Classic & Vintage - Viscount AeroSpace Pro

I have a old Viscount Aerospace Pro purchased in 78 0r 79. The front fork was replaced and the front tire. Everything else is original. It really has not been ridden that much.The toeclip straps which have Lambert Of England engraved on them both broke right where they were attached to the medal rivet. Anybody know where I might find a some replacement toeclip straps. Thanks a million.

wow. I have a lambert/viscount wheel somewhere, but I'm sure that's all I have. Need a wheel too?

Somewhere I have Lambert toe straps, the only thing I have
left from the Aerospace Pro model I have back in the late
70's. If I can find them I'll send you a PM.
Someone on ebay recently (within last month or so) had
tons of lambert stuff for auction, most of it never sold.
Search for completed items and see if maybe he/she still
has them.

marty

Any of you guys have troubles pulling the cranks from your Lamberts? I am overhauling one I inherited from LEm, and got the non-drive side off ok, but the drive side threads stripped. The whole drive side mechanism needs extensive cleaning, and would be much better accomplished if I could get the crank arm off. Any suggestions?

Ah, memories! The aerospace was my first serious bike, I still have it, in fact I won enough cat 3 races on it in the late 70s, early 80s to move up to cat 2, then I got my san rensho. It was called the aerospace (I think) because it had an aluminum fork. It was then recalled because the aluminum fork was defective! I'll see if I have the toe-clips.

Zorro-try a wheel puller and lots of penetrating oil and some heat, propane torch heat, not braze-weld heat.

Any of you guys have troubles pulling the cranks from your Lamberts? I am overhauling one I inherited from LEm, and got the non-drive side off ok, but the drive side threads stripped. The whole drive side mechanism needs extensive cleaning, and would be much better accomplished if I could get the crank arm off. Any suggestions?

Wow USAZORRo.......

Im sorry about drive train being so much of a problem.
I hope it can be worked out. I think that is a byproduct of
me riding more than doing maintainance. I believe the
cranks have never been off in both my fathers or my
ownership so age has probably sort of welded everything
together.
Im very glad to hear you are working on it, though. :)

Wow ! Thank you all for responding so fast. Will have to get back to each of you tomorrow. Really pressed for time at the moment.

Wow USAZORRo.......

Im sorry about drive train being so much of a problem.
I hope it can be worked out. I think that is a byproduct of
me riding more than doing maintainance. I believe the
cranks have never been off in both my fathers or my
ownership so age has probably sort of welded everything
together.
Im very glad to hear you are working on it, though. :)

LEm, Not so much a problem as an inconvenience. ;) It's moving at my usual speed - slow.

I had a Lambert with an aluminum fork crica 1973. the Fork broke in shipping and replaced it with a steel fork. Then the bike got stolen.

Marty,

Verry--Verry nice of you. Please let me know--will compensate.

San Rensho,

Mine also had the aluminum fork which was recalled by Yamaha. Fortunately it never broke before it was replaced by the steel fork. I read somewhere where it did break on some riders and Yamaha was involved in some cases of litigation against them. Thanks for looking for the toe clip straps.

I think the Aerospace Pro was the first bike with sealed bearings. For the money it was the best bike per weight on the market. Think I paid around $265.00 to $270.00--have the original receipt and owners manual somewhere packed away in a box.

Sorry it was stolen. Bike theft blanks are on the same level as whales crap.

I had the original death fork, commuted on it for a few years,
rode over curbs, bad MUPs, etc. and never had a problem.
The chrome Tange fork that Yamaha sent as a replacement
was pretty nice too.

Marty

Did Yamaha own Viscount or what? I'm a bit confused. My friend has an Aerospace GP with the death fork on it. We're both afraid to ride it.

Did Yamaha own Viscount or what? I'm a bit confused. My friend has an Aerospace GP with the death fork on it. We're both afraid to ride it.

I think(?) Yamaha bought Lambert and changed the name to Viscount.
The life fork got shipped in a box that had a Yamaha tuning fork on it if I recall
correctly. I put many, many, many hard miles on mine with absolutely no
problems at all. USAZORRO will thank me for saving all the problems for
him :D :eek:

I really think that a set of clipless pedals and a hi-tech rim and
tire set up would make that bike able to compete with anything new out there.

Anyone remember the Viscount "produce" scale. It was in their print ads, and one branded for bike shops? The fork recall was right after z Pinto troubles of 1978. Was a tough time for UK cars and motorcycles too.Chris