[Dave] Ivor, I've just been looking at this machine of yours and it's quite some creation.
I believe it's based on an A10, so it's a BSA, but it's not your normal BSA by any means. [Ivor] No.
[Dave] Tell us about it. [Ivor] When I went to get an insurance quote she said has it had any modifications, and
so I listed them. And that was fine, just a few. [Dave] So is it something you built?
[Ivor] Right so my dad was a plumber down at the army camp, and when he passed away
he had all these plumbing bits left over in the garage so I thought I'd build a memorial for him.
And so the tank's are an officer's foot warmer. [Dave] This? [Ivor] Yeah. [Dave] Right okay. [Ivor] And then
that's the immersion heater. [Dave] So your domestic water tank, this is the centre for immersion?
[Ivor] Yeah, that's right. [Dave] Okay. Noticed you've got a tap. [Ivor] Yeah so that's, so the damper's made up
out of a friction disc off a grinderette. They're just ground down to the right
diameter. This is the immersion heater tube. You know the heating element? [Dave] Yeah, yeah. [Ivor] Right.
And then instead of the front brake, this is the throttle by the way. [Dave] Oh it's a hand throttle.
[Ivor] Yeah, so I linked the front brake to the back brake, and operated it by the foot pedal the other side.
And then I put a Harley rim onto the old BSA hub so as I could get a fat back tyre.
And then I took the dampers off the back, and made some water pipe up
to get it to sit down low. [Dave] But I'm looking at the mud guards and this is just copper tubing.
[Ivor] That's just copper tubing, yeah, and filled it with sand and bent them round. [Dave] Ballcock rear lights.
Ballcock front lights
[Ivor] Just machined out some fittings and put a torch in there, and the back light has got a
sensor on it so it flashes up when it slows down, as opposed to having any wires. [Dave] And the seat?
I see it's just solid wood. [Ivor] I made an old, piece of old oak that I carved out, and then I made
up a unit here to dampen it, and some valve springs down here for rebound springs, and it actually,
it rides really comfortable. [Dave] This is literally a one off. You'll never find another one of these.
[Ivor] And then on the other side, the pressure tester for your water pipes, so that's what that is.
[Dave] Literally all bits from your dad's workshop. [Ivor] Yeah, yeah all bits from dad's workshop. An SU
carb off of a Morris 1000 or a Mini instead of the original carburetor.
And a 1960s air filter. Yeah, but it was so much fun. It was so much fun to build
because dad had a sense of humour. [Dave] Well I think you have as well. But it does just goes to show you, you
haven't always got to keep things as they are as standard. Something like this, completely
different, and the interest it has. And it'd be really nice in the moment if we could get you to start
it up for us. [Ivor] Yeah, yeah that shouldn't be a problem. [Dave] So I'm going to stand to one side and let you start it.