I have recently started the restoration of 2 early Velocette KTTs - a few details about each of these bikes can be found here and here. This is one of them - KTT 305 at the TT in 1931.
Picture courtesy of Dennis Quinlan
In addition to the 2 KTTs I also have plenty of bits to build a KTP-framed "bitsa" (but not with a KTP engine).
The first major sub-project is to get the wheel building underway and, for this, I need to sort out the hubs/bearings/brakes etc. This is proving a not insignificant task in itself - especially when attempting to build 3 bikes simultaneously! The start of this sub-project can be found here.
The labels marked "INDEX" give a link to a page that provides a complete list and links to all of the separate sub-projects related to that main project.
Alternatively, scroll down this page and see what's here...
When I started this blog I
already owned (and still own) a 500cc AJS R10
that I've been riding for many years and wanted an early 350cc bike. I bought one at a Bonhams auction; this is what I brought home....
....a bit of work was needed to bring it to back to life
Full details of the restoration can be found here.
During the restoration of the K7 I figured that I could put an early overhead camshaft Velocette cylinder, cylinder head and cambox onto the crankcases of an AJS 350cc engine from 1931, convert it to chain-driven OHC and make an engine that looks like a K7 but has a Velocette top-end. I had a 1928 350cc AJS sidevalve that I had bought on eBay and used that to create the AJcette ....giving credit to both manufacturers.
It looks pretty similar to the K7 and to demonstrate that there really are 2 bikes, here they are both together.
Details of the AJcette project can be found here.
I have quite a lot of early Mk1 OHC Velocette parts and after completing the AJcette I decided to use some of these to make a replica of a one-off bike that AJS built in 1929/1930 for an attempt on the world speed record. The original is a huge V-Twin beast that started out with a naturally-aspirated engine but, having failed to gain the record, was supercharged ...and again failed. The bike ended up in Tasmania for many years and, after being repatriated to the UK and restored, it is now in the National Motorcycle Museum.
This is what the original looked like:
and this is my recreation.
Like the AJcette, the V-Twin uses Mk 1 OHC Velocette cylinder components. The full story of how this bike was built can be found in the links here.
There is also a 14 minute edited Youtube summary of how these bikes came about here and a longer unedited version here.
In January 2022 I started the restoration of a 1933 AJS Trophy Model
and I have just completed (March 2023) this bike:
The Index Page for this project can be found here.
I also reported on a couple of my other projects ....vintage OHV Nortons
and putting a Marshall supercharger onto my 1934 MG PA
I hope you find something of interest.
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