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John Gardener	30/04/2017 09:55:03
75 forum posts 21 photos	May be a stupid question, brings back memories of my Velocette Viper, is it something converted from one of those?
Hopper	30/04/2017 10:01:16
7881 forum posts 397 photos	Only if it shrank in the wash! But it certainly has that Brit motorbike look of the 30s-50s (or early 70s in Velo's case!) Interesting that the builder hid the points in a very convincing scale model of a Lucas Magdyno as used on Brit motorbikes for decades. Whatever it is, there certainly must be an interesting story behind it.
John Gardener	30/04/2017 10:46:19
75 forum posts 21 photos	Ok, OK, so it WAS a stupid question, I'm very good at them!
John Gardener	30/04/2017 10:46:20
75 forum posts 21 photos	Ok, OK, so it WAS a stupid question, I'm very good at them!
NJH	30/04/2017 13:15:01
2314 forum posts 139 photos	What's more John you keep repeating yourself 😉! Just remember there are NO stupid questions - only stupid answers! Norman Edited By NJH on 30/04/2017 13:17:17
MichaelR	30/04/2017 16:42:52
528 forum posts 79 photos	Just wonder if the builder had a JAP speedway engine in mind when he built the engine, it has a faint resemblance of that type of engine. Mike.
Ian S C	01/05/2017 14:12:05
7468 forum posts 230 photos	Thinking to pre WW2, how many dozen different motor bikes were made in Britain, I remember buying a book on British motor cycles for one of my MB loving nephews, and I was amazed by the number, a lot with their own design of engine, many of which would be easily copied/scaled. Ian S C

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