horobags wrote:And the wheels were inter changable as the the s series was set up as an ideal outfit machine.

Like this one in the Riverside Museum - Glasgow.

JohnR93 wrote:Green with envy... What is it?

John R93, it's a 487cc Sunbeam S8 of 1952 vintage!
- with many modifications : Quartz Halogen lighting, electronic ignition, indicators and hydraulic clutch operation. Guaranteed to turn heads - and attract the bill!


Jim

Jimo wrote:

JohnR93 wrote:Green with envy... What is it?

John R93, it's a 487cc Sunbeam S8 of 1952 vintage!
- with many modifications : Quartz Halogen lighting, electronic ignition, indicators and hydraulic clutch operation. Guaranteed to turn heads - and attract the bill!

The green job is the S7, same engine but very different frame and wheels.


Jim

wozza wrote:Well the Sunbeam did an S7 and an S8. One did have the fat tyres, but I can't remember which way round it was.

It was the S7 (usually green in colour) that had the large fat tyres and interchangeable wheels making steering rather heavy, the S8 used conventional tyres 3-50 x 19 front & 3.75 x 18 rear.


Jim

Owned one of each sunbeams ,if you gave the S8 any fast sudden a throttle,you could twist the drive shaft or bend it, i also owned a sumbeam 250 twin scooter

Funny how things go off topic rather easily. Heres my contribution based on Meldrews post.

I've got a 'pop up' waste in my bathroom sink. Sometimes it sticks down in the closed position and there is no way to pop it back up so I brought my valve grinding stick out of retirement and use the sucker on the end to release the jammed waste plug. It now lives beneath the sink in the vanity unit. All family members have been instructed in its correct use.

Steve_D wrote:Funny how things go off topic rather easily. Heres my contribution based on Meldrews post.

It's not my fault that Jimo posted some tasty pics... I got distracted.
But, that's half the fun of this forum, seeing which direction a topic goes next.

Steve_D wrote:Funny how things go off topic rather easily. Heres my contribution based on Meldrews post.

I've got a 'pop up' waste in my bathroom sink. Sometimes it sticks down in the closed position and there is no way to pop it back up so I brought my valve grinding stick out of retirement and use the sucker on the end to release the jammed waste plug. It now lives beneath the sink in the vanity unit. All family members have been instructed in its correct use.

& here's another direction... You could use the sucker that is supplied with some GU10 Lamps (to get them out of their housings), smaller than a grinding stick, less obtrusive.

ridinhigh wrote:Owned one of each sunbeams ,if you gave the S8 any fast sudden a throttle,you could twist the drive shaft or bend it,

That's the best Exageration of the century, maybe your Sunbeam had a rubber drive shaft....there's certainly not enough torque in either of the Sunbeam engines to bend a drive shaft. I ride one regularly but these days for pleasure only and it gives me a lot!


Jim