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Identify these bikes! / Re: L'il Villiers
« on: July 21, 2026, 01:56:35 AM »
Hmmm, not a whole lot more info  !

https://australia.hibid.com/lot/312716531/original-waratah-barn-find--rare-sydney-made-bike

Lotta minor details are different to my 1945/46

Not sure its even worth that $500 opening bid.
But mabbe being 'rare' will make it worth it ?


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Identify these bikes! / Re: L'il Villiers
« on: July 20, 2026, 08:26:36 AM »
Apparently its coming up for auction - NSW
These are some pre-auction publicity.
Hopefully all will be revealed.

I'd opt for prewar, not sure that external gear lever was ever postwar on Waratahs ?
Anything is possible after 80+ years though.


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Identify these bikes! / Re: L'il Villiers
« on: July 20, 2026, 04:08:49 AM »
That tank decal looks to be Waratah.

So what year/model could that be ?

https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/740271888_1790259692332649_3312247724373031733_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx1537x2048&ctp=s960x960&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=946e27&_nc_ohc=kJQxXcJtFoUQ7kNvwH8uF5T&_nc_oc=AdofLX6NK3hWDvVLAjACoCBPj-BvovfkVgqOY22OIokNN5ZpHIP5_UWYEQCrAhoRAyI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&_nc_gid=WIC_VlECCqNMaqjinRboCA&_nc_ss=7b289&oh=00_AQCIBQxBlIXEt4urO54Ivs6MFufhp1uL-brNhQ9Uhv8lew&oe=6A63556C

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Identify these bikes! / L'il Villiers
« on: July 19, 2026, 07:46:45 AM »
OK, whatizit  ?

Looks a bit Waratah, but doesn't have the gearchange through the petrol tank.
And the forks look chunkier ?

Coming up for auction next month ?, so may be more details then.
Enough missing to keep the new owner awake at night ....

https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/748568222_1796919814999970_838114587227374269_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx2048x1537&ctp=s960x960&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=946e27&_nc_ohc=hnAfGCHmubYQ7kNvwH1FWNH&_nc_oc=AdrBsc8nGpxvg45271Ats07ehamqEF7w9WnYFBDWnC35VFmd76WSt4S9ttJf2Fj-zHk&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&_nc_gid=i98g2pvOTsLEitBXwkCJRw&_nc_ss=7b289&oh=00_AQAG6z-H2xGx6mrjqCG21_NkfOEULAvJB9j0eGGUxO1l4Q&oe=6A623580

A good tank clean may discern some remnants of a decal ??

Obviously been used for possum spotting !


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Identify these bikes! / Re: Precision Big4 frame ?
« on: July 14, 2026, 11:22:58 PM »
I'm working on it.
In the depths of my garage, nothing is readily visible.
Getting it out of there might require an early spring clean !

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 30, 2026, 10:29:34 PM »
Yes I saw him in the movies.
I doubt he knows much about CE's though ?

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 29, 2026, 11:49:20 PM »
Don't you live just around the corner from the OP ?

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 27, 2026, 02:56:29 AM »
Where are you
Alaska
Tierra del Fuego
Siberia  ??

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 24, 2026, 11:44:40 PM »
How would an Amal off a BSA Bantam go ?

(Did we ask if the original carb came with this project ?)

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Identify these bikes! / Precision Big4 frame ?
« on: June 22, 2026, 11:18:28 PM »
Can anyone identify this ?

Would this be suitable for a Big4 engine / build ?

https://i.postimg.cc/tgT7Zg3Z/veteran-frame.jpg

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 21, 2026, 10:19:28 PM »
Villiers loved those curly-whirly manifolds.
Keep your eyes peeled, this one is about the exact mirror image ?
Good luck.


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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 20, 2026, 03:38:59 AM »
Quote from: 33d6 on June 19, 2026, 02:58:03 AM
'The Vintage Motorcyclists' Workshop" by Radco contains a full double page photo

Split across 2 pages it must be noted. The manifold is slap bang in the page join !
All the online scans are awful in the picture dept, they must have scanned a photocopy

I've done some lost wax casting.
Doing a curly plaster central core of the actual gas pathway and coating it with wax to a suitable depth and then coating the whole
shebang in more fireproof plaster is possibly the simplest method ?  You'd have to find a foundry that does this type of casting.
Simpler than it sounds, and cheaper as a one off than making moulds and core moulds.
The cast metal very accurately replicates the finish on the wax - so you could inscribe your image on it !

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 16, 2026, 11:59:30 PM »
Or does it have one of those curly-whurly alloy thingies - to the other side ??
That makes it somewhat more  complicated ...

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 16, 2026, 10:39:56 PM »
Quote from: R on June 16, 2026, 10:32:34 PM
A simple tubular stub - to suit the carb, and a 2 bolt plate welded on would about do it. ?

You might need to carefully consider the angle of the inclined cylinder,
best so that the carb is quite horizontal.
And the weld likely needs to be gas-tight.  Well within the skill set of most welders...

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British Bikes / Re: Coventry Eagle 1932
« on: June 16, 2026, 10:32:34 PM »
Something like this - a Silent Superb  ?
(it was unclear if this was that actual version).
That manifold doesn't look very complicated ?



Short of endlessly trawling fleabay, or approaching Villiers Services for one, maybe the local fabricator could whip one up ?
A simple tubular stub - to suit the carb, and a 2 bolt plate welded on would about do it. ?

I had a manifold made up for an Enfield project. They used a long-necked Amal, which are near impossible to find as the correct one.
Wasn't especially expensive - and I had it done in stainless, so was a real work of art.
A plain steel one would not be beyond most workshops.
And if its all thats stopping you going for a ride. !

Be thankful its not the exhaust thats missing. Now that does look special. !!

Good luck, keep us posted..



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