340villiers

Hi Woody. The Pre 65 Scottish has always allowed the use of Ceriani, REH,and MP fork,s and yokes. Its interesting to note that you may also be getting it wrong South of the Border!!! Retaining that period look YES. The use of Yamaha, Ossa, Bultaco parts etc NO. The rule book say NO, Its that Simple. Willie

Hi. I have added a picture from the 1962 Icosta Moto Cross clearly showing the use of Ceriani forks and yokes fitted to Lito's and Gold Star's. Ceriani have been producing Telescopic fork's from the mid 50's, they produced the alloy bottom's from the early 60's REH forks then started producing there forks and yokes after Ceriani. The Metal Profile forks came slightly later all these forks where in production and for sale to the general public before 1965. All these Tele fork's can be made to work well, give them a "Birthday Present" fit some new springs and some good quality oil and away you go. The Ceriani's can be expensive, REH and MP's can be picked up cheaper, so for say a couple of hundred pounds you have a (rockin pair of forks) and eligible, to upgrade further you can fit Marzocchi's into AJS / Norton / BSA bottoms etc. What i cannot under stand is the fact that people think that they must fit New Modern Billet Bling parts. I am not knocking anyone producing such parts, these parts are beautifully made (YES)are they necessary (NO)!!! So building up your Faber B40/C15, Greeves or Bantam with all that Twinshock parts you have stashed under the bench, these could be sold for a small fortune, With the cash you buy Metal Profile front end and a pair of std Cub Hub's, build up some wheels and away you go. You can now ride that bike anywhere, at any trial, all year round!!! You will also have some spare cash so that you can buy all your buddies a beer down at the pub, you then tell them the Great News that you got a ride in the 2015 PRE65 SCOTTISH. Willie

Hi, The head and barrel looks like an early Cromwell Motors Marcelle conversion, Its a nice looking bike!!! Fantastic pictures, keep them coming!!! Willie

Mr Wylde That is an absolute gem of a picture, Mr Viney looks terrified, he has just realised somebody had swapped engines, and has just unleashed all of that 197cc Villiers power. Willie

Hi. The fitting of modern sparks to any bike should be a fit and forget affair, these kits are transforming Classic engines, If they are fitted incorrectly you will end up with very poor results, this usually ends up with A THIS IGNITION IS CRAP. spending hours/ days trying to get it to run, working anywhere of say 2" either side of TDC. This then results in pulling it all off and going back to STD parts. As with the Villiers motors, after market and karting parts ie. Ignition stator plates not drilled as per original Villiers stator, so Bertie Bantam tries fitting a kit to his bike, this results in the timing being miles out. Having followed the instructions precisely, the end result is a bike that does not run or runs poorly, very frustrating. Most kits use TOP DEAD CENTRE as a reference and also have a F or FA or at least a blob of paint as a Fire or Full Advance timing mark. Setting up the timing with a degree disc, then marking out timing marks with a blob of paint or a centre punch on the flywheel etc, You can then use a strobe to set up the timing more accurately, watching the timing marks line up, you can also see that your built in advance curve is working as it should!!! The best thing is knowing exactly where your spark is, also using a strobe if you are experiencing any problems later on, I have seen new coils out the box FAIL!!!!! All just to p*** you off, its all part of the fun. You can pick up a cheap Timing Strobe Light for a couple of pounds. Willie

Hi Outstanding pictures/images from days of old, please keep them coming. Regarding to the engine, crank cases and head barrel, this is a full Parkinson engine. The Scorpion, very nice, somebody should be producing this as a frame kit, something different. Willie

Hi, Regarding forks there is a max dia of 35mm and max length of 32", yes modern forks can be used but must be built/buried inside Norton, Ajs alloy bottoms. Steel Triumph, Bsa bottoms can also be used. Early Ceriani's, REH, and Metal Profile's without leading axle are all legal ie built before the cut off date. Royal Enfield leading axle forks can be used. As for the yokes Std cast iron Bsa, Triumph, Alloy Ceriani, REH, and MP's can all be used, Billets yokes are acceptable from the aftermarket suppliers, the pinch bolts must also be on inside, this rules out the use of more modern Bultaco, Yamaha, Suzuki, Fantic, Ossa etc. If you are building for Scotland, save all the pain and disappointment, do not build up a machine that is not going to be eligible!!! There is a problem with younger riders coming into the sport, unable to identify 50 year old Classic motorcycle parts. Also people selling/listing on the internet etc, everything gets listed under PRE 65, this is very misleading, someone could spend a lot of cash, buying, then building up parts/bikes etc that are not legal this must be very frustrating. There is a lot of people that put a huge amount of time and effort into the sport, all this is made more difficult, with the fact that unfortunately some people do take the p_ _s!!! trying to get away with fitting/using the wrong parts. Willie

Hi Trials 1951. I am the owner/builder of the alloy tanked Wasp above, The picture was taken at the Alvie Two Day Classic early on this year, It was not quite finished, but i was keen to get it out. Rob Rhind Tutt Dated the frame as 1963, The Wasp Trials frame kit was completely overtaken when the sidecar moto cross models really took off. There are very few original models left, I was surprised when I seen your's for sale on ebay very complete, Keep up the good work, you really are making a cracking job so far!!! With regard to my own one, I had built a 340cc Villiers motor some years back, I had the opportunity to obtain some Dot barrels in a completely raw unmachined state, this got me thinking about building a big Villiers motor (These are NOT the Big Factory 360cc MX barrels) these were unsuitable for building up a trials motor. There was/is a lot of negative crack about Big Bore Villiers conversions, they where so radically ported, very few worked well as scramblers and even less as a trials engine.As for the (after market ) alloy barrels most have been tweaked in some way!!! What I had was the chance to start again and produce a big bore barrel that I ported very softly. As for the bottom end this is a complete Alpha crankshaft and crankcase's, I used these because of the size of the crank flywheels (huge for a 2 stroke), no external flywheel is used in the Alpha set up. I have added another 6 1/2lb to the end of the crank and fitted a Electrex World Ignition kit (this was the first kit they produced). The torque that this engine produces is outstanding, it is completely predictable, and it grips for Scotland. I have put a lot of work into the bike, but thats all part of the fun!!! or headache!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you need any help just ask. Best Regards Willie Stewart

GOOD ON YER SELF TAM!!! WILLIE.

cheers ross you are a star. now thats what i call service, just back from the shed, the carb i have is ex txr but was unsure on its engine size ie 240 or 280cc. going with your specs ross its definitely a 240cc carb. i had tried a couple of ex swm carbs, but they did not carburate very well. so carb cleaned and ready for action, will refit soon. ross any other good info in that owners manual? the spec for the txr was is very limited. regards willie.

hi, can someone please help. i have a txr 240 that did not come with a carb. i need the specs(ie jets sizes etc) for the dellorto phbh 26mm. any help will be much appreciated. regards willie.