Call those thumpers?

[iansoady]

This is a thumper:

Up & running although more fettling to do.......

[themoudie]

And very nice too. 

Enjoy getting out and about on it.

Good health, Bill

[Moto63]

Evening Iansoady, no pic on my I pad. I,ll take your word for it that it really is a thumper
Cheers...Michael

[timbo]

Sorry, no pic here either 

[manxie]

LOVELY!!!!!   

[iansoady]

It's a youtube video - those of you wedded to apple's closed world probably can't see it.

Pic here:

[Moto63]

Ahh....yes got the still pic, thanks. Looks very nice too, all you need now is some decent weather to be able to get out and enjoy riding it.....cheers..Michael

[timbo]

Absolutely gorgeous. Health to use 
Why not tell us a bit about her, how long you've owned it, any history, etc etc.

[Propellor]

Looks and sounds lovely. On my i pad. 

[Moto63]

Eh....how come??..... I've try,d about half a dozen times but can still only get the still pic up.....never mind, techno oligy, don't ya just love it

[Propellor]

Eh....how come??..... I've try,d about half a dozen times but can still only get the still pic up.....never mind, techno oligy, don't ya just love it

I dunno, but it's here on my kindle fire as well. It's ten inch you know. Ooo matron.

You should be able to find it on you tube tho.

[manxie]

Here you go fella`s, try this.........

 

[Steve Lake]

What year is it... looks in lovely condition.... does it have the hand operated gear on left of tank?... does it have the obligatory Sunbeam 'oil bath chaincase' ? I'm assuming it's the 500 lion?

sorry, brings back great childhood memories, my Father had 4, 2 350 side valves, and 2 500 ohv's... all 1936 to 38
used to pull a child/adult chair ... toured all over the British isles
I could tell you about the time the clutch burned out in the lake district... 8 hours on the side of the road, boiling corks on the primus stove, (corks obtained by a very helpful AA man who raided the local chemists in Coniston.... fitting corks , rubbing down and refitting everything... of course, the chair had to come off to access the clutch... can't imagine how , at the age of 12 I managed to help the old man get it off and back on again...
anyway... long story... best told over a pint one day
good luck with the old Beamer...  lovely to see

[Moto63]

Morning chaps, cheers Steve (manxie) for the you toob clip, lovely bike. Thanks SteveL for the short tale, nice little read. The kind that just kindda brings a nice smile to ya face....cheers chaps

[iansoady]

Hi Steve.

It's a Model 10 350cc OHV. It was brought out as a "cheap" bike by Sunbeam in the Depression era as Sunbeams were always seen as (and were) generally expensive although of high quality. The gentleman's motorcycle was how they were advertised.....

It is indeed hand change (3-speed, lever on the RHS of the tank) and has the oil bath chaincase although I'm afraid more of an oil leak chaincase. There is little commercial sense behind it as almost all parts including engine, gearbox, frame and wheels are unique to the model so design, tooling and production costs must have been very high. And it was only catalogued for 2 years so wasn't popular even at £65....

Your memories chime with mine although my Dad was always a Norton owner. We used to go from County Durham to Bolton every Christmas when I was but a toddler and I can remember one story of sliding down the grass verge in atrocious conditions near Blubberhouses as the road was a sheet of black ice. People were tough in those days.

Me on one of Dad's Model 19s:



And Dad's last journey on an outfit earlier this year: