Striping Sunburst - 2

yves norton seeley said:

This bike is beatifull, but I stay by my choice, only spoke weels can match my Seeley and is period related
Thanks
Yves

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Everyone has their own preferences, I've always preferred the Kuhn Seeley style.

That said, yours is pretty special too

The first parts I already polish, the top yoke and sliders are from Minovation Racing UK.


You see also the cover from my TTI gearbox, difficult to polish, I did the polishing with the gear shaft oil seal in and I will put a new one In.


And this is the fantastic Featherbed Commando 750 from my friend John Dascombe.
Who is John Dascombe:
John is half welsh and half belgiam, his father was by the RAF at the World War two, at the end of the war he was in Belgium and meet a belgiam girl, John was the result.
John is my friend for more as 55 years, we work toegheter by the belgiam Kawasaki distributor and when I leave to start my Jet Ski shop, John follow me and stay with me twenty years in the shop.
At the Kawasaki years, John did two shift a day, the second one by Laurent Podevin, the Norton distributor for Belgium and at 1975 he built is Norton.
There was a Kawa H2 owner calling the boss from Kawa, complaining about the roadholding from his H2, the boss say I will switch you with John from the workshop.
John pick up the phone and listen to the complains from the H2 owner, the owner ask John: what can I do for the roadholding, John says: buy a Norton!
The boss was not very happy becouse the H2 guy call him after John is antsword, Do you know what your technician says? buy a Norton!

I must take my frame back from the specialist painter; here is the problem: When I put the Velocette half fairing, I weld with TIG the tube on the head stock and this is
devils work on a Seeley, A Seeley must be weld with Castolin and a acetilene/ oxigene torch, the painter can not do the the welding, so I will do it myelf this week.
Keep you posted
Yves

'Buy a Norton'

That is one truly, beautiful featherbed....

yves norton seeley said:

I can not imagine Mag alloy weels on my Seeley
Yves

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Well, if, I say, if you want light wheels. . . . . . .

Hi there,
I have to explain better the TIG welding on the head shock from the Seeley:
When it was time to weld the tube on the head stock to hold the Velocette Veeline half top fairing I don't find the time to dismantel the Seeley, so I did it with electric TIG to avoid fire on the bike.
Now I understand that TIG welding on a Seeley is sacrilegious, it must be done with torch and Castolin, now ith the frame nude it's aisy to do, first I need to grind the old welding away and after make a new welding with torch and Castolin; That will be done to day.
keep you posted
Yves

Yves I know it must seem a bodge , but my Avon fairing was supplied with a frame easily secured to commando frame headstock by large jubilee clips .. it has never moved .

Hi Friend, On my former Seeley I use jubilee clips, the half fairing was made for a PR Commando
On the sunburst I put a Velocette Veeline fairing, but the fairing frame was made for a Velocette, no possibility to adapt to the Seeley Mk2 frame, so I did my own frame and as a idiot I weld it with TIG.
Yesterday I grind the shit away, to a nude headstock and after I weld it with Castolin and a torch, more in the spirit of Colin seeley, I am proud of my work.
The frame is at a specialist in blasting, will be back tomorow and the day after tomorow the frame will be clear coated.
Pics will follow next W.E.
Yves

What is Castolin, Yves? Brazing?

Yves,
I think its the same fairing, though the frame may well be different for the velo headstock. One thing that impresses is that the angle can be adjusted so rain willnot settle on the screen .I first saw one at a Bike show in 72 . Its a beautiful piece of kit

maylar said:

What is Castolin, Yves? Brazing?

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Yes Castolin is brazing, the best you can find, but be ready to pay high prices and you must buy 10 kilos at once, what I never did, I always find a friend that give me some small quantity. the full name is Eutectic Castolin.
Yves

Castolin Eutectic is a fascinating company, with a long history, starting in 1906 in Switzerland. They make a huge variety of brazing products. Lots of info here


The history on the web site is worth reading.

Ken