You may have seen a previous post that detailed the progress
by Alec Swallow on his OHC Velocette Venom conversion:
This blog post gives an update on the project after another
visit to Alec’s. As can be seen below the bike is now fully road registered.
Many a people start a ‘special’ but never have the persistence to see the
project through. For Alec to get the cammy Velo completed is an impressive piece
of work.
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| A grand job well done. |
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| Alec and his latest special. |
As I detailed in my previous post Alec has made his own
chain driven SOHC conversion to a Venom engine. But it is not just the OHC
conversion that Alec has made himself, as the pictures below detail numerous
other parts Alec has manufactured for his machine. There are many parts
that the average person would not consider manufacturing themselves, for
example, the float chamber, all fibreglass work (petrol and oil tank, seat etc),
his own de-compressor setup, the list goes on. Once again, I will let the
pictures do the talking.
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| OHC Swallow Velocette mk 111 |
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| Remote float chamber |
But Alec being Alec, always has one or two other little
projects on. I had to detail his other project which has been made for the next
generation Swallow. Shown below is Alec’s “Swing-bin Special”. Given the name,
I think one can guess what was the basis for the chassis! Once again the
swing-bin special is all up and going, however a gearing change is required, as
on its first outing the young Swallow ended up out-running everyone due to its
high top speed – something Alec may have got in a little
trouble for...
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| Swing-bin Special |
