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British Bikes / Re: Royal Enfield HiFi Blue ?
« Last post by Rex on Today at 10:08:03 AM »
Yes and no. The final colour usually depended on what the paint shop foreman had in the vats that day, and nothing to do with an advertising pamphlet printed possibly months before.
Indian Red is a perfect example; Indian afficionados endlessly obsess over this, but the reality is it's just what old Billy-Bob and Cyrus had available to use.
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British Bikes / Re: Royal Enfield HiFi Blue ?
« Last post by cardan on Today at 09:09:54 AM »
Sorry can't really help. But the good news is there aren't too many REs of this period (are we close to 1970?) so it will probably never be parked next to another machine in the same colour. Always funny to see the "common" makes painted in a wide range of approximations to the original!

Leon
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British Bikes / Royal Enfield HiFi Blue ?
« Last post by R on Today at 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 / Re: Help identifying a petrol tank
« Last post by chaterlea25 on December 25, 2025, 12:50:52 AM »
Hi All
The B and  C (speedo in) tanks are much more pointed at the rear

John
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Japanese Bikes / Re: Reed valve breather and catch can build.
« Last post by Rex on December 23, 2025, 09:49:19 PM »
Toglhot was a tw*t too..
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Identify these bikes! / Re: Strange JAP cylinder
« Last post by Ralf89 on December 23, 2025, 10:29:07 AM »
Hi,
thank you for your answer and sorry for my late response.
I want to use this engine in an motorcycle of a almost unknown small austrian brand called D.S.H. They used all kinds of Villiers and JAP engines, and this engine would fit perfectly in the frame.
Thanks
Regards
Ralf
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Japanese Bikes / Womens In Your City - Anonymous Sex Dating - No Verify
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers battery charging system ?
« Last post by 33d6 on December 17, 2025, 09:41:51 PM »
I can only answer that with the classic response “It depends”. Villiers made made flywheel magneto’s for some 50 odd years and made them by the million. No one knows all the subtleties that arose over the years. Just remember Villiers made these units as matching pairs and numbered them accordingly. It’s easy to check whether they are factory originals. After that you’re on your own.
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers battery charging system ?
« Last post by R on December 17, 2025, 08:42:34 PM »
Interesting. Does this mean you can't just swap flywheels between different models of engines,
or that you can't even swap the whole kit & caboodle between engines ?

I merely pondered swapping from a 2 coil set to a 6 coil set, without any serious intent...
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers battery charging system ?
« Last post by 33d6 on December 17, 2025, 08:12:35 AM »
I’ve hunted out the magnet details for you R. Magnets on the 18 watt job are 1&1/8”wide and the 24watt magnets are 1&7/16”. The difference is in their width.
One has to be careful with Villiers magnetoes. There can be subtle differences that are never mentioned anywhere. For example the overall flywheel width of the near identical post war 10D and 6E engines are different, the 10D is 1&7/8” and the 6E 2&1/16”. I’ve never bothered to measure the actual magnets. This is never mentioned anywhere in any Villiers manual I’ve seen. I suspect it never occurred to Villiers that it would ever become relevant.
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