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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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Identify these bikes! / Lewis - What engine ?
« on: March 25, 2026, 07:48:55 AM »
Lewis project  (ex-Adelaide)
Said to be 1910
What engine is that

https://scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/656653990_936403695650586_909555156376747768_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e06c5d&_nc_ohc=1Byd0ztidSIQ7kNvwHLz3eK&_nc_oc=Adr2QXIju4D6UVj1SdEDGn8PkC5lOydZKbZmxiQMrhTum3_fh1n4is6iboMt0Deo-uI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne6-1.fna&_nc_gid=9V5lj1zNrTJq0sz6APrccg&_nc_ss=7a30f&oh=00_AfxhHqDjdEoBu-rsT0HRi3oNRBueq8leAUHIJwoPIOJhSg&oe=69C9629C

Have some vague recollection of some discussion of this - with those twin bolts in the exhaust stub like that.
AJS  ??


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British Bikes / Malvern Star
« on: March 04, 2026, 09:19:44 AM »
Or is that alas poor Malvern Star !
Not a fast seller.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4157041997853024/

Doesn't seem to have many wheels ?
If that was a bit closer would go for a look.

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British Bikes / Waratah article
« on: February 26, 2026, 11:39:59 PM »
I understand OBA  has a Waratah article this issue 127
Anyone have any inklings as to content. ?

No mention on the cover
https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/636364254_2057980785066148_6330581308162960734_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e06c5d&_nc_ohc=nX4tLcNcJNoQ7kNvwFu02Sw&_nc_oc=Adn7wEGBZ7b4okBGqfr3RFJm0nAx52dy5oIjw-BYGWkBqMXdtElCn_Mk5GENbTxMeEM&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&_nc_gid=m-t-G7rG8IbqEBU5O82IUQ&oh=00_Afu31JVPlqm3OVGGOd605zX2Zz6W5qVBVgeydVa0cGLhgQ&oe=69A6BB23

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British Bikes / Enfield tank panel colour ?
« on: January 20, 2026, 07:39:30 AM »
Has anyone faced the task of doing the tank panels on a prewar Enfield.
What colour did you use ?



The brochure describes it as 'chrome tank with silver tank panels'.
But plain ole silver paint seems not right, its got a white look to it ?
And its pre-metallic paint, so no answers in that direction...

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British Bikes / Royal Enfield HiFi Blue ?
« on: January 07, 2026, 03:17:16 AM »
Someone here is looking to paint their 60s Enfield twin in the HiFi Blue listed then.
Anyone know if this a metallic colour, a candy apple colour or a pearl type paint ?

We see that RS Bikepaints lists it as Polychromatic HiFi Blue
- which would make it a single stage pearl type paint.
A more modern version may use a clear topcoat.

I recall seeing a nice example in Wales, done entirely using spraycans !
And a LOT of manhours....

A sample, selected at random.

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British Bikes / Villiers battery charging system ?
« on: November 19, 2025, 09:46:07 PM »
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 ...


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British Bikes / Villiers headlamp switch
« on: September 16, 2025, 07:20:59 AM »
Bit slow here, need something to git thungs movin agin ?

Anyone care to explain the Villiers headlamp switch ?
Waratah/Excelsior 125cc circa 1945

I thought it was a Miller, but new/replacement has a chrome ring around it.
And would be (slightly) too big to fit ??
What retains it - a large wire circlip ?

DIM/OFF/FULL
https://britcycle.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Miller-Headlamp-Switch.jpg







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British Bikes / ACME aussie bike
« on: May 28, 2025, 11:21:09 AM »
On fleabay.
$5k for that ??
Not much left really, unless 'comp' bikes are of interest.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/55wAAOSw1HZoNpu-/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/177131888611

Tilbrook high compression head.
Requires bump starting.
Hmmm

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British Bikes / Waratah on fleabay
« on: February 03, 2025, 10:52:30 PM »
Hmmmm, quite a hefty price for an unfinished project ?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/135173491874

Been trying to get a sale for quite a while now ...

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British Bikes / Villiers chain ?
« on: July 31, 2024, 06:41:47 AM »
My lil' Villiers needs a new rear chain.
125cc 9D

From previous discussions here, it needs to be a 1/2" x 3/16" x .335"
(Which is not the same as a 420 at all.)

Terriers used the same for the primary drive (clutch), but are quite short.
Renolds appear to have made this - as 110044, mostly out of stock it would seem.
Bantams used something similar - although maybe not as the .335   ??

Is Villiers Services the only source of this.
Postage is quite a chunk these days, unless something can be sourced closer to home ?

The new sprockets are strategically stamped with this 335 detail ...




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British Bikes / Waratah speedo
« on: May 13, 2024, 12:32:59 AM »
So I've come across a neat little Smiths speedo, 2 & 1/2 inch, and pondered fitting it to a Waratah 1945/6 125cc.

I don't think speedos were even an option then ?, so this has me pondering.
How to organise a speedo drive.
And, laughing, is 40 mph going to be enough !

Thoughts ?
Indian Bullets and plenty o jappas have a speedo drive off the front wheel.
Where will the ratios be.

Possibly off an autocycle ?





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British Bikes / Brooks toolboxes
« on: April 15, 2024, 10:41:17 PM »
I have come across these. Bit battered, bit crusty and a bit modified ?
They have dried out, considerably, what is best for 'revitalysing/rehydrating' them ?
They seem to be in black - unless they have been coated with something ?
Very thick heavy leather.
Would, at a pinch, fit my old Triumph project.


Closest I could find of their ancestors is these (modern remakes).
https://files.ekmcdn.com/wisedale123/images/toolboxes-veterans-brooks-2306-p.jpg

So the lock/clip has been added at some point ?
Brookes made quite a range, when you scout about ...



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British Bikes / Invincible JAP decals ?
« on: June 18, 2023, 10:53:54 PM »
Someone is asking if Invincible JAP decals are available anyplace ?
Any leads appreciated.
And thanks to Leon for the loan/linking/pirating of his image !
(They are JAP engines in them, afterall.)

Or do signwriters need to get involved here ...


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European and Other Bikes / Jawa electrical gizmo ?
« on: June 26, 2021, 02:24:32 AM »
I've got amongst some stuff a Jawa battery box.
Looks like plunger frame era, early 1950s, bit crusty ?
Its got an electrical gizmo on top that could be a zener diode maybe ?
Labelled as USMERNOVAC JAWA  6V 1.5A

Anyone shed any light on this ?
9w doesn't seem like much to do anything useful with ?
Unless its quite a low output electrics all around !
There is a bit online on this - but its all in czech !



https://i.postimg.cc/MZf8TsF9/Jawa-batterybox.jpg

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