Does anybody know if Owen is still competing with his old Ariel single? I met him on the IOM at TT time many years ago, but was informed at the annual rally this year that he was still competing until recently. I believe the late Frank Wilkins helped him with performance parts, and I have something ...

They look like fuel treatment pellets that are available, supposedly originally to negate the problems with lead free petrol (and possibly ethanol containing fuels?). In the past, I had placed them in the tank of my V50 Moto Guzzi, can't say I noticed any significant change, but didn't notice any ad...

I have a bare used 10793 VH piston, have not checked it over as yet, but may well be suitable for your needs. PM me for further details.

Although this was with a much later model (VHA motor), I had modified the crankcases for the raised oil level in the camchest, and use to stop at a local shop on my way to work to buy a newspaper, The shop was 2 to 3 minutes from home, and there was always a leak of oil from the drive side breather ...

Did you find one? If not, I have recently located what looks like a NOS gear, pm me for more details

I have now scanned and uploaded the Cardiff branch archive of Chevals, going back to 1959, although the archive appears to be incomplete, with some duplicate copies existing. Reviewing an Excel spreadsheet of Cheval availability, the uploaded files suggest the spreadsheet record is inaccurate, as co...

Sorry, this was sold a long time ago, I should really have posted a sold notice at the time

Why not try the mod to lessen oil loss in this area, it consists of an aluminium carrier to fit in the cylinder head recess, with a viton O ring as a seal, adjusting the crush on the O ring to around 25 thou. I believe Triumph twins used a O ring to seal pushrod tubes. The details of this mod, inclu...

Hi Dave, I too had noticed the error message that was already there when I began this second round of uploads, but as it didn't seem to affect the upload process, I ignored it, and have left it to webmaster Simon to decide ifanything needs doing about it .

I have just finished scanning and uploading copies of Cheval that were loaned to me for that purpose, they go back to 1962, although there are missing copies, so the records are not complete. It should be noted that in these earlier times, there were periods when Cheval was not issued, possibly due ...