Hi I love those ride out in the Suffolk/essex countryside on my triumph rocket 3gt some would say bit much for the little back roads but it’s as smooth and comfy for them roads as much as munching the motorway miles and going down roads when you don’t know where you are or going to come out is the excitement of the ride as long as you keep your eye on the fuel level and top up coz you don’t know when the next filling station will appear ride safe take care might bump into you one day I’m from Colchester
Coo, Nicholas! I am not sure I would be wanting to maul a Rocket 3 around some of the roads I ride. and cos your from Colchester, I take back everything I said about Essex being the dark county! We all know that's Norfolk!!
@@Volcanicbrown1878 ye nothing exciting about Essex really I prefer Yorkshire fantastic roads countryside for bike riding but such a long way to go really I prefer Suffolk at the moment yes triumph is big but surprisingly not a bad backroad ride really just have to ride sensibly for the road and conditions then down the A14/A12/120 for home give it a blast then😂anyway take care 👋
Live in Dorset but come from Halstead, thanks so much for showing my old stomping grounds, bought back so many memories except the ones lost to Abbott . There was a saying from our side of the border Suffolk born Suffolk bred strong in the arm weak in the head, guess the jokes have been going on since before the guildhall was built.
I enjoyed the video, nice ride out, I hale from Haverhill Suffolk and also bought my Bullet500 from Dean, haven’t yet been far on the bike yet, but your vid has given me the urge to go out lavenham, I used to go to Sudbury on my previous bike occasionally, so I think an expedition that way is imminent. Many thanks.
I love roaming the B roads and lanes of the Lead Hills and Southern Uplands near me on my 350 pre-unit. Great thing about the 350,you'll die of hunger before it runs out of petrol. Great video.
Great to see and hear you back VB…I’ve missed your wit and quirkiness so please keep em coming 😎👍🏻 Enjoy “getting lost” some more and keep the shiny side upright 🏍
Well done on your relatively modern bullet great to see you out it’s been a long winter 😮😮 Getting the interest back is the hardest thing.. taken me 4 months to just pull one of them out to adjust the tappets on my ‘54 bullet 350 yesterday 😊😊 good stuff lovely place there 😊beautiful buildings Phil
A cracking video Mr. Brown. You've made an old ex pat very homesick. What a smashing bike that is; I think its going to be a must have when I get home later this year. Thanks for the upload; much appreciated.
Great to see you back!!,enjoyed the video, nice bike,interesting you say about going back to points ignition,I've been thinking the same for my trident(and Sprite),I hope you found your way home!,looking forward to the next installment👍
Welcome back Mr Brown , it's always good to see one of your videos . I enjoyed the little trip through Lavenham , I see TAYM left his Rolls Royce parked outside the boozer again ! I have just put the distributor back together , after a quick strip down to see if all was well , on a motorcycle and once again admired the simplicity of a mechanical device to provide an engine with a spark when required . I wholeheartedly agree with you : What need have we with electronic ignition ? I can carry a spare plug , points , condenser and a pair of advance springs in a matchbox in my pocket and should I break down hundreds of miles from home ,that's all the parts I need to get me home . What happens when [ not if ] the electronic black box gives up the ghost on the road ? Credit card and tow company , and a long wait probably .
G’day VB, welcome back to where you belong, excellent video mate, crikey some of those potholes are huge, I have the 500 cast iron bullet so your love of RE’s is no different from mine …looking forward to your next exploration run.. cheers Phil 👍🇦🇺
Nice to see you back Mr Brown. And thanks for the ride around north central Essex. Points can work very well with a mechanical advance / retard unit. Many years ago I had a Reliant Robin and it used to wreck a set of points every 3000 miles until I connected an electronic unit that reduced the voltage through the points and then amplified it back to 12 volts into the coil. The points stayed untouched for the next 20,000 miles. Oh! and for those that never owned a Robin, it was a great little car. Reliable, fast as a mini, cheap to run and the fibregalss body did not rot.
Heh nice to see you back and your trip around these old towns. Just got a new super meteor 650 and looking forward to riding shortly out here on Vancouver Island
It's great getting out for a ride & getting lost.NZ has alot of gravel roads & these this guy on TH-cam called Mark Belringer & HE is a big RE fan & got a few bikes.HE rides all over NZ 🇳🇿 & on gravel roads in his Classic 500 & got on/off tyre's & takes it on gravel,dirt,grass roads & river crossings. HE takes it over the gravel track through the South Island more suited to a ADV bike or Dual sports & has become a bit of a RE legend here.HE lives on West Coast of North Island & plenty of off the beaten roads,tracks,paper roads, gravel & dirt also got a Interceptor with on/off road tyre's & Scrambler pipes.HE also got older videos of riding RE 350 Bullets through lower North Island on gravel roads. HE's retired now so gets all over NZ 🇳🇿 & down to South Island every year for Annual RE weekend.Check his last 2 videos out last video is on farm track on Classic 500 & one before that across the Southern Divide in South Island with many river crossings with another Classic 500 in ADV territory & makes it across South Island & all gravel & it shuts down over winter. MarkBelringer
Hi VB, good to see you back in the groove. Forgetting the Romford bit, there's nutt'n wrong wiv Essex, very similar terrain to Suffolk/Norfolk in many respects, 👍.
Couldnt agree more about the ‘points’ . I have changed from electronic ignition back to points before. At least you can do a roadside repair on points but with electronics you cant even identify the fault.
Hi ya Mr brown really like your site and banter genuine knowledge. I bought a contental 535 a few years back. It is really a great bike love it i changed the pipe when I got it home I could not believe how thick the header pipe was I am sure it was thicker than scaffolding steel and the silencer weighs even heavier I fitted a system from carpies cafe racers in the USA it’s a beautiful thing $700 ozzy dollars fantastic and a mate gave me Ducati desmo fearing it’s bright yellow and called custard keep up the great show all the best guy pathe westaustralia
I did notice after a month or so after your last video that it had been a while since you last posted and it was a bummer to find out that all your content had disappeared. But as you said enough of that, it’s lovely that you are back !
G’day bloke. Great to see you back. I live in Australia & visit the U.K about every year or so, these videos showing interesting places always give me ideas of where to go on my next visit, this one has shown me some great places, so thanks mate👍😁. Your comment on motorcycling not knowing where you are going, not knowing where you end up sounds like my life🤣🤣🙄. Looking forward to your next video. Shiny side towards the sky mate, Hooroo 👍😁
@@Volcanicbrown1878 Matchless g3. As seen in ainsworth rider vid from couple of weeks back. He had a go on my 500trials yesterday so you will be seeing that too.
Counts as ajs of course. I.m a new rider of old brits. Been mainly Indian enfields, mz and a few bmw and guzzi and jap bikes. Oh and....so it goes on 🤣
Thank goodness your back Mr Brown, I thought you'd taken the huff with someone, and decided against visiting the small part of the universe that some of us inhabit, in our heads. I imagine many here are ex UMG readers.
I have a similar bike, Just did 300km on it yesterday no problem of late I did the valve guides and I HEAR yo about the timing and the points ,,I would like a lever on the handlebars to adjust the timing when I need it " !
I keep adding to this cause you keep raising interesting "points " years ago I was into tuning Enfields and I went through the Enfield using high-tech software and apart from the combustion chamber there wasn't any fat on any of the numbers Everything was just as it needed to be for the power output Even the heat dissipation from fins Remember this was designed by a fella ( Taylor ) in 1932? with a slide rule and a pencil.... I would like to get the valve to be a little quieter ( next time I have the head off ) Btw , I have 80 psi compression runs ok starts first kick will throw a set of rings in one day! these are great wee bikes !
What a lovely surprise waking up to Mr Brown back on our screens, great to have you back and that 350 is a beauty 👍
@markpercy4277 Your too kind by far!
GORGEOUS Bike....Beautiful country....
Good to see you back VB..... you have been missed.
Hey, thanks
Glad to see back Mr Brown. Lovely roads a great video 👍🏻
Thanks Chris!
Lavenhams road surfaces look period correct too.
Welcome back
Thanks!
Hi I love those ride out in the Suffolk/essex countryside on my triumph rocket 3gt some would say bit much for the little back roads but it’s as smooth and comfy for them roads as much as munching the motorway miles and going down roads when you don’t know where you are or going to come out is the excitement of the ride as long as you keep your eye on the fuel level and top up coz you don’t know when the next filling station will appear ride safe take care might bump into you one day I’m from Colchester
Coo, Nicholas! I am not sure I would be wanting to maul a Rocket 3 around some of the roads I ride. and cos your from Colchester, I take back everything I said about Essex being the dark county! We all know that's Norfolk!!
@@Volcanicbrown1878 ye nothing exciting about Essex really I prefer Yorkshire fantastic roads countryside for bike riding but such a long way to go really I prefer Suffolk at the moment yes triumph is big but surprisingly not a bad backroad ride really just have to ride sensibly for the road and conditions then down the A14/A12/120 for home give it a blast then😂anyway take care 👋
good to see you back on the dreaded you tube vb
@paultaylor961 TH-cam is fine just not the clowns that run it!
Really enjoyed that ride VB, lovely part of the world & a beautiful bike👍
Glad you enjoyed it
so glad to see you back ,
Live in Dorset but come from Halstead, thanks so much for showing my old stomping grounds, bought back so many memories except the ones lost to Abbott . There was a saying from our side of the border Suffolk born Suffolk bred strong in the arm weak in the head, guess the jokes have been going on since before the guildhall was built.
Great to see you back on here again. 👍
Thanks Kevin!
I enjoyed the video, nice ride out, I hale from Haverhill Suffolk and also bought my Bullet500 from Dean, haven’t yet been far on the bike yet, but your vid has given me the urge to go out lavenham, I used to go to Sudbury on my previous bike occasionally, so I think an expedition that way is imminent. Many thanks.
Have fun!
Good to see back on a bike dear bouy, you seem have your bounce back.
I love roaming the B roads and lanes of the Lead Hills and Southern Uplands near me on my 350 pre-unit.
Great thing about the 350,you'll die of hunger before it runs out of petrol.
Great video.
Spot on!👍
Amazing brown I’m so pleased with your new stuff thanks mate you’re a good TH-camr don’t give up 😁
Thank you so much 😁
Nice commentary and sound from the Bullet good to see you back.
Huzzah you're back!!
Hello Simon! Thanks!
Lovely area to ride through VB 😁
Enjoyed seeing the old buildings 👍
Cheers Bruce
More to come Bruce!
Great to see and hear you back VB…I’ve missed your wit and quirkiness so please keep em coming 😎👍🏻
Enjoy “getting lost” some more and keep the shiny side upright 🏍
Thank you kindly!
Timing issues or not, your Bullet makes a lovely sound.
Hi William!, It's now back on points and runs a whole lot better!
Nice to see you're back 👍
@grahamparker7540 Thanks buddy!
This has made my day. Great to see you back.
Thanks!
Well done on your relatively modern bullet great to see you out it’s been a long winter 😮😮
Getting the interest back is the hardest thing.. taken me 4 months to just pull one of them out to adjust the tappets on my ‘54 bullet 350 yesterday 😊😊
good stuff lovely place there 😊beautiful buildings
Phil
Hi Phil, Every day I still have the interest and ride just about every day (when I'm not working on bikes!)😊
Nice to you see you back Mr Brown. Do you ever visit Framlingham ? lovely part of Suffolk.
@davidellis5964 I lived in and around Framlingham for nearly 50yrs!
@@Volcanicbrown1878 Lucky man, Living in busy Essex I always have a ride out in the summer months to suffolk and norfolk lovely part of the country.
I think I might pop out for a little bimble before the rains return.
And why not!
A cracking video Mr. Brown. You've made an old ex pat very homesick. What a smashing bike that is; I think its going to be a must have when I get home later this year. Thanks for the upload; much appreciated.
Many thanks!
Great to see you back!!,enjoyed the video, nice bike,interesting you say about going back to points ignition,I've been thinking the same for my trident(and Sprite),I hope you found your way home!,looking forward to the next installment👍
Thanks Patrick. Appreciated!
Welcome back Mr Brown , it's always good to see one of your videos .
I enjoyed the little trip through Lavenham , I see TAYM left his Rolls Royce parked outside the boozer again !
I have just put the distributor back together , after a quick strip down to see if all was well , on a motorcycle and once again admired the simplicity of a mechanical device to provide an engine with a spark when required . I wholeheartedly agree with you : What need have we with electronic ignition ?
I can carry a spare plug , points , condenser and a pair of advance springs in a matchbox in my pocket and should I break down hundreds of miles from home ,that's all the parts I need to get me home . What happens when [ not if ] the electronic black box gives up the ghost on the road ?
Credit card and tow company , and a long wait probably .
Electronic ignition is a bit like putting handlebars on a horse!
Great video, welcome back have missed your videos.
Aww, Thanks!
Good to see you back, I've been checking in occasionally, at one point all your videos had disappeared and was worried you had quit TH-cam.
I nearly did coz of the gormatroids that run TH-cam!
Beautiful place, & a nice 😊 bike for the ride🛣riding through calm &quite
country side🏡 is a
awesome feeling😊
It really is!
Good to see you back on Utube
Chugging around the lanes on a Bullet in the company of Mr Brown, finally the dark days of winter are behind us!
I have been riding all winter, just not recording!
@@Volcanicbrown1878 I'm sure you have but the winter was darker without you around to help cheer us all up 😊
@@5dTraveller Blushing severely now!
Good to see you back bimbleing around on the 350 👍🏍🇬🇧🙂
Thankyou!
Great to see you posting again. Taym mentioned you were up & running, so it good to see you vids👍
G’day VB, welcome back to where you belong, excellent video mate, crikey some of those potholes are huge, I have the 500 cast iron bullet so your love of RE’s is no different from mine …looking forward to your next exploration run.. cheers Phil 👍🇦🇺
Thanks mate! Yep! we are both singing off the same hymn sheet!
Great stuff and pleased you are back😊 Keep them coming!
Thanks! Will do!
Great video, havn't lost your touch keep them coming 😂
Thanks! Will do!
Nice to see you back Mr Brown. And thanks for the ride around north central Essex. Points can work very well with a mechanical advance / retard unit. Many years ago I had a Reliant Robin and it used to wreck a set of points every 3000 miles until I connected an electronic unit that reduced the voltage through the points and then amplified it back to 12 volts into the coil. The points stayed untouched for the next 20,000 miles. Oh! and for those that never owned a Robin, it was a great little car. Reliable, fast as a mini, cheap to run and the fibregalss body did not rot.
@brockett I had 9 years in Reliant's. Mainly Regal's and Robin's and I even had a 4 wheel Kitten at one time and passed my test in a Rebel!!
I enjoyed that ride. The Bullet has a lovely curved exhaust pipe on it. 👍👍
Good to see you back ,enjoyed the run on the bullet, 👍
Great to see you back VB...you were missed.
Lovely ride, I'm going to have to change my stereotypical view of Essex.
Good to see you back Volcanic 👍🏻
Great to have you back !
Thanks!
Heh nice to see you back and your trip around these old towns. Just got a new super meteor 650 and looking forward to riding shortly out here on Vancouver Island
@colincraig6269 good one!
Recently picked up an 04 Bullet 500 in trials trim which I’m fettling at the moment. Can’t wait to thump along the lanes like this.
@furstyferret13 Nice!
Lovely to have you back !
Thankyou!
👍👍
Great to see you back VB! I've just resubscribed. Cheers from down under mate.
Great to see you back VB, I have missed the chat and lovely rides, keep em coming.
Thanks 👍
Great to see you back in the riding seat cheers
More to come!
Good to see you back out & about VB.
£22.50 to go in I hope Lunch is included in that price.That's $50 in Kiwi dollars😲🤬.
It's great getting out for a ride & getting lost.NZ has alot of gravel roads & these this guy on TH-cam called Mark Belringer & HE is a big RE fan & got a few bikes.HE rides all over NZ 🇳🇿 & on gravel roads in his Classic 500 & got on/off tyre's & takes it on gravel,dirt,grass roads & river crossings.
HE takes it over the gravel track through the South Island more suited to a ADV bike or Dual sports & has become a bit of a RE legend here.HE lives on West Coast of North Island & plenty of off the beaten roads,tracks,paper roads, gravel & dirt also got a Interceptor with on/off road tyre's & Scrambler pipes.HE also got older videos of riding RE 350 Bullets through lower North Island on gravel roads.
HE's retired now so gets all over NZ 🇳🇿 & down to South Island every year for Annual RE weekend.Check his last 2 videos out last video is on farm track on Classic 500 & one before that across the Southern Divide in South Island with many river crossings with another Classic 500 in ADV territory & makes it across South Island & all gravel & it shuts down over winter.
MarkBelringer
Gorgeous bike. It seems to saunter along nicely.
It does!
Hi VB, good to see you back in the groove. Forgetting the Romford bit, there's nutt'n wrong wiv Essex, very similar terrain to Suffolk/Norfolk in many respects, 👍.
@kevinchapman4408 It was said tongue in cheek!
Couldnt agree more about the ‘points’ . I have changed from electronic ignition back to points before. At least you can do a roadside repair on points but with electronics you cant even identify the fault.
@grandadsfishingboat7455 Exactly! I couldn't agree with you more!
Hi ya Mr brown really like your site and banter genuine knowledge. I bought a contental 535 a few years back. It is really a great bike love it i changed the pipe when I got it home I could not believe how thick the header pipe was I am sure it was thicker than scaffolding steel and the silencer weighs even heavier I fitted a system from carpies cafe racers in the USA it’s a beautiful thing $700 ozzy dollars fantastic and a mate gave me Ducati desmo fearing it’s bright yellow and called custard keep up the great show all the best guy pathe westaustralia
@lesleypathe4839 Thanks! The Conti 535's are a whole bunch of fun for sure!
I did notice after a month or so after your last video that it had been a while since you last posted and it was a bummer to find out that all your content had disappeared. But as you said enough of that, it’s lovely that you are back !
Thanks Buddy!
G’day bloke. Great to see you back. I live in Australia & visit the U.K about every year or so, these videos showing interesting places always give me ideas of where to go on my next visit, this one has shown me some great places, so thanks mate👍😁. Your comment on motorcycling not knowing where you are going, not knowing where you end up sounds like my life🤣🤣🙄. Looking forward to your next video. Shiny side towards the sky mate, Hooroo 👍😁
Take care mate!
Brill. You're back. 😊
Ah! @zedcharlie The AJS gentleman!
@@Volcanicbrown1878 Matchless g3. As seen in ainsworth rider vid from couple of weeks back. He had a go on my 500trials yesterday so you will be seeing that too.
Counts as ajs of course. I.m a new rider of old brits. Been mainly Indian enfields, mz and a few bmw and guzzi and jap bikes. Oh and....so it goes on 🤣
Good to see you back mate!
Hey, thanks!
Hi VB good to see you back again, 🤓👍👍😺
Thanks!
Thank goodness your back Mr Brown, I thought you'd taken the huff with someone, and decided against visiting the small part of the universe that some of us inhabit, in our heads. I imagine many here are ex UMG readers.
No, just the clowns who run TH-cam!
@@Volcanicbrown1878
Ride safely Mr Brown.
@@NOTAFULLUN Will do!
Hooray. You're back. Are you ok Mate ?👍
@ianwoollard9008 Thanks! I'm good!
I have a similar bike, Just did 300km on it yesterday no problem of late I did the valve guides and I HEAR yo about the timing and the points ,,I would like a lever on the handlebars to adjust the timing when I need it " !
just checked the plug timing burn mark on the electrode 15 thou
I keep adding to this cause you keep raising interesting "points " years ago I was into tuning Enfields and I went through the Enfield using high-tech software and apart from the combustion chamber there wasn't any fat on any of the numbers Everything was just as it needed to be for the power output Even the heat dissipation from fins Remember this was designed by a fella ( Taylor ) in 1932? with a slide rule and a pencil.... I would like to get the valve to be a little quieter ( next time I have the head off ) Btw , I have 80 psi compression runs ok starts first kick will throw a set of rings in one day! these are great wee bikes !
@@basilwatson1 They certainly are!
Lavenham Guildhall was built in 1529. Anne Bolyne was still alive for another four years.
@Tonyv1951 Ah! I remember it well, quite a warm year if I recall!😉
Welcome back,sir!
Thanks!
Hands up anyone who didn't pause the video at 24:50 ?
@Jonathan-L Well I did to get the thumb nail for the vid!!
Welcome back