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21 May 2020

CHEVY RAT

2 cylinders of a Chevrolet V8 turned into a v-twin

...and another one

CUZ NORLAKE

The mystery Weslake Wasp of 1986 has come to light. It is in France and the owner, Cuz, has been in touch to let me know what's happening with it. He bought it in 1986, when the picture was taken in Brighton, UK, and converted it to petrol to travel the world. He had to smuggle it out of Algeria in 1989 and has not started it since, but is now installing it in a featherbed frame (engine now bored out to 1200cc) and is adapting a Norvil clutch and Lucas Rita ignition with the hope of track-racing it "next season". First picture is the Weslake Wasp in 1986; second picture - as it is now, in the featherbed frame.

SUN-BURNE

On Orkney, Andrew Giggle's 60-degree Blackburne engine in a Sunbeam frame. The engine's external flywheel has an integral clutch and may be swopped for separate units.

VIDEO:

BADGER M750 TURBO - more pics

Bertie Badger's turbocharged sidevalve JAP twin

PANTHER VEE - more pics

(Long John) Jan Koopman's Harley Davidson 1200 bottom end with Panther M120 top ends. Barrels have plates welded so they can be bolted to the cases. Netherlands.

PORLEY 1200 - ready for installastion

Pat Neal's Sportster-Porsche Drag bike engine, next to his Funny Car

AMERICANA

Left: WLA engine in a BSA A7 (twin) frame; 1950 Matchless/AJS gearbox... Right: HD WLA engine; Ariel frame, tanks, BSA wheels and forks and Norton 'laydown" gearbox.

NORVIN CORNER...

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...and an Egi-Vincent:

BASTARD SHORTSTER (B66) - fresh from the workshop...

EMPIRE STARLEY - more pictures...

Out of the living room... and into the garage!

BROUGHS: Alloy barrels ... and bronze heads...

ZENITH BLACKBURNE - 1924

JAPs

MOTOSACOCHE

HEDLUND SPRINTER

ZENITH RACER..................................................................................................WEIRD ZENITH

Three of the SUNDERLAND JAPs ( a different view)

THE OTHER SIDE OF...

The GRINDLAY PEERLESS OHV...........................................................and..............................WEDA ALBIN HUSQVARNA (Home-Brew Albin)

HOWRIEL 800

Howard 800cc engine currently being installed in an Ariel frame

"K-BULLET"_ a better picture

as seen on V-TWIN NEWS PAGE 16... the V twin is a pre-war (side-valve) Model K Royal Enfield (998 v-twin) in a 50s Royal Enfield Bullet chassis

MAZDA B600 FLAT TANKER

ANZANI MONSTER PACER - the other side

BLACK ERNA: renovation completed!

The Weslake v-twin speedway monster created by Otto Lantenhammer - now restored.

PURPLE GRASSTRACK WESLAKE

ENFIELD SPECIAL:

HOMEMADE V-TWIN

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HUSQVARNA 730cc SPECIAL

Claes Lindblom built this machine for racing

KOOPMAN BAC 2400

VIDEO>>>>

Jan Koopman's 2400cc v-twin special, featuring a BAC engine from a bicycle pacer (circa 1928)

ENFIELD KAYJAY: now running!

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RARE JAP ENGINE -

Steve Kemp now has his Enfield Kayjay running.

V-TWIN GORGEOUSNESS:

CARBERRYS - Alternative exhausts

EIGHT-VALVE WANDERER

JAMES SPECIAL

MONTGOMERY DEPT.

VINCENT SPECIAL

Built by BAR

ZEDEL ENGINE

VINTAGE ASSORTMENT

another VINCENT special: ....................................................................................and a VERY special VINCENT:

FICKIN BONNEVILLE

Harry's special out and about

JAP-HD economy special

Chris Launders is putting a spare HD top end on his JAP crankcases

DS ... and GCS

AMERICANA

Indian with Crocker OHV conversion...............................................BIGSBY SPECIAL REPLICA (protrotype Crocker) more here: https://classicmoto-cycles.blogspot.com/2015/12/crocker-bigsby-special.html & BEEEZIAN

NORVIN CORNER:

HEN'S TEETH:

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