Category: Tank

‘Racing’ Oil Tank Anyone??

Hah! Really looks the racing-part! This came with my KSS parts from NSW and the now unresponsive Bob. Ishall actually be selling this, as I have no use for it at all. My bike will be anything but a racer and will probably end up being ‘de-tuned’ mildly, to allow some long-distance cool running with…


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…


A Tale of Two Tanks

Christmas in May?? One is a petrol tank and the other is an oil tank. Lets start with the oil tank, shall we! I wanted to have it cleaned off and powder-coated by Alan, so I took it round there (it had been chromed at some stage, so I wanted to have it blasted, too,…


Second KSS Tank

Postwar KSS tank Ah! Due to the fact that the bike came with an MSS tank (right shape and date, but definitely ‘wrong’ underneath!) the buyer ‘hapened’ to have a ‘correcter’ tank at his place and sent it to me free of charge! Thanks for that, Robert! A nice post-war KSS tank, in fairly good,…


Head J.O.B / Fuel-Tank

You don’t have to be a ‘shrink’… to see what’s going on inside THIS head, that’s for sure! Apart from the butchery from yesterday’s tale, today we have a story about – you guessed it! – mods and rockers! Next off is the bevel gear housing, which comes off with three nuts, two directly behind…


Inventory of Needed MAC Parts

  SO, today I had a real walkaround and took a closer at the MAC to see what parts would be needed to turn this into a real stunner. On top of this will come the cost of blasting (where necessary, which I don’t really think that it will be) priming and painting/powder-coating and the…