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British Bikes / Re: Help identifying a petrol tank
« on: November 09, 2025, 11:27:40 PM »
Could the tanks for 1947 C10 and A7 be common  ?
Might need parts books to say for sure.

Perhaps a PO was going for that retro look......

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers 196 super sports
« on: November 08, 2025, 10:33:04 PM »
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 ...

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers 196 super sports
« on: November 06, 2025, 10:04:40 PM »
Some clarity needed here
He is talking heads and you are talking cylinders  ???

Might be a slip of the pen.
But that photo would help ...

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 26, 2025, 05:41:50 AM »
I'm set !
A Bantam ? tin bracket and later (?) Lucas lamp seem made for the job.
And that aforementioned small 6v battery.

Have a few bicycle ones. Decided there was no mileage in them = dry cell batteries again.
A better quality of rechargeables might work, but have proved elusive.
And look notably modern.

I'd still be curious what the model of this light switch is ??

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 23, 2025, 11:59:49 AM »
Quote from: 33d6 on October 23, 2025, 10:48:57 AM
I also like to have a brake/stop light fitted.

I VERY much agree with this.
Almost entirely the reason for this exercise.
From previous experience, batteries can go for months without needing a recharge if this is their sole purpose in life.
With led varieties, the voltage can go even lower before they cease to show a brake light.

Quote from: 33d6 on October 23, 2025, 10:48:57 AM
I smiled at the 4.5v battery chatter. They can be sheer frustration. I don’t know exactly when they went off the market and I have mucked around making them up from two ‘D’ cells but eventually I got fed up and stopped bothering. I don’t know how many hours light they originally gave but wangling a replacement in and out of that headlight clip every month or so would drive me nuts.

This thought had crossed my mind.
From the totally pristine battery carrier, I suspect the original battery was removed and never replaced. ?
I looked into these batteries, and they are still available. 
https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/speciality-size-batteries/7904697

Just powering it off the small 6v battery, with suitable bulb, would be simpler.
Opportunities for requiring a parking light are few and far between these days ?

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 22, 2025, 10:56:19 PM »
Having visited and strolled through a few quaint little English villages, can see why those odd parking regs might apply.
Barrelling through there at night in the 1930s and 40s, with wall-to-wall black cars must have been half a nightmare !
Hence all the lit lamps, to steer traffic away.

LED lamps would have been a best seller back then, thats fer sure.
Low wattage bulbs equally so.

Wonder how many nights the flatpack 4.5v dry cells would last.
I guess a few pub nights was all that was required...

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 21, 2025, 10:48:31 PM »
It didn't come with any sort of tail lamp - it was a farm bike all its working life, and that could have been 'dispensed with' long ago.

I've been gathering bits to give it a very basic 6v system.  Fed constant-loss type from a little 6v battery.
Will see how that goes,  if not completely original   Its very unlikely to do too many miles at night ?


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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 19, 2025, 06:21:03 AM »
Yes I guess I was hoping for half a miracle - someone with a Miller catalog who could identify that switch.
I have found though a (Villiers) wiring diagram which seems to cover it.
Inc the 4.5v flat pack dry cell inside the headlamp that powers the park light.
Now how often would anyone have used one of those recently, we ask ??
And do I need to keep that functionality ...

Aye, computers are becoming the black magic product, it would seem.
A while back, I was tasked with investigating a 'puter that 'installed itself' - in the Thai language. !!
Now that was not a howling success, we concluded.
Although for Thai customers it (probably) all made perfect sense.
Perhaps the "English or Thai choice/option" should have been clearer ?




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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 14, 2025, 10:04:06 PM »
So super reliable.
Or never used at night.

The latter I think - those are the remains of the original rubber coated wiring loom.
And it was still running when I bought it off the original owner, so electrics were not of much concern.
Flywheel powered lighting no battery model ....

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: October 13, 2025, 02:00:51 AM »
Haven't quite got to the bottom of this Miller switch business,  this is the switch I have



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British Bikes / Re: Bonneville's Got a Crunch
« on: October 08, 2025, 09:32:09 PM »
You could try giving the clutch cable a bit more freeplay, initially ?
And still get the clutch to free off enough.

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British Bikes / Re: Bonneville's Got a Crunch
« on: October 07, 2025, 02:24:43 AM »
Good call ...

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British Bikes / Re: Bonneville's Got a Crunch
« on: October 05, 2025, 10:44:25 PM »
A 'crunch' doesn't sound at all normal, or like any of the common ailments !

Have you checked for in-out movement of the basket, or up-down play in the shaft.
Chains that are overtight is another remote possibility. ?

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British Bikes / Re: Help identifying a petrol tank
« on: September 26, 2025, 01:51:27 AM »
1947 C10  ?
Dunno about the blue paint ...

https://www.webbikeworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/47BSA-C10-R.jpg

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers headlamp switch
« on: September 19, 2025, 09:24:12 AM »
Hmmm, thats a fairly exotic beast !
And it does have a few suspension points that would require greasing.

Is there only the one and only ?

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