Project motorcycles before an after

[paulus 26]

Progress so far, Decals are on the way as is an OEM oil tank and fittings as the Chinese one i purchased is somewhere in the field over the back fence, Piece of crap Lol. Once thats sorted just to start it get the oil pump bled and running then just the usual fannying around with brakes, Throttle and that, 

Then starting on The little 1975 KH100. 

[poxon 5,722]

15 hours ago, paulus said:

Progress so far, Decals are on the way as is an OEM oil tank and fittings as the Chinese one i purchased is somewhere in the field over the back fence, Piece of crap Lol. Once thats sorted just to start it get the oil pump bled and running then just the usual fannying around with brakes, Throttle and that, 

Then starting on The little 1975 KH100. 

That’s turned out nice mate proper job

[tillylamp 1,830]

On 29/10/2024 at 17:03, paulus said:

As i said i have a KH100 to do but i would love a KH250 or bigger but the cost is just not justifiable at the minute. The last DT125 i did a few years ago i went mad on. cost me over two grand without my labour and i lost money on it, If i had somewhere to keep them all i would possibly do them all to that standard but thats just my OCD Lol, 

there's a nice original 72 to 74 KH400 here for £2800....lol

[paulus 26]

20 hours ago, tillylamp said:

there's a nice original 72 to 74 KH400 here for £2800....lol

Got a 1975 KH100 all original here already.

[paulus 26]

Todays impulse buy, Collecting tomorrow Lol 1950`s Phillips Panda`s 

[paulus 26]

Decals on, 

[Lenmcharristar 9,727]

On 03/11/2024 at 19:59, paulus said:

Progress so far, Decals are on the way as is an OEM oil tank and fittings as the Chinese one i purchased is somewhere in the field over the back fence, Piece of crap Lol. Once thats sorted just to start it get the oil pump bled and running then just the usual fannying around with brakes, Throttle and that, 

Then starting on The little 1975 KH100. 

They used to have we 50cc bikes like this in butlins in ayre in scitland in the mid 80s feck we where never off them, 50p ago, feckin robbed us

[Lenmcharristar 9,727]

Some lovely nostalgic bikes ther paulus

[Stavross 15,278]

18 minutes ago, paulus said:

Decals on, 

That looks brand new, cracking job

[tillylamp 1,830]

1 hour ago, paulus said:

Got a 1975 KH100 all original here already.

im sure it will turn out looking good....how much are they fetching now?

[poxon 5,722]

12 hours ago, paulus said:

Todays impulse buy, Collecting tomorrow Lol 1950`s Phillips Panda`s 

There cool as fcuk mate 

[poxon 5,722]

12 hours ago, paulus said:

Decals on, 

Turned out mega mate you’ve done a nice job on that your grandkids will be happy with that bike 

[paulus 26]

22 hours ago, tillylamp said:

im sure it will turn out looking good....how much are they fetching now?

There is a KE100, same bike but the MX version, For sale locally that one is later. early 1980`s i believe, its in roughly the same condition but does have a major mechanical issue "Its Seized solid"  Lol, He is asking for £1600. In my view its well over priced even if it was a running, ridable example, I watched the October auction by H&H auctioneers at The National Motorbike Museum the other week, The usual Ducati 999RR`s were achieving really strong bids as were other rarities but the bread and butter RD`s LC`s, KH`s, and GT`s  were not reaching there reserves neither were a lot of Fully restored British bikes, The strong money was being bid on barn finds and basket cases, Maybe the collectors market is dropping off but the restoration market is short on stock, Well that was my take on the auction but i could be wrong, I am on a lot of occasions, Trust me Lol. Collected the two 1950`s peddle and pops earlier this afternoon. Will unload them and have a proper look tomorrow, 

[paulus 26]

Just a quick update on progress so far, The little PW50 is now running, Just needs a final few bits sorting and its finished, All the parts have arrived for the KH100, I have been doing some investigations into one of the Phillips Mopeds i picked up last week, I incorrectly assumed that the engine was a Villiers Type 3 K series, once i had removed it and placed it on the bench i spotted the Rex Logo on the casing. This could be an issue as i have found out that when \rex went into liquidation, Due to the owner gambling away all the money, Villiers purchased the rights to there engine designs, But when they designed and produced there copy of the 3K they cut corners on parts and build quality to save money. This may make obtaining certain parts difficult. The bike is showing 4000Km on the clock. Both bikes have some sort of coating on the inside of the fuel tanks that has kept them in perfect condition, One of the Magneto`s is looking ropey but i think i may possibly have enough bits here to convert it to electronic ignition, 

[paulus 26]

Stripped the engine down on the Gadabout Mk3 Deluxe. As you can see from the picture one head bolt is bent, the sprung steel pin is rusted into two pieces, The whole thing had been in the rain with no spark plug fitted at some point in its life, as there was rust coloured orange oil and staining everywhere, The barrel is pitted, possibly unsalvageable as the head is in the bin due to bad fracturing, made a start on cleaning up what i can and have spent a couple of hours trying to find parts, The difficulty is there are so many variant's of this engine that most parts advertised are incorrectly identified, Luckily this is a three speed engine and was only manufactured in 1959 and then only for a short period, being sold into early 1960.