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My Atlas got picked up this morning with Chris,s BSA, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Chris,s bike looks like it should be in a Museum, scary pushing it about and carting it around in my trailer. It's stunning in build and absolutely correct in a concourse way. My first impression of my Atlas, it's fucken HUGE. Way bigger than I remembered Yogis being. The seat is pretty tall and wide but what absolutely needs the first fix is the massive foot-catching rear blinkers, they really make it hard to even in shorts get off the bike. It breezed through classic rego, except my emailed and printed Bill of Sale apparently wasn't ok. Andy, you need to fly to Oz and do another one, Naa they found a way past that. I now need to take a breath and thank some people, First Andy, so easy to work with and he even sent the bike before I paid for it, BTW did the cheque clear? Chris for printing all the paperwork to pick up the bike and do rego, I think my name is still on that I hope, Will for dragging out the right form when Marty said it was impossible to find, and Marty for signing off on rego. Time to start modding Atlas suspension, you all love my suspension BS I know. BTW I hope Chris adds some pics he took while dodging 200-ton forklifts moving 50ft containers about.
 
I forgot to add, the Horn doesn't work, hope it's not the same crap as on my 3c. Here we go again. Time for a horn-fixing thread. I am excited as a young pup, love this bike. Thanks again Andy
 
It's in pieces, too late for pictures. Naa just pulled the plastic side covers and the seat off, all very civilised with minimum bolts to remove. I need to refit the new exhaust properly before I can start and ride it, Andy ran out of time before the actual boat sailed. Apparently, you need to do it in sequence to get a snug fit. Got a couple of bolts to replace while I am at it and an oil change as well. Had a small accident tonight, headbutted the towel rail in the bathroom bending over to pick clothes up and did a small head split. Lots of blood from such a tiny hole.3 hrs at the hospital getting my head glued back together. It's been an interesting day.
 
Vince said:
It's in pieces, too late for pictures. Naa just pulled the plastic side covers and the seat off, all very civilised with minimum bolts to remove. I need to refit the new exhaust properly before I can start and ride it, Andy ran out of time before the actual boat sailed. Apparently, you need to do it in sequence to get a snug fit. Got a couple of bolts to replace while I am at it and an oil change as well. Had a small accident tonight, headbutted the towel rail in the bathroom bending over to pick clothes up and did a small head split. Lots of blood from such a tiny hole.3 hrs at the hospital getting my head glued back together. It's been an interesting day.
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They stapled my head back together when some girl whacked me over the head with her high heeled shoe. Amazing how much blood poured out, it was dripping off the ends of my fingers.
 
Velo's gone Rob, always lusted over the BSA though.
Used to go up to the BUSY BEE on the north circular back in the day, place was chockerblock with bikes, the RGS in my opinion was the first Cafe Racer and set the standard for all others that followed.
 

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Reunited Chris said:
Velo's gone Rob, always lusted over the BSA though.
Used to go up to the BUSY BEE on the north circular back in the day, place was chockerblock with bikes, the RGS in my opinion was the first Cafe Racer and set the standard for all others that followed.
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I don’t disagree with you Chris, it’s a nice bike. One of my friends in Bristol had a Goldie back in the day when they were the bike to have. Apparently he rode it every where like he stole it, which was his undoing as one day, on his way home in the dark on an unfamiliar road, he flew over a humpback bridge to discover to his horror an immediate 90 degree turn. He landed in the ditch and crushed one of his index fingers so badly he later had it amputated. He still managed to pull the bike out of the ditch and ride it home though.
 
Andy J said:
I don’t disagree with you Chris, it’s a nice bike. One of my friends in Bristol had a Goldie back in the day when they were the bike to have. Apparently he rode it every where like he stole it, which was his undoing as one day, on his way home in the dark on an unfamiliar road, he flew over a humpback bridge to discover to his horror an immediate 90 degree turn. He landed in the ditch and crushed one of his index fingers so badly he later had it amputated. He still managed to pull the bike out of the ditch and ride it home though.
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I know all about hump back bridges Andy, had a similar experience, except it wasn't a corner but a line of cars waiting at a set of traffic lights, fortunately I was able to dodge between the cars and kerb to bring the bike to a stop and change my underpants.
 
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