It’s the real thing My long absence has been due to many changes! Real change only comes about through real change, as we know, and plenty has been a-changing! I won’t bore you with the details (well, not all of them… and not yet!), suffice to say that things (and me) are on the move…
Webb Hub and Brake-Plate?
Is it for Velocette at all?? This has turned out to be a bit of a conundrum: The hub and brake-plate that I received with the bike originally, purporting to be a Velocette front hub has a few ‘minor’ differences to any Velocette front hub that I have ever seen! Oh, there’s no doubt about…
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…
1928 Model K Velocette
Well, here’s something unusual… Speaking to a very good friend and Velocette Owner’s Club member (among other clubs!), Pud, it sort of sifted through that he was prepared to sell one of his bikes off. Now Pud, it must be said, is actually a TWO-STROKE man, if the truth be told, so this cammy stands…
My Book is Published!!
Breaking News!! Imagine! My book is now finished and published, as an eBook to start with, available on AMAZON for Kindle (and Mac, Windows, various telephones etc.) Hard-copy will follow before Christmas, but get it now for an introductory Ten Bucks! This has been in the pipeline for a while now and I decided to…
Velocette Mudguards and Stays
Something else I need to either make or find a reliable source for! Have a good look at the picture…again! Open and close your eyes a few times to get it right…it’s the INSIDE of the main rear mudguard for the KSS, kindly loaned for measuring up by a good friend, Keith. This picture (got…
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…
Now Trading Officially!
The change was subtle, almost unnoticeable, actually. You won’t have noticed anything anymore than I did. A bit like a birthday, actually: “What does it feel like to be 56?” (or whatever) Actually no different to 32 ( – or any other age I could mention – except that my body has ways of reminding…
A Quick 50W Update
ZAP! This is main beam of the 50W setup, through the fluted, flat lens And this the dipped beam. Out on the street, this looked quite different: Main: …and dipped-beam, again: Projected through these eyes. The problem over the last few days is, that it has been wet, and so the light reacts very differently…
My Startup News
Been wondering why there has not been so much blog activity recently? There has been an awful lot going on in the background, and while it was happening, I didn’t want to make any premature announcements, in case things didn’t go quite according to plan… As it happens, more has actually gone according to plan,…
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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