[BigCat]

 

[jonh]

Ducatiman knows about this one,LOL

66 LE Velocette. Look at the engine configuration,

 

[ducatiman]

a conversation piece and rare bird indeed, @jonh has brought it a long way. Kudos to you, sir.

 

[po18guy]

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Now that is one murdered out EX!

 

[jonh]

a conversation piece and rare bird indeed, @jonh has brought it a long way. Kudos to you, sir.

Thank's Duc,
Yeah it was a bit of a mess (understatement,lol) when I got it.

First designed in 1944, it was Velocette's best selling bike. Any old Brit movie fans will have seen one as the local bobbies police bike,LOL.
Got to say, it's actually not bad to ride, but any "quick" stops require a half hours forward planning,😁

 

[dadolinac]

This is my Kawa..

 

[po18guy]

Pictured elsewhere, but here is a fresh pic of Big Red. 40MPG on the freeway/interstate/motorway, which is not bad for 1064cc. Plugs and valves right in your face. Just bought a much improved shift pawl spring (OEMs break all the time) and a shift linkage ratio extender which gives shorter shift throws. All of this produced by the V11 Lemans Research and Engineering Corporation - otherwise known as the fanatical members of www.v11lemans.com. One fine day I'll figure out how to post a sound clip.

 

[Davenay67]

That's a really smart looking bike. I've always liked MG's, all the way from the 70's with their angular lines. The engine configuration makes sense, and I feel I could even live with the quirky tranny. An old riding buddy of mine used to go through bikes every year until he came across a LeMans, and then he found himself a keeper.

The fuel consumption comment in your post reminds me that people seem to think motorcycles are economical. My Goldwing is a flat-six 1832cc motor, generating 118 hp and 123 ft/lb. Officially it's supposed to get 42 mpg, but I'm getting a real world 40 mpg (18 years and 65,000 miles will do that, plus I don't sit on the highway for most of my miles). I, too was think not bad for such a large engine lugging a heavy bike. I had this exact thought just the other day as I was gassing....Honda is getting the same highway economy from a Civic....even heavier and carrying 3 extra people. My mpg didn't seem so awesome all of a sudden.

And, yes, you need to upload a sound clip. Two in fact, one at idle and one at full chat.... 😈

 

[Court]

Stickers over Bondo..

 

[radiant.designer]

Are you hoping to completely cover the bike at some point?

 

[Court]

Are you hoping to completely cover the bike at some point?

Yes, eliminating most of the blue. Possibly going to powder coat or plasti dip the rims lime green before fall too

 

[mh10k]

Hey all - just spent the past weekend getting her running again. A buddy's wife that I rode with about 15 years ago has had her sitting (untouched) in their garage for over 10 years, New battery, plugs, tank and valve cleaning, oil change and a lengthy carb jet cleaning session and she's purring like a kitten again. A little right side damage from a previous owner so thinking about a coat of black header paint for now and maybe a muffler swap sometime in the future and she'll be right as rain. Pay no attention to my other bike in the background...

 

[FSerralheiro]

Here's my oldie. An '87 GPZ, living with me in Portugal, but came from Switzerland originally.

 

[97af]

Some where between Erie PA and Conneaut Ohio.

 

[97af]

Had to throw this one in.... Been with me for over 35 years

 

[97af]

Took the blanket off the big girl this afternoon and went out covered a hundred miles fairly quickly