It’s the Castro R that gets in your veins or maybe the Duckhams as wellI get that Richard, it is what it is, as the yanks say.
I've had fast bikes, and cruisers and all sorts, but I keep going back, to ,as you say, the look.
Then there's the smell of the bike shop, but thats another thread
.I've had the odd stimulant in my life, but not any, as good, as being on a bike, any bikeIt’s the Castro R that gets in your veins or maybe the Duckhams as well
Castro R is the racing oil that you can smell from the exhaust pipe that was a great stimulant for me, as soon as I started up!
Hi Eric, I bought my first pudding basin from Onslo’s shop on soho road Handsworth, even before I started riding so my mate Keith from work could take me on his Bonnie to follow the vintage rally around the inner circle bus route on Sunday, this would have been 1967, I bought my tiger cub from H&L Motors on Dudley road in 1968. Happy Days
Hi mate, Harry Bastable and Bob Joiner set up the bike training course in Smethwick that I attended ‘67/‘68
I used to put a teaspoonful of Castro R in my Bonnie’s petrol for the racing smell
I bought my Aviakit (sp) Trackstar helmet about two weeks before I got my used BSA from Oxford Motors on Bristol Rd.
Yes, engine sludging was a by product of R. As an aside, engine sludging was problematic on Ford car engines in the late 60’s early 70’s.Racers used "R" as the main lubricant but it can sludge an engine up. It was only recommended for use when racing engines were stripped down regularly to replace rings and be overhauled due to the normal than usual wear caused under racing conditions and if left in an unused motor for any considerable length of time it would sludge.
Castrol R is a vegetable based oil The oil can turn into a jelly if mixed with mineral oil so its not recommended.
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i put some in my fergie tractor fuel tank what a nostalgic pong come out the exhaust pipe
I think that was Tiger Hart...