Greetings from 'The Shireshire of York' It is 'I'..., Albert, tip tapping once again on the old keyboard to bring more news on the 'Handlebar Timepiece' A recreation of what would have been the best option possible in 1973 to make sure ya got to the Checkpoint Charlies in time for lunch. Of course also used by the Czechoslovacian Six Day Triallers to good advantage ensuring they arrived at the evenings parc ferme' first to pick the best beds for the night.
Hang on....Latest Covid update...Lost count of the variants manifesting weekly....loosing count of the booster jabs I've had.........Frenchies shut their borders to visitors from Blighty..(.Fook um..I'd only be passing through anyway ).Work on the CZ T.E.T. attacker continues, one day The Blauwe Muis will rip those Flanders Fields and the smell of Castrol R accompanied by a blue haze will linger in the Butterwoods for hours after it's passed...
Looking like my Ingersoll pocket watch is a made to measure fit inside the welding regulators gauge casing. Wow! The government stock aluminium plate will provide a firm mount for the gauge casing and the clip is millimetre perfect for the handlebars...Unfortunately what appeared to be a solid rubber wheel was in fact a pretender. Only a covering of rubber on a cast inner. More searching in skips, dustbins, and dusty crevices required to find a suitable material to use that will hold the watch firm without damage.
Seek and you will find...Indeed, tis' true. A 10mm piece of PVC/Acetal or possibly Chinkyplassteek reared it's head and it was mine in an instance. A genuine vintage CZ enamel lapel pin badge inlayed into the plastic with all the skill of a Fattorini jeweller gave the required provenance to prove the entire creation was authentic and from this day onwards extremely valuable.
Waterproofing? Forget 'O' rings...Silicone seals..... Micro manufacturing tolerances. If ya was there ya'd know inner tubes not only kept air inside tyres......Nay laddies, cut lengths of inner tubes are called rubber bands.. and longer ones rubber straps! Hold anything - cost nuthin' Used by proper czech motorcycle racers not only to hold up their pants but waterproof period timepieces! Plenty more where they came from if it fails with a loud twang before flying off never to be seen again
Cut from a genuine late 60s inner tube (I should know because it was in the front wheel of my first motorcycle) complete with original Dunlop red patches. (Confirmed because I had the punctures) A fitting piece of memorabilia from the golden age of 'make do and mend' (when glue was glue and it stuck proper)
Lastly, If ya struggling to get a jab remember 'The Old Sidevalve Bar' employs a full time nurse.
Call round...play safe but rough!
