March 10-28- 2016

Wheels came in and I went straight to my flexible rubber man and he put on the AVON tyres that had also just arrived. The rear axle was drawn up after a lot of head scratching. My frame maker had made me decide on a 14 millimeter diameter rear axle as that was the maximum…

February 13 & 14 – 2016

The frame, engine plates, footrests, tank and a few other items have arrived and added to the pile of things that need to be assembled. I was a bit disappointed about the frame. It did not have quite the finish that I had expected. When looking at pictures of frames built by Roger Titchmarsh, his…

January 23 – 2016

January 1 – 2016

Email came in from Denny Barber, the frame guy, advising that the frame is ready except for the rear wheel adjusters so I guess I will have to arrange for shipping it over here in the next week or two. Denny has also made the engine plates in 8 mm Dural and he is offering…

December 29 – 2015

Called my engine man today and he thinks he will be ready by the end of January. I don’t but did not say so. Asked him for some ideas on exhaust dimensions. Turns out he does not know where to find the info so I have emailed Kenny Cummings at NYCNorton to see if he…

December 27 – 2015

Today was the day my website www.myseeley.net got published. I have been thinking that I should have one for two reasons. The first is that I have an alibi for all the hours spent in my study, in my garage and elsewhere and no contribution to the family food account has been produced and secondly…