Table of Contents
This is a list of all the articles on the website. They are in reverse chronological order (newest to oldest)
- 1917 Excelsior Restoration
- Clubman’s Show is Saturday
- 2016 Pioneer Run from London to Brighton
- 1917 Merkel for sale
- Reliability Contest, Ballarat 1914
- Bielefeld Board Track Racing 2015
- Minden pre16 Tour
- History of Wagner Motorcycles
- 2015 Pioneer Run, part 3
- Aldo’s new book!
- 2015 Pioneer Run, Part 2
- racing motorcycles, cement track
- Making Spark Plugs
- Tony Held, R.I.P.
- 2015 Pioneer Run part 1
- Stolen 1920 Indian
- Sleeve Valve Indian. Cannon Ball Baker?
- 1896 Roper Replica
- 2015 Rides
- The roads are dry, they sky is clear
- My Velocette Days
- 1911 Pope, 1920 Henderson for sale
- 1916 Racing Motorcycles at the Autodromo de Sitges-Terramar, Spain
- 2014 Pioneer Run, pt 3. More oddballs
- 2014 Pioneer Run, part 2
- 2014 Pioneer Run, Part 1.
- Stolen 1920’s Harley Davidsons
- 2014 Irish National Rally, part 3.
- 2014 Irish National Rally, part 2
- 2014 Irish National Rally, part 1
- 2014 Rigid Ride
- Rigid Ride is Aug 10th.
- c1920 AJS Model D Project
- a new book about old motorbikes
- 2014 VOCNA Spring Opener
- 2014 Atascadero Day 2. Bud Ekins & Steve Wright Memorial Tour
- 2014 Atascadero Day 1. Bud Ekins & Steve Wright Memorial Tour
- RIP Dee Cameron
- 2014 Clubman’s Show
- New Motorcycle Magazine, The Machine Files
- 2014 Plaid Run
- Go Faster 1914 Triumph for sale
- R.I.P. Drino Miller
- 2013 Irish Rally, Brough Superiors, Ariels and others
- Flat Tank bikes on the Irish Rally
- Jerry Cordy pre 1916 tours, part 2.
- Jerry Cordy
- Miss Brittney Olson
- Pre WWII Velocettes for sale
- Grandpa’s Creation
- Golden Ticket to ride the 2014 Cannonball
- Happy Holidays
- Bibliography: Aldo Carrer books
- 2013 Banbury Run Part 2
- 2013 Banbury Run Part 1
- a short video
- 1923 Salmson Sport
- Pre 1916 Rallies in California in the 1970s. Part 2
- Pre 1916 Rallies in California in the 1970s. Part 1
- The first disc brake, part 3
- First Disc Brake, continued (National Motorcycle Museum)
- 2013 SF 49 Mile Ride
- SF 49 Mile Ride is Oct. 27th
- Fuel taps and accessories
- 1912 Villiers info wanted
- The first disc brake?
- Irish Rally, Veteran (pre1915) bikes
- 100 year old bikes on the drag strip
- 2013 Del Mar show
- People on the 2013 Irish Rally
- How To; 3D printing & bronze casting
- 2013 Rigid Ride
- 2013 Velocette Rally. Volcano, CA Part I
- 2013 Velocette Rally, Volcano CA Part II
- 2013 Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Part 2
- 2013 Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Atascadero, CA. Part 1
- The Quail 2013
- Excelsior Tuning
- 2013 Clubman’s Show
- Mr. Mike Vils
- Riding a pre WWI Triumph
- Pioneer Run Cancelled
- Wrenchers video
- Dirigible Hanger, Marin County
- Help Identify These Hubs?
- First ride
- Modern Motorcycle Mechanics, 2nd Edition
- Thank You
- 27 Months later
- How To: building wheels
- Wanted urgently, one rear hub
- 1913 Veloce project, quick update
- Josep, Model O Indian
- Season’s Greetings
- Who’s who in 1922
- How To: Custom Sprocket
- 100 years ago
- Alturas early car tour. White autos
- Red Fred’s place
- Clincher Tires / Beaded Edge Tyres. Pressures and Installation Tips
- 2012 San Francisco 49 Mile Ride
- How To: make an exhaust pipe
- 2012 Girder Fork Ride
- San Francisco 49 Mile Ride is Oct 28th
- How To: Exhaust Pipe Nut
- 2012 Rigid Ride
- Cannonball 2012 Finish
- Rigid Ride is Sept 30th
- Irish Rally, Part 3
- 2012 Irish Rally, Part 2
- Photos of Paul and Susan making photos
- 2012 Irish Rally, part 1
- Pre WWI pillion seats
- Enots semi-automatic oil pump
- a bit more from the Velo rally
- How To: 1913 Veloce motor bottom end build
- Dee Cameron
- 2012 Velo rally part 2
- 2012 Velocette Rally in Flagstaff, AZ. Part 1.
- Board Track Racing in Hannover
- How To: EX-ALL saddle rebuild
- 2012 Indian Run at Spanko’s Rancheria
- Zenith Bi Car
- Identify that bike
- The First Mono Shock Rear Suspension
- 2012 Velocette Spring Opener
- Serpolette’s Tricycle
- Hap Jones and Bernie Nicholson
- How To: rear frame fabrication
- R.I.P. Frank Farrington, aka “Radco”
- Riding a Cyclone
- Wicker Sidecars
- 2012 Pioneer Run part II
- 2012 Pioneer run from London to Brighton
- 100 year old cars and bikes rally across Australia
- Forecars
- 2012 Unfinished Projects show
- 1903 four cylinder motorcycle. The first transverse four
- Wicker trailers
- My Dinner with Ivan
- How To: More Magneto Rebuild Tips.
- How To: Magneto rebuild #2. Capacitors/Condensers
- old stuff at the London Science Museum
- Minden, NV pre16 ride 2011
- Boxing Day 1910
- Patents #3: OHC, Chevy and Cyclone
- London, Dec 2011
- 1911 Excelsior twin. “Silent and sure as the flight of time”
- The First Motorcycle
- Bibliography: The MotorCycle Book for Boys 1928
- Spring Wheels
- More 49 Mile Ride photos
- 2011 SF 49 Mile Ride
- How To: Broken Piston, Velocette MSS
- 2011 San Francisco 49 Mile Ride is Oct 30th
- 2011 Girder Fork Run. Ione, California
- Goodwood Revival
- Wall of Death
- Goodwood Revival
- Cement track racing at Bielefeld 2011
- Fuel filters
- Some old motorbikes
- 1927 HD TT road racer, the only in the world?
- RIGID RIDE 2011 by Blaise Descollonges
- How To: Spare Spark Plug Holder
- The last photos from the Velo rally
- Velocette People
- 2011 Rigid Ride is Aug 7th. Portola Valley, CA
- WAAAM museum
- 2011 Velocette Rally, continued
- Velocette Rally 2011. The Dalles, Oregon
- Alturas cont.
- 2011 Alturas / Modoc Tour. 100 year old cars and bikes
- Alturas small car and early bike tour. Water crossing.
- Kiehl’s ride
- John and Aldo; 1907 Maxwell Runabout
- Dixon Swap Meet, 100 year old motorbikes for sale
- 31st annual Indian Run, Spanko’s Rancheria
- Kiehl’s ride. San Francisco 6/18/11
- Prairie Dust, Motorcycles and a Typewriter. The story of Bernie Nicholson
- Broken Excelsior Connecting Rod, a post-mortem examination
- Jarama 2011
- 2011 Velocette Spring Opener
- Steve Wright’s JDH cutdown custom
- 2011 Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Atascadero, CA part 2
- 2011 Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Atascadero, CA part 1
- Old Pillion Postcards
- Dr. Sprocket’s history of Cutdowns & Bobjobs, part 2
- R.I.P. Max Bubeck
- Dr. Sprocket makes another house call! Cutdowns & Bobjobs, part 1
- 2011 Kings and Fools Run
- National Clean Up Week
- How To: 1913 Control Levers part 1
- Motorcyclists Helping the People of Sendai, Japan
- 2011 Plaid Run
- How To: Eclipse Clutch Arm Modification
- Shop photos #1
- 2011 BSA Midstate Ride. Carmel, CA
- How To: 1913 Veloce footpegs
- Fred Mork racing motorcycles
- Dr. Sprocket’s notes from the old days
- Steinbeck – Kings & Fools Run, March 31st 2011
- Free DVD of veteran motorcycles
- The Dreadnought
- Steam-Propelled Motorcycle
- Davenport Hotel
- A Show for Unfinished Motorcycle Projects
- The old and the new styles, circa 1904
- Early Renold’s Chain Drives, 1917
- Double Decker Stretcher. –A sidecar ambulance
- Pioneer Run, London to Brighton 2006
- Motorbicycles 1897-1904
- Clubman’s show March 26, 2011
- Hand-made hotrod
- Dixon meet: June 18th & 19th
- Stolen 19teens Motorcycles
- Tuning an old Velocette for Sprinting
- How To: Druid fork links
- Premier Innards
- Harley Davidsons at Wheels Through Time museum
- Hill Climbers & Oddities at the Wheels Through Time museum
- Wheels Through Time Museum, Excelsiors and Indians
- A fun Saturday night
- horsepower in 1904
- 1913 Veloce motor disassembly
- Organize a ride for classic bikes
- Thanksgiving
- 1913 Veloce project
- 2010 69 Mile Ride
- A primer to the Veloce project.
- Burma Shave #4: Cattle Crossing
- 2010 All British Ride, Novato CA.
- Cafe bikes at the All British Ride, 2010
- 2010 All British Ride, petrol tank photos
- 49 Mile Ride Movie
- 2010 49 Mile Ride photos
- San Francisco 49 Mile Ride this Sunday
- How To: Veteran Motorcycle Brake Blocks
- Burma Shave #3
- An anonymous motorbike collection
- How To: Heat Treating at Home
- Burma Shave #2: As a fast train neared
- How To: Rocker Arm Rebuild
- You can drive a mile a minute
- somewhere on Route 66
- 10th Annual 49 Mile Ride
- Cannonball Stage 16: Santa Monica
- On the road
- Hours to cross the desert
- Cannonball, pics from Santa Monica
- Cannonball bikes, number plates
- Cannonball people 4
- Cannonball people 3
- Cannonball people 2
- Cannonball. A bunch of grown men who should know better
- New hole in the motor, Cannonball stage 15
- Cannonball Dave Kafton
- Cannonball Stage 13
- Cannonball cont.
- Cannonball Stage 12
- Cannonball, broken engine pulley
- Somewhere in Arkansas
- Cannonball Stage 8
- Cannonball in Hot Springs
- Cannonball Stage 7
- Cannonball Stages 5 & 6
- Coker Tires, part 2
- Cannonball at Coker Tires
- Cannonball Stage 3
- Cannonball: Broken crank
- 4704
- Cannonball: Militaire vs Mucechoppers
- Cannonball: Shinya Kimura
- Cannonball 2
- Cannonball #1
- How To: front brakes for an early bike
- Motorcycle Cannonball across the USA in September
- Marvel & Curtiss Motorcycles
- How To: Make Timing Gear Bushings
- Motors, Frames and Forks; new for 1910
- ZementBahn racing at Bielefeld, Germany
- Stationary motors & Hit and Miss motors
- Curtiss Motorcycles, Curtiss Museum
- How To: Magneto testing
- How To: Valves
- 2010 Rigid Ride
- Wagner motorcycle
- 61 Miles in one hour by THE INDIAN, 1908
- Indian race car
- Palo Alto show part 2
- Palo Alto show part 1
- Motion Pro shop tour
- 1910 Red Head spark plugs
- Homes of San Francisco. Round 1: Clark vs. Joost
- 1906 Buick Model F
- How To: make Teflon intake gaskets
- 1912 International Harvesters
- Gottfried Rodriguez: around the world on a 1910 Marsh Metz in wooden shoes
- How To: Magneto rebuild #2. Capacitors/Condensers
- 1909 Brush, single cylinder car
- How To: Veloce sweater
- Raymond Seymour, 1910 Reading Standard racer
- 2010 Moto Melee, Part 1
- Standard Equipment, c1910
- 2010 Alturas rally, Part 2
- 2010 Moto Melee, Part 2
- 2010 Alturas rally, Part 1
- Excelsiors at Alturas, 2010
- a movie from the 2010 Atascadero rally
- How To: machining Schebler float screws
- How To: Eclipse clutch linkage rivets
- 2009 Rigid Ride. Portola, CA
- A conversation with Craig Howell
- Victor Boocock rides across the USA: 1914 HD one speed
- Red Fred’s photos of the Legends show
- Bibliography #3, General MC books
- Velocette camshafts
- 2009 Alturas Small Car and Motorcycle Tour, Part 1
- 2009 Alturas Small Car and Motorcycle Tour, Part 2
- How To: Reline drum brakes and band brakes
- How To: Excelsior rear hub Cushion Sprocket
- Velocette Spring Opener, 2010
- put down your iPad and pick up your torque wrench
- Atascadero 2010, Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Day 1
- Atascadero 2010. Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Day 2
- Atascadero 2010. Bud Ekins Memorial Tour, Day 3
- RIDING AN EARLY BIKE #1: “Myths about Indians and guns”
- RIDING AN EARLY BIKE #2: STARTING A VETERAN BIKE
- RIDING AN EARLY BIKE #3: “Bodies in Motion”
- RIDING AN EARLY BIKE #4: Stopping
- “Only proficient engineers really deserve to own and maintain a Velocette” –Classic Bike Guide magazine
- Interview with Don Danmeier
- the Cliff House, San Francisco
- Velocette clutch
- How To: 4 Jaw chuck. –Clutch basket re-tooth
- Langlitz Leathers
- HOW TO: Excelsior motor rebuild Part 1
- HOW TO: Excelsior motor rebuild Part 2: Reassembly
- Kelly’s Olympian pub in Portland, OR.
- Some photos from England
- How To: Kickstarter pin
- Bibliography #2: HOW TO books
- Links
- background info
- Easter Sunrise Ride up Twin Peaks
- How To: Put New Teeth on a Sprocket
- Patents #3: OHC, Chevy and Cyclone
- R.I.P. Tich Allen, founder of the VMCC
- Bibliography 1: Pioneers
- How to: Rebuilding the Eclipse / Excelsior Clutch. Rivets set with rivet sets
- Three on a triplet
- How to: Velocette MAC gearbox into a KSS
- Rides: T shirts
- Forecar
- How to: Excelsior / Eclipse clutch nut
- How to: KSS / KTT frame repair
- I’d rather ride a slow bike fast
- HOW TO: CALIPERS
- How To: Magneto
- Top 10 rides of the decade
- Old Posters #5, French.
- Old bike posters #4, advertisements
- Ettore Bugatti’s twin engine De Dion tricycle
- Old Posters #3, Races pt 3
- Old Posters #2: Racers, cont.
- Old Posters #1 Races
- Spark Plug equivalent chart
- Patents #2.5 Suck and Blow, addendum
- Patents #2 Valve Actuation, Suck and Blow
- Patents #1 Daimler and Balls Out
Hi im tryin to finish up my 14 twin excelsior but im stuck how is the mag timed and the gears in the cam chest? thanks mikes..p.s. im up in lake margarita at a friends place and would love to stop by and pick your brain if that’s ok .in Chicago its mike thanks
Great blog with great pics, can’t ask for more ‘
Thanks Dave. I try to do a few things differently here, mostly by putting up original photos and stories instead of just re-posting “found” images like some other sites do. And the focus is on the truly old machines, with only an occasional postwar classic and not much at all that is post 1960ish. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to search back through the various keywords or topics. There are a lot of things, but it can take a while if you just keep scrolling down… 🙂
fantastic interesting content.
Hello.
I’m sorry in the sudden-mail.
The question is from Japan.
I’m looking for a part of Norton Model18 1935 years.
We are looking for Exhaust Lifter Cam and Spindle of O.H.C.
Do not you have?
Could you sell If you have?
I’m sorry in clumsy English.
Taichi Tsutsui
I don’t have any Norton bits, but if you try here you will probably find a source: http://www.vintagenorton.com/ or email to rapid.hare at hotmail.co.uk