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I enjoy playing with my Villiers stuff but I have no illusions     

Aye ! 
As soon as the march of history is trotted out, I compare my lil Villiers 125cc at 3 bhp with the last of the KTM 125cc GP bikes.
At 55 BHP, thats 440 BHP/Litre    Now thats a full Grand Prix race spec engine, but still ......

Thanks for your comments. I do have the Villiers book, but not read through it lately. Or even found it recently !.
I don't remember it giving a really detailed account of the electrics, just the bare basics. ?
I'd be curious what form that long resistance wire took in the later 1950s models, if it had to deal with a full 30w output.
That'd be a bit of heat to shed .....

Yes, I would regard a working (and visible) brake light in particular as essential in modern traffic.

Funny you should mention replica lamps. I've just taken delivery of several, and apart from no Lucas logos
or numbering they seem almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Sure beats an empty space, at least ...
Even the paintwork has improved lately ? 
We will see if they still work in 70+ years ?!

Miller dip switches - as a genuine copy - are fiercely expensive.
So I improvised - a coat of black (left) on a knockoff pattern.
And it has a horn press.

https://i.postimg.cc/QMQZcQxx/Miller-copy.jpg


Might work on the lighthouse 3-d molding for the top....

If only they made the supplied wires a shade longer.

Hmmm, the Owners Manual for a later model refers to a 30w generator.
Must be with more lighting coils than this has ...

Indeed.
The local advertising for these was something like "a penny a mile"
so you couldn't get more economy oriented than that.

That said, you'd hope the engineering was at least in the ballpark,
And spares and a handbook gave you a chance of keeping it running ...

Now, to find a suitable Miller headlamp switch, for the best ! of all worlds
4 position, Direct as the 4th position.

In the late 40s early 1950s, you could buy a basic little Villiers powered bike with direct AC lighting only.
Or, the upmarket version with 6v battery and charging system.
And the direct AC lighting was still available, selectable on the (special) Miller 4 pole headlamp switch.

I was somewhat bemused to see the battery charging system seemingly has no voltage control (?)
Or have I missed something ?   How did they get away with this ?
Does the half-wave rectified 6v output only constitute a trickle charge to the battery maybe  ?

Does the base model Villiers have the same number of lighting coils for the flywheel as the battery model ?

Jist curious, at this stage ...

Take a photo / measure the combustion chamber while you are at it. ?

That does look like a copy casting, its not clean enough to be a Villiers product. ?
Your combustion chamber possibly hasn't had the final machining to give the correct dimensions ?

The advent of ashless oils was a huge leap forward in oil technology, especially for 2 strokes.
I'm likewise unaware of these 'inertia rings', and thought I'd kept up with most such developments ...