When I was a young man...
Bought and old BSA that had been 'chopped' for dirt cheap. Forks extended so far it didn't have front brakes, no foot pegs so you just kind of held your feet up. Backfired through one carb, which would alternate between raw fuel and flames and soon caught my pants on fire. Trying to beat out the flames I ran off the road into the woods, hit a barbed wire fence. I learned a LOT fixing that bike!
Ahhh, the memories of English bikes...
