Hi June I guessed that from the Moggie plus 4 or was it a super 8 the beauty of the 3 wheel Aero Moggie and Model F's that I had when I was in the RAF was that I did not need a motor cycle licence which I have never had - BUT I used to race a sprint special bike at Ramsgate speed trials in the 1960's A mate and I bought three 1950's 2 stroke Excelsior Talisman twins all in clapped condition for 50 quid - That gave us three engines to play with so we built two Sprint specials.
On talking to the late Alf Hagon and George Brown who had a big Nor Jap 1000 and the Nero's respectively, they said it could be done so I milled the cylinder heads on all the engines down by nearly 2.5 mm to get a 14:1 compression ratio which was the limnit before the piston could hit the chamber and blow the engine up if you went over 7,500 RPM. We ran them on Nitro and fitted them with a big wheel and tyre at tha back and a small one at the front - Only 1 brake, a quickly tank the Rev counter and 1" Gas tube bars. Our arses were in the air and we thought it was great to be able to do a standing start 1/4 mile then in juet under 13 seconds on a 250.
Pity it's not available here YET - I still like the look of all the traditional bikes which have been improved by the development of materials, engines, gearboxes, brakes and electronic technology etc.
Castrol R - My old man was a GPO Motor Mechanic in Brighton during the war and was also a Home Guard dispatch Rider and official M/C maintenance and driving Instructor. He had a Norton 16H 490cc side valve army bike issued for those duties which was his entire responsibility to maintain.
He was the chief M/C engineering and driving instructor for the GPO and kept his own private 1935 model 40 350cc Norton International in clubmans racing trim. It used Castrol R -
He used to take it out on some sundays when the roads were quiet in Patcham where we lived when it was at home. It could do over 90 mph as he had tuned it and he proved that on Brighton Sea front more than once when he took it to work in a borrowed Van where the workshops were underground and at nights he could work on the old gal and even his 16H was tuned up to go faster than any other home guard Norton.
Come to Kent but you might need oxygen given the humidity
Thursday 08/07/2010Hi: 23°Lo: 16° Mostly cloudy. Mild. Temp 23°C. Winds SW 20km. Humidity will be 62% with a dewpoint of 15° and feels-like temperature of 23°C.
Friday 09/07/2010Hi: 24°Lo: 16° Light rain. Cloudy. Mild. Temp 24°C. Winds SSW 14km. Humidity 66% with a dewpoint of 17° and feels-like temperature of 24°C.
Saturday 10/07/2010Hi: 23°Lo: 16° Partly cloudy. Mild. Temp 23°C. Winds SW 23km. Humidity 64% with a dewpoint of 16° and feels-like temperature of 23°C.
Sunday 11/07/2010Hi: 24°Lo: 17° Partly cloudy. Mild. Temp 24°C. Winds SW 21km. Humidity 60% with a dewpoint of 16° and feels-like temperature of 24°C.
Maybe your eyesight needs to get checked - I normally use 1.5 magnification glasses on my PC BUT - I have to get a magnifier when I read your posts in that colour (Is it Fuschia?) because it fades into the grey so I rarely read them
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I guessed that from the Moggie plus 4 or was it a super 8 
but you might need oxygen given the humidity 
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