THE SHIELD
Probably my greatest claim to international fame and superstardom is that I once wrote – about a Triumph Trident – that everyone should have one … once. This has been quoted back at me endlessly, which is monstrous flattering of course. However… it was originally intended as a joke. Like the joke about the best reason for riding a Panther being that you can become an active and revered member of the galaxy-spanning mighty Panther Owners’ Club. Neither statement is untrue, in fact. It’s just the way I try to tell them. Here’s another example: everyone should have a Bullet.
You may have observed – assuming you can keep your eyes open once you reach these last pages – that life in The Shed has not been entirely humorous in recent times. Not very recently, in fact. The A65T, my unlovely BSA project, arrived in its palatial new home in January 2018, which means that I have failed to make it work for a very long time. I’ve a long history of mechanical ineptitude, and mostly enjoy it, because I have a decent sense of humour and take a perverse delight in laughing at myself. More about the Beezer in a little while.
Meanwhile…
Having failed to fix the BSA, I decided to fix the Matchless. The 1965 CSR which has been a Shed resident for a very long time, for which I have a great soft spot, and which is no stranger in How It’s Made terms, was
