Current Projects chat and miscellany

for the summer.
looking to find some nice old cottered cranks to replace th ones on there.
quill to ahead adapter and run some huge ape hangers.

Does that have to have any form of licencing?

yes but i found out the because i had a 50cc bike when i was 16 then took my car test within 2 years. apparently this means i have a cbt still.
its also from 1971 so i believe this makes it tax exempt?

Cant wait to see the world at 20mph.

Kernowsibley, are you that slow that you can't reach 20mph on a bicycle?

yes, yes i am.

Nah its just a bit of fun for the summer in Cornwall.

I've just spent some time Googling Autocycle's and Cyclomotor's.

Looks like I have sorted out my summer project.

Kernowsibley- I presume you need a VED disc and insurance?

How awesome is this?

please point me to the actual drive from engine to rear wheel?

Roller that sits on the rear wheel- notice that the mudguard is cut away under the motor to allow this.

[......] <---about this much

oh shit i didnt even look there! first time i see something like this, hmmm

Cheesecake International has one that he bought to the Tweed Run last year, slightly tatty when compared to that one though.

How well does it work?

I'll have a dig.

Tried a few 'lightweight' innertubes and the only ones that seem any good are the michelin aircomp ultralight.

Tubs innit.

Yoo hoo dammit, have a butcher;

http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/misc-classics-a-c.php

aaaand here's the piece d'resistance;

How well does it work?

Well, H one broke in the Tweed Run and his missus have to be carted on VeLLo's rear rack.

(interpert this however you like).

wow! nice ones Ed :)

this was very common in the NL after WW2, engine-assisted bike called 'Solex'

some people went bonkers on them

yes and yes.
I need to find out about tax cost as its from 1971 so it may be exempt.
as far as insurance goes the best quote i got was 45 quid for the year third party only.

I think im going to spray the F+f matte army green and everything else matte black apart from engine ect.
Whit star n front mudgaurd and fuel tank ect for that M.A.S.H. look.

Check this one out.

wow! nice ones Ed :)

this was very common in the NL after WW2, engine-assisted bike called 'Solex'

My Dad's got a couple of them. He's also got about 5 push-bikes with engines mounted either to the frame, or built into one of the wheels. I'll try and post some pics soon...

When I was younger loads of young ppl had modern versions of those, bc you could ride them at 14.

Pininfarina did a updated velosolex:

We've still got a seriously battered old one in our barn that everyone's tried and failed to mend.

agree with the saddle n bars, but wheels are just personal opinion

nah, true story

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Look half way down on this thread..I tried mixing old and new and it doesn't IMHO work. Whereas a carefully put together restoration looks beautiful..
You have to have a modern bike and an old one. In between just looks in between.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread51164.html

I've seen many nice restorations on this forum, but in the end it's nothing very exciting or personal (to me).

If you're anal obsessive dedicated enough to strip off a pretty sound looking, smart, some would even say schweet paintjob - and replace it with, it has to be said, another pretty fine one - because it had the wrong decals on, you're not gonna fuck up on the build. Because there will be dissapoint.
I can if I want, as long as I like the contrast. It's all about personal appreciation IMHO.

1st of January 1973 is the cut off for tax exemption.......anything made before is, anything *made *after, isn't.......so you should be cool

How long are we talking?

The longest, no. 6 and/or no. 7.
If not interested, I can sell them to Oxford or Cambridge.