Tag: Velocette

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…


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…


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,…


Let There Be Light!

And By GOLLY, there WAS! My goodness, how time flies! Has it really been six weeks since I did a blog! Unforgivable! Lots has been going on, I must admit, so I sort of forgive myself, even if you don’t! One of my preoccupations has been with lighting. I managed to find someone willing to…


More Parts from the Painters

All sorts of ‘goodies’! The last two weeks have passed like lightning, as just one or two changes have occurred and there have been new plans afoot, a few parts have been returned from various ‘service providers’ and Christmas has come early this year, too! In Australia, we often see ‘Christmas in July’ parties, but…


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,…