Category: Engine

Slight Change Of Plans!

Early MSS ‘Map of Africa” Well, while the blog as such hasn’t been moving forward in the sense of regular postings, there indeed has been a lot going on in all sorts of ways in the background. There have been a couple of new ‘events’ and some changes in emphasis, as well as a very…


Four-stroke cycle? Nearly!

FUN AND GAMES in Illustrator…720 pictures for the digital version of my book. Took ages to draw!! Still have to do the traditional cold-in, compress, bang and warm-out stuff… Not quite worked out how I want to do that, yet… Please just click on the picture to see the Flash-animation…right-click to stop at any time,…


More Sorting Out

Checking parts for fit… Well, it’s been a busy week, what with this and that! The visit to Pud’s place was a highlight in more ways than one, but more of that later… I got stuck in with the back wheel setup, after turning a longer thread on the spindle and cutting it off appropriately…


Rear Wheel Alignment

Just practice, with a solid spindle! I can’t believe that its been a month since I last wrote something here! How time flies and the setting up of a business does require a little research, travel, meetings, conversations and preparation! Being in the main a manufacturing entity, there are all sorts of things to work…


Split Cases?

A while ago, I threatened to split the cases… as the next logical step after taking the gearbox apart, I think? Well, it wasn’t quite as easy as that. That was at least the plan, but it had one slight hitch… I started by taking all three of the screws out that were holding the…


Buffed Ally Covers etc.

Just a short one today, as nothing else seems to be moving at the moment, I decided to play in the workshop again, as the weather was so fine (27°!) I thought that I’d work on making a few things ‘pretty’…so a clean up of a few parts was on the cards. Not wishing to…


Good or Bad Carbs+De-Chrome

No, this is not a lesson in nutrition! Yesterday I had a bit of a play and cleaned up the 276 Carby I got with the bike. Most of it is useable, needs a new slide and loads of other bits, but is looking good after a careful clean. Someone had painted it silver, presumably…


Even More (expensive) Rubbish

Do you still believe in Father Christmas? When I came home today I was greeted by the parcels that had been promised to me. I bought a nearly complete MkII KSS motor on eBay in November, which I paid on the 1st of December. Due to various reasons (for example the seller ‘had family problems’)…


Quick look at my KSS

… as it was ‘presented’ to me for sale So, you can see, there are a few things missing to get it roadworthy in a sort-of original (at least ‘-looking’) condition. Let’s start with numbers: Engine is KSS 8468, which makes it beginning of 1938, the frame number is KDD 9266, which makes it actually…


Engine OUT!

Look mum, no engine! Well, it was going to be a warm one again today, so after dropping Nancy off at work at four this morning, I decided to make myself a coffee, don my overalls (against the bl#%$#y mosquitos) and venture into the workshop…   This is as far as I had gone before,…