Tigress.Quote:
Originally Posted by python
Hmm, yes. I wondered that as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Conehead
Looks like there's a thumb throttle, but it also looks like he revs it :-/
Choke!Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanny
He is pulling away with the revs held up under choke.
He overtakes with it as well then
It's a choke.
The only other lever it could have been was timing, but none of the bikes shown (1963 Matchless G2 and 1963 Triumph Tiger cub) had manual timing controls.
He's probably having to close the choke to get the cold engine to run up the rev range. Bear in mind this would not have been shot in one go so the bikes were probably cold in most scenes.