[blucar]

I have a good friend that is really into old British bikes, Norton's, Triumph's, etc.. He has all of the correct tooling, repair manuals, etc., to work on the English bikes..
One minute he'll speak very highly of them, touting all the races they have won and speed records they set.. Then he'll go off on their unreliability, especially Lucas and their constant oil leaking from the gear and engine cases..
One of my neighbors favorite comments is; "The English never invented a computer because they could not figure out how to make one that would not leak oil"..
My neighbors everyday riding bike is a BMW... Bill