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British Bikes / excelsior two stroke exhausts
« on: August 17, 2015, 08:40:05 PM »
hi fellow bikers ,building a 1934 Excelsior as you know managed to put the rebuild engine in to find it had the wrong flywheel on got it started by subtracting TDC 90o and it fired up could it be the wrong flywheel ,also the silencers had a rattling baffle inside ,looked like an auger about 250mm long the exhaust looks very simlar to a fishtail velo silencer the engine is a Mk14a single villiers with a twin exhaust port ,my question is , are the auger type baffles correct and has anyone come accross them photos to follow

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British Bikes / excelsior/villiers starting
« on: May 01, 2015, 04:12:17 PM »
I have been building an excelsior with a mk14a villiers engine air cooled with villiers carb and villiers flywheel I have checked the coil replaced the condenser,points ht lead and plug ,I am getting spark and compression seems ok ,also had carb serviced set the timing of armiture plate but cannot get it started any idea's starting to pull my hair out and i have not got a lot left HELP!

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British Bikes / villiers Mk XIV-A 249CC
« on: February 07, 2015, 08:24:36 PM »
HELP! coil checked, new condenser ht lead, spark plug, and the flywheel re-magnetised and no spark. what am I doing wrong ?

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British Bikes / 1934 Excelsior scout
« on: January 14, 2015, 09:16:13 PM »
i am a good way on with a rebuild of an Excelsior scout 250 unfortunately the bike has no exsisting wiring and its not my strong point it is a simple system by the look of it head light,tail light,ammeter,dynamo (being rebuilt with modern regulator) Battery and horn .can any electric expert out there give me a quick sketch of a wiring diagram to help  sort it out
many thanks

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British Bikes / Excelsior paint colour
« on: December 01, 2014, 10:10:48 AM »
its the nuisance with the Excelsior Scout might be getting ahead of myself here but I am trying to find out what colour is used on the petrol tanks of the 1930's range of motorcycles as used on the manxman amongst others back round colour black and the panels RED but what red that is the question I may be over the top but I would like it right.

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British Bikes / excelsior/Albion gearbox
« on: December 01, 2014, 09:59:36 AM »
well guys thanks to you out there the gearbox is back together and seems to be quite smooth ,now the bit on the end has anyone got a diagram or could do a drawing of what the assembly of the clutch fitted to the 4 speed Albion R series with two plates with corks fitted (well they will have when I get them from villiers
(great service by the way) it has a long rod and a small rod about 6mm long and a rod with a disk on the end which I assume presses against the clutch to separate the plates but! there seems to be something missing thats the problem when it comes in a box things like locking washers and nuts I can work out and the parts missing I can make on the lathe providing I know what they are HELP!!
Many Thanks

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British Bikes / Albion gearboxes
« on: November 28, 2014, 11:36:55 AM »
Hi i am currently building an Excelsior Scout 1934 it is fitted with a villiers Mk14A air cooled 249cc engine and a Albion 3 speed hand change gearbox with the serial no RN305 AND A PATENT NUMBER 330164 thing is the gearbox is in bits and i need a diagram or a parts manual so i can see if all the parts are there is there anyone out there that knows a bit about Albion Gearboxes

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