Sidecar content.
A 1952 Matchless G9 with a Tilbrook sidecar.
$25k AU.
Very nice but a bit rich for me....
There is Dandaloo on market place locally for $8.5k as well.
Premo.
For those that don't speak Australian, and more specifically Western Australian, or as they call it... WA
Here is what Bruce is referring to when he says there is a Dandaloo on the market:
Only 6 of these Tilbrook Dandaloo sidecars were ever made, so they are rare.
And Bruce, @brstr, if you are referring this this one for sale...it already sold, 2 months ago.
https://bikeshedtimes.com/1954-tilbrook-dandaloo-sidecar-8500/
Two Million Mile Rider
Exploring the World in Comfort
Thanks Miles.
But it was on Market place again last week.
Not sure why.
I did breath a sigh of relief??
When went off the market last time.
The Dandaloo I think is a work of art.
All 6 of them.
Now Bruce, if that 1954 Tilbrook Dandaloo sidecar was attached to that 1952 Matchless G9, and for sale, I would be tempted to send you a suitcase full of money.
As it is, that 1952 Matchless G9 with the Tilbrook sidecar (not a Dandaloo) is only $ 17,150.00 USD, which is not bad for the set up rig.
Of course the PERFECT combination would be a 1954 Vincent Black Shadow with this 1954 Tilbrook Dandaloo sidecar, in excellent running condition.
There is this 1955 Vincent Black Knight for sale on BaT, and it would look cool....but....
Two Million Mile Rider
Exploring the World in Comfort
Bruce, the question is....WHY are you using 91 octane fuel in your Suzuki Savage 650 ?
In a recent poll, all the Wallabies in OZ couldn't figure out why you would choose 91 octane fuel in that bike.
Australia and most of the world use RON octane method USA uses AKI anti knock index method. 91 RON is USA 87 AKI or generally known here as regular. Miles I'm truly surprised you are not aware of this. Shocked that is!
I'm still working on that coolant leak.
Well @sidewise it seems that a certain expert ( not to be confused with an Ex-spurt and formerly a drip under pressure).
That expert of all things sidecar appears to have perhaps a lightning induced glitch in their vast array of motoring insight.
But please let's keep it our secret...
I will post some investigative pictures of the offending noise reduction device latter.
I would put the original back on but then it apparently needs 95 or 98 octane on the Aussie scale to run not even properly.
That's according to the original owner.
May even wash the bike ......
Well @sidewise it seems that a certain expert ( not to be confused with an Ex-spurt and formerly a drip under pressure).
That expert of all things sidecar appears to have perhaps a lightning induced glitch in their vast array of motoring insight.
But please let's keep it our secret...
I will post some investigative pictures of the offending noise reduction device latter.
I would put the original back on but then it apparently needs 95 or 98 octane on the Aussie scale to run not even properly.
That's according to the original owner.
May even wash the bike ......
@sidewise and @brstr, I have to laugh.....laugh I say.....because you guys aren't aware that most of the Big 4 brands from Japan can run on the lowest grade of fuel, including well aged open bottles of Pepsi (not Coca-Cola), Ginger Beer, Isopropyl Alcohol, etc.....so when I have ridden to the lesser regions of the planet, such as villages in Africa, or Central America where they sell so-called fuel out of bottles, from a cart on the side of the dirt road, with no description of what the fuel is, I pour it into my fuel tank knowing that because the engine is a Honda, or Suzuki....it's going to burn this fuel, with no regrets, no back talk, no hesitation from the engine. Having experienced success from fuel like that, I never hesitated to buy the lowest grade fuel available, anywhere in the World, including OZ, New Zealand, Mali, Nepal, Tibet...etc.
There may, or may not, have even been times when I filtered the old cigarette butt's out of a stale can of Pepsi, just to get the remaining few ounces of sweet liquid out of that can, as it always made the bike's run sweeter.
It's one of the reasons I stopped riding BMWs....they require high octane fuel, Jim Beam bourbon or Buffalo Trace bourbon.
(oh, and if you didn't laugh at reading the above ^ , then something is psychologically wrong with you, and you better get that checked out)
Two Million Mile Rider
Exploring the World in Comfort
Nice to be entertained somewhat.
Leaving the fuel specifics for a while.
Moving to the nearly departed noise reduction unit.
Well the rear most portion anyway.
It was getting ready to move on to different things.
Like bounce off a car window ferinstance.
Not sure why it never occurred to me to pull the innards out.
A logical step in hindsight.
Of course Hinds are very rarely seen here.
It is in fact a glass packed muffler.
The 3rd pic is the cast Ali end piece.
Just about disintegrated but re used for now.
Just drilled a new fixing hole.
I had some woven fibre glass matt so wrapped some around inside.
Loose bits now filter out of the pipe.
Will need to source more suitable glass matting.
But it takes the edge off the noise volume for now.
The new? End piece?
Was a part of our old gas space heater 
.
Light and a close fit.
The bits of matting blown free on the concrete.
Will have to watch the mirror going down the road.
