Forum: Vintage

Here is the last effort resting comfortably at home. Fully operational and not leaking. Even with the u-beaut brake pads, all I can say is, there...

Thanks Marvin, to all intensive purposes I think that the caliper bolts turned out close enough. There was heaps of meat left for me to go where I...

Just got the fueling right after making my own needle and slide for the SS1 35b, and had a blow out due to soft Ti around the collet groove. Inlet is...

MPEG in zip file of converting front 530 bevel sprocket to 520 using a ceramic tip, lathe running flat out. The flares are 0.2/0.3mm strips of swarf...

Fans of Jimmy Adamo and/or TT's and F1's may want to visit the TT/F1 forum which held a gathering this last weekend at Loudon, NH. Photos are...

For those that are interested in shear lunacy, read on. The 1962 race bike is still progressing. A very Zen thing. I’ve cut down the vibration by...

Just been getting into a mind set process I'm labelling NCRation. First you look at every NCR bike you can find, and stare at them endlessly over a...

Well ladies and gents, after 25 hrs pissing around with the 1962 250 Ti valves narrowcase, I finally got it going. It's using a Dellorto SS1 35 B...

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Insert Count Dragular laugh here.

Bloody bike fairies have been at it again. After weeks, neigh years, mock up time. A couple more frame tang and bracket bits to weld on, and its off...

This week I had the glamous job of removing disolved tank liner from this machines intake tract. The old unleaded fuel disolved the liner material...

Anyone have a 350 narrow case crank or know of anyone who has one? May even be interested in the whole engine depending on price.

Moving at the speed of a thousand racing snails today i finally got to see a result of some time well spent reseaching and talking to people.. I...

Debrief: We came, we raced, we conquered. The aptly named 62' 250 " The Lady of the Lake" (my charge) won period 3 250 Light Weight. Yey team. The...

Debrief: We came, we raced, we conquered. The aptly named 62' 250 " The Lady of the Lake" (my charge) won period 3 250 Light Weight. Yey team. The...

Well another fantastic weekend for round 2 of the season. The Big Chill once again failed to live up to its name, but this year it was close as there...

It's dodgy old race bike season again and this years team started off with just the 3 bikes. The 1962 250 lady of the lake, and the super el cheapo...