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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: beardyimpman on August 03, 2019, 05:24:42 PM

Title: corgi
Post by: beardyimpman on August 03, 2019, 05:24:42 PM

wanted kickstart  for the above fitted with spryt engine,help much appreciated, thanks

Title: Re: corghi
Post by: Rex on August 03, 2019, 09:05:32 PM

I had to think twice what you meant there. I suppose you mean "Corgi" the little small wheeled effort from the 1950s?

Title: Re: corghi
Post by: beardyimpman on August 03, 2019, 09:26:55 PM

thanks for reply , yes you are right small wheels , forks fold down on top of the petrol tank ,the seat on its fixing post pushes down in , these bikes fitted in a cylindrical tube and they were  dropped out of planes during the war,

Title: Re: corgi
Post by: R on August 03, 2019, 11:46:12 PM

The WW2 Welbikes didn't have a kickstarter - they were pushed to start ?
The postwar Brockhouse Corgi did, also sold as the Indian Papoose.

This one looks to have an Enfield kickstarter fitted ?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZZEAAOSwxMRbkrqP/s-l1600.jpg (https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZZEAAOSwxMRbkrqP/s-l1600.jpg)
And all the fruit....

Title: Re: corghi
Post by: Rex on August 04, 2019, 09:12:50 AM

Quote from: beardyimpman on August 03, 2019, 09:26:55 PM

thanks for reply , yes you are right small wheels , forks fold down on top of the petrol tank ,the seat on its fixing post pushes down in , these bikes fitted in a cylindrical tube and they were  dropped out of planes during the war,

That wasn't a Corgi but a Welbike. I believe they very different even though people seem to group them together. The Welbike never had mudguards or a front brake.

Title: Re: corgi
Post by: mini-me on August 04, 2019, 07:56:45 PM

Yes Rex, I  also got fed up telling the owners of khaki painted Corgis the difference between a Welbike and a Corgi, don't bother anymore.

Ignorance is bliss amongst huge areas of the old  bike movement.

Welbike

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Welbike.jpg/300px-Welbike.jpg)

 Brockhouse Corgi
(http://classiccars.brightwells.com/images/lots/originals/P1090746.jpg)

Title: Re: corgi
Post by: beardyimpman on August 04, 2019, 08:39:02 PM

thanks for the pictures ,the large photo is as my bike in every way,  so any chance of finding me a kick start like the photo , thanks

Title: Re: corgi
Post by: R on August 05, 2019, 05:09:50 AM

Corgi spares list
http://www.icenicam.org.uk/library/Brockhouse/Corgi_spares_list_1955-08.pdf

Kickstarters look to be thin on the ground, when you search for them ?
Competition for them may be fierce too, keep searching - and beat the pack ?

If it might take a while to turn up one, that Royal Enfield one grafted on may be the
difference between having it mobile or not... ?
Although a push start will likely not be too difficult either ??

Title: Re: corgi
Post by: mini-me on August 05, 2019, 09:05:58 PM

Quote from: beardyimpman on August 04, 2019, 08:39:02 PM

thanks for the pictures ,the large photo is as my bike in every way,  so any chance of finding me a kick start like the photo , thanks

keep your eye on ebay and do the rounds of the jumbles is all I can suggest.

Title: Re: corgi
Post by: Rex on August 05, 2019, 09:40:38 PM

Why don't you ask on here-

http://www.indianpapooseclub.org/forum/board.php