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Swanny
22-11-12, 10:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atDFqxHLctE


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
Jon_W
23-11-12, 08:10 AM
Proof that fun can be had on a cub!!!! 8-)
Last Train
23-11-12, 08:18 AM
8-) 8-)
DC
23-11-12, 06:39 PM
Love it !!! 8-)
Toph
23-11-12, 07:19 PM
brilliant!!.. :)

Was the scooter a Triumph Tigress?? :-/

My dad had one when I was a kid. just remembered the "pointed" rear end.
Conehead
25-11-12, 02:56 PM
How did he manage the throttle, He pulled away several times without even touching it. Is it magic?
Jon_W
26-11-12, 08:04 AM
brilliant!!.. :)

Was the scooter a Triumph Tigress?? :-/

My dad had one when I was a kid. just remembered the "pointed" rear end.

Yep! a Tigress.
Flying Half-Dutchman
01-12-12, 11:39 AM
How did he manage the throttle, He pulled away several times without even touching it. Is it magic?


Hmm, yes. I wondered that as well
Swanny
01-12-12, 04:54 PM
Looks like there's a thumb throttle, but it also looks like he revs it :-/
Jon_W
03-12-12, 10:47 AM
Looks like there's a thumb throttle, but it also looks like he revs it :-/

Choke!

He is pulling away with the revs held up under choke.
Swanny
03-12-12, 04:12 PM
He overtakes with it as well then
Jon_W
04-12-12, 07:58 AM
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.