Or a bunch of rather butchered bits How photos can lie!! Just look at this picture above, for example! Looks magnificent! The start of a superb new project, almost finished, even!! WRONG! And so the voyage of discovery goes on. Only trying to turn the engine by the crankshaft damper (no clutch or chain)…
Matching Numbers?
Original or not… a tale of rivet-counters. Funny, really! You know, most of the veteran/vintage/classic enthusiasts have a reputation for being rivet-counters…I knew someone once who used to count the baked-beans in the tin when he opened it…but that’s another story! Well, this time it’s a bit different, really! This bike I’m going to be…
MAC / Bike-Work-Bench
And with it, a new project! But first the old must be let go, to embrace the new… …and consequently so is the break in transmission…The break over Christmas and the New Year is handy to catch up with friends and family, regardless of religious beliefs, and I enjoy taking the time out and respect…
Change of course
Just look at the ‘swing’ this bike has! Really like the MAC and would love to keep this one, it’s really cute…BUT, I have a ‘mission’, and that is to do a restoration online, for whatever reasons. This beauty of a bike is just too good to start doing a full restoration on! It runs…
Inventory of Needed MAC Parts
17/12/2011
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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…
More photos of the MAC
Still waiting to get put on a transport, Alan sent me 4 more pictures of ‘my’ MAC, giving me a better idea of what is there and what is not… What’s most obvious is the empty headlamp-shell. Looks like a 7” unit, reflector not a problem, will be converted to Halogen or HID bulb anyway….
I Finally Found a Bike!
Today I paid my money and pays the price…for a Velocette MAC, late 1940s, so with a rigid back end and telescopic front forks…a bit more comfortable than the springers on the wrists, but with the upright sitting-position, not an issue at all! This bike is an oily-rag, sort-of-runner, mostly complete. What’s missing is the…
How it SHOULD have started
Well, do I wish that I had this 1937 Sunbeam 500cc model 9, or what! Nearly bought like this for £1900 in 1995, I would have put on a rear mudguard, light and number-plate-bracket, and done about another three hours work on changing the rear chain, oil and plug and to make sure that…
KA169/2 Pillion footrest rubbers
Proper rigid pillion footrests
What they look like is what you get: Correct footrest rubbers for the rigid Velocette MAC, MOV, MSS and KSS. They fit original parts using the original screws AND the patterns, too
Please let me know by email if you would like some/one of these or look for them on eBay!
Peter Gouws-
Blog Titles, Chronologically
- (S)lowly starting up again 16/11/2023
- Velocette KA169/2 Rear Footrest Rubbers for rigid frames 14/11/2023
- Little ’40s Myford 3 1/8″ ML2 01/01/2019
- Footrest/Kickstart Rubber B60/2 10/06/2014
- Brooklands day!! 23/03/2014
- Rigid Velocette Top Yokes for WEBB forks 03/03/2014
- Lycett type saddles etc. 25/02/2014
- Saved rigid MSS from Australia 01/01/2014
- Visit to Wayne… and a grumble 30/11/2013
- Relocation to the UK 10/10/2013
- GTP ‘Before and After’ Album 25/09/2013
- Rigid Velocette gearbox ‘field-strip’ 10/09/2013
- GTP all back together 01/09/2013
- Velocette Kickstart reassembly 01/09/2013
- GTP Drive-side completion 24/08/2013
- GTP Primary Chain Case re-assembly 23/08/2013
- GTP full gearbox strip-down 18/08/2013
- GTP Gearbox cure… 15/08/2013
- GTP and pre-War MOV single-plate clutch 13/08/2013
- GTP Gearbox-strip #1 10/08/2013
- Anyone for GTP? 01/08/2013
- Slight Change Of Plans! 25/07/2013
- Four-stroke cycle? Nearly! 11/06/2013
- Miller Regulator Cover and More! 04/06/2013
- Miller ‘Star’ Testimonials 26/05/2013
- When is a Switch worth a Swap? 24/05/2013
- The Waiting Game 02/04/2013
- First Production Looming 15/03/2013
- ‘Racing’ Oil Tank Anyone?? 14/03/2013
- Real Glass Miller Rear Lens? 08/03/2013
- First Stampings of the ‘Star’ 05/03/2013
- New 8″ Headlamp Brackets 18/02/2013
- Slow Wake-Up after Christmas 31/01/2013
- Summer Doldrums 23/12/2012
- 8-inch Miller Headlamp 12/12/2012
- Lucas Altette? (+ some Chrome) 07/12/2012
- Miller Rear Light Update 01/12/2012
- Going (not so) cheap 19/11/2012
- The Wheel Truth 06/11/2012
- Be-Spoke Wire-Wheel Lace-Up 28/10/2012
- Smith’s Face-Job 22/10/2012
- Bluemels Brake Plate 21/10/2012
- Webb Hub and Brake-Plate? 20/10/2012
- More Sorting Out 08/09/2012
- 1928 Model K Velocette 07/09/2012
- My Book is Published!! 24/08/2012
- Velocette Mudguards and Stays 18/08/2012
- Rear Wheel Alignment 17/08/2012
- Now Trading Officially! 20/07/2012
- A Quick 50W Update 16/07/2012
- My Startup News 16/07/2012
- Let There Be Light! 05/07/2012
- More Parts from the Painters 19/05/2012
- A Tale of Two Tanks 19/05/2012
- Split Cases? 30/04/2012
- It’s a Hercus!! 29/04/2012
- Buffed Ally Covers etc. 25/04/2012
- Trial Assembly of -10 Gearbox 25/04/2012
- Good or Bad Carbs+De-Chrome 09/04/2012
- Painted Parts and Other Things 08/04/2012
- A Leica-ly Story! 24/03/2012
- 8″ Miller HID-Conversion 17/03/2012
- Webb Bottom Links 28/02/2012
- Frame and Fork Prep 19/02/2012
- Paint Preparation 19/02/2012
- No, I haven’t bought a Honda! 16/02/2012
- 1:9 Scale Velocette Model 11/02/2012
- Second KSS Tank 07/02/2012
- More Gearbox 06/02/2012
- Box #2 05/02/2012
- Gearbox Time! 04/02/2012
- Even More (expensive) Rubbish 31/01/2012
- Quick look at my KSS 29/01/2012
- Two Boxes of Gear(s) 28/01/2012
- Engine OUT! 27/01/2012
- Head J.O.B / Fuel-Tank 22/01/2012
- My KSS arrives! 21/01/2012
- More Bits than Pieces 21/01/2012
- KSS Cylinder-Head & Gears 21/01/2012
- Matching Numbers? 09/01/2012
- MAC / Bike-Work-Bench 04/01/2012
- Change of course 22/12/2011
- Inventory of Needed MAC Parts 17/12/2011
- The Bike Has Come, the Walrus Said 16/12/2011
- Transport Paid and Ready To Go! 08/12/2011
- More photos of the MAC 08/12/2011
- I Finally Found a Bike! 07/12/2011
- Looking for a Project Object 01/12/2011
- The Journey to Bielefed, Germany 26/11/2011
- Bike Pick Up and the Way Home 25/11/2011
- 1956 Matchless G80S 25/11/2011
- How it SHOULD have started 23/11/2011
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