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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by R on February 09, 2025, 10:18:49 PM »
Hope it finds a new home, at maybe 1/3 of the listed price.

Aye, that sounds more like it.
But there doesn't seem to have been much movement on the asking price.
Maybe thats how much has been spent already ?!
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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by cardan on February 05, 2025, 06:23:10 AM »
Yes the price is silly - perhaps if the owner had some guidance during the restoration he might have saved on costly, unnecessary plating. The similar bike in the NSW Museum shows a bit more of the original purposeful finish. https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/61186

Interesting that the eng/frame prefixes are the same on the two bikes, but the numbers are so different. A reminder of course that without provenance we can't say if the bike started life as a Waratah or an Excelsior?

Hope it finds a new home, at maybe 1/3 of the listed price.

Leon
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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by murdo on February 04, 2025, 09:29:10 PM »
Too many '0' in the price for a 'display bike'.
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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by R on February 04, 2025, 08:25:23 PM »
Perhaps AI doesn't know pressed tin pogo sticks ...

.Needs a LOT of work to finish.

Aye.
Wonder what shape the engine is in. ?
Looks like has spent a small fortune on stuff already.
When you wonder what shape the original bits were in ..
For a budget bike, rijjinal is always best ?
And no tank cap ???


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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by Rex on February 04, 2025, 09:20:59 AM »
Gotta love those "centre compressed spring link front forks" though.
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British Bikes / Re: Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by 33d6 on February 04, 2025, 01:16:37 AM »
Not the first time it’s been on flea bay. Much the same ridiculous price as last time.Needs a LOT of work to finish.
But then again, you only have to find one unwary buyer.
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British Bikes / Waratah on fleabay
« Last post by R 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 / Re: Villiers 172cc brooklands engine?
« Last post by Ralf89 on January 17, 2025, 02:29:43 PM »
Hi,
Ok, understood. Thank you very much anyway. You helped me a lot.
Last question:
Does anybody know if there is a possibility to get these oxford style exhaust cans?
Otherwise I try to build it myself.
Many thank's!
Regards
Ralf

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British Bikes / Re: Villiers 172cc brooklands engine?
« Last post by 33d6 on January 17, 2025, 12:41:27 AM »
No one seems to know much about the Brooklands Ralf. There are lots of illustrations, sketches, photos and soon but near zero practical technical information.
Years ago I chased up everything I could about the Villiers engines used in the 1924-25 175cc Ultra Lightweight TT’s and found lots of drawings showing various internals but you never know how accurate they are and they don’t have dimensions anyway. Plus of course they used a hotted up Sport in 1924 and the prototype Super Sport in 1925. It earned its full name, the Super Sport TT the hard way.
The Brooklands appeared in 1925 and seemed intentionally designed for flat out track work without any need for going up and down the mountain as in the Isle of Man.
It’s all now rather a mystery no one seems to know anything.
Finally your piston is obviously an oversize 175 job. Standard bore was 57.15 mm so it would seem the engine has had a rebore at some stage. No surprise there at all. I think I’d be far more surprised if it was still on standard bore.
Sorry this isn’t very helpful.
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British Bikes / Re: Villiers 172cc brooklands engine?
« Last post by Ralf89 on January 16, 2025, 06:26:58 AM »
Hi
maybe you a right and the crankshaft is self made.
Can anybody estimate, how many brooklands engines were produced? Maybe the number of produced pieces was just too small to make a new forging mold?

The actual bore of the cylinder is approx. 57.7mm
Regards
Ralf

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