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countershaft;b)Bothdiscsare

operatedbycable;c)Hondahid

thecast-irondiscsinhousingsthat

lookedlikedrumbrakes;d)Both

brakeswereoperatedbythepedal.

14

ThehumbleSuzukiDR650

wasour‘FutureClassic’in

thelastissuebutwhatwerethetwo

earlyvariantsbeforeSuzukidumped

kickstartingcompletelyin1996?

a)RandRS;b)ESandET;c)RSand

RT;d)ETandEU.

15

WhywasMartinHarvey

shockedwhenhecameacross

ablokeinTamanrassetwithaburnt-

outclutch?a)Theguydidn’tknow

wheretheclutchwas;b)Hedidn’t

knowwhatthesmellwas;c)Hehad

afullsetofplatesbutdidn’tknow

howtofitthem;d)Hewasn’triding

aBMW.

16

Whatwastheweightofthe

frameofour‘FutureClassic’,

theBimotaSB2?a)23kg;b)11kg;

c)17kg;d)9kg.

1

Inlastmonth’sground-breaking

‘FirstTime’feature,whatamount

didGrantRoffrevealhimandtwo

matespaidfora 1948 BSAC10?

a) 10 pounds;b)Twopounds;

c)Threepounds;d) 12 pounds.

2

Inthatsameearth-shattering

feature,howlongdidIanFalloon

revealhe’downedhisDucati750GT?

a)Fiveyears;b) 24 years;c) 32 years;

d) 45 years.

3

ShedMasterAndrew“Pud”

Barkerwentabitnutscollecting

single-camHondaCB750parts

throughTradingPost.Whatwas

hiswildestimateoftheresult?

a) 200 wheelsets;b)Shopping

trolleysfullofcarbs;c) 127

swingarms;d) 100 crankcases.

4

InourtestoftheR 1250 RandRS,

whatdidBMWheadofproduct

andmarketingNigelHarveyrevealas

amajorfocusfor2020?a)Thenew

bikesbeingreleasedatEICMA;

b)TheR18cruiser;c)Supplyissues;

d)TheGsingle-cylinderseries.

5

Whatsuitably-weirdideadid

MrRoffcomeupwithforthenew

RSmodel?a)Enduranceracing;

b)Sprintracing;c)Sidecarracing;

d)Kart-trackracing.

6

In‘Spanner’sSoapbox’,what

feebleexcusedidBernard

GibbensgiveforlosingBradtheBike

Boy’saddress?a)Itwashedoffhis

programintherain;b)Heused

aninvisiblemarker;c)Heleftiton

thetrain;d)Hewashedhishands

beforedinner.

HAVE

YOU BEE

PAYING

ATTENTION?

1 a) It was a tenner, but Groff only
coughed up two of them and it defi nitely
wasn’t the bike in the picture.
2 d) It was only months old and Ian was
a learner.
3 b & d) No, he doesn’t have a problem,
he has a business.
4 c) Nigel was keen on improving supply.

5 a) Twins class in a revived Castrol Six-

Hour. Too bad BMW’s doing the Endurance

World Champs with the S 1000 RR.

6 c) He left it on the train.

7 d) Some readers know how to hurt.

8 b) Park and rotate the wheels.

9 c) Probably a) & b) as well.

10 d) It was in ‘Under the Hammer’ in April

last year. We knew you’d want to know.

11 b) Sorry, no happy ending.

12 e) All of them, but is it too late for

Harley to get its act together?

13 c)

14 a) The 650R Dakar and RS (for Sport?)

weren’t imported but are defi nitely

collectable if you can put up with the

kickstarting. There was also an RSE with

the button.

15 c)

16 d)

17 c) The rubber straps look like

something off the bonnet of a tractor.

18 e) Yes, and he’s supposed to be a

concours judge.

ANSWERS:

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To help

you sound

smarter

at the pub

7

DR650 owner Robert Langtree

suggested that Spannerman a)

Needed glasses; b) Could lose a bit of

weight; c) Was taking kickbacks from

wine producers; d) Didn’t care about

personal grooming.

8

Cam Donald’s done a few track

days. What was his cheap

alternative to tyre warmers? a) Spray

them with hot water; b) Park your

bike in the sun; c) Ride hard on the

way to the track; d) Warm them with

the exhaust gases of another bike.

9

What did Motoclassica entrants

Phil and Marilyn Turner do to

celebrate the purchase of their

restored BSA B31? a) They took

lots of photos; b) They read lots of

poetry; c) They published a book;

d) They made a painting of it.

10

The 1951 Vincent Black

Lightning featured in our

Motoclassica report had graced

these pages not so long ago, after

it sold at auction in Las Vegas for

$US929,000 ($1.16 million). When

did that report appear? a) February,

2017; b) February, 2018; c) March,

2018; d) April, 2018.

11

In another bizarre coincidence

in the ‘First Time’ issue, Cam

recalls what happened when he

took a reporter for a ride up to the

Bungalow at the Isle of Man? a) They

screamed the whole way; b) They

pissed their pants; c) They tried to

strangle him; d) They went for a

drink at the Creg Ny Baa pub.

12

What’s unusual about the rear

suspension on the H-D Softail

Classic? a) It’s quite modern;

b) It’s quite ancient because Vincent

and Yamaha did it years ago;

c) It reduces weight; d) It only has

one shock; e) All of the above.

13

What’s the unusual thing

about the brakes on Guy’s

CBX550? a) The rear disc is on the

17

The Bimota had a simple, but

ugly, method of securing the

fibreglass tank/seat. Was it a) cable

ties; b) self-tapping screws; c) rubber

straps; d) Dzus spiral-cam fasteners?

18

What was the shock discovery

Groff made about his Yamaha

XT500 dream bike?

a) The frame was a 1E6 from 1978;

b) The original exhaust supplied with

the bike went under the frame;

c) The 1E6 engine did not have a

timing sightglass; d) The alloy tank

was from 1982; e) All of the above.

Trivia

Pursuit