1934 Velocette KTT First ride in 2024 | New year New me

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velo fan

velo fan

Ай бұрын

Ok so not happy with the audio visual achieved in this video, but as ive said in before i shall post regardless as i am not a professional camera man and things go wrong.
Basic issue i was experimenting with nd filter and shutter speed so on roads with trees covering the image is very dark and not what i usually achieve. Secondly the audio seems to be only on the left channel this must be a mini jack issue with the helmet mic, i pushed everything in but must have not made perfect connection.
So we discuss the subject of change and new years resolutions and such, and motorcycle theft organised crime and tricks they might be now using.
To any velo experts out there, the noise of my clutch plates when i first push off for the bump start at beginning of the ride part to the video as i hear what sounds like metal on metal and did work on the clutch last year and have a short youtube video of it. I felt everything was looking good but the sound it was making was not nice. Ponderous.
Please leave me any comments relevant to the video the bike me etc, these will all help me bring attention to enjoying vintage British Motorcycles.

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@motown1703
@motown1703 Ай бұрын
Welcome back. Bike looks great!
@velofan.
@velofan. Ай бұрын
Many thanks motown1703.
@TornadoCAN99
@TornadoCAN99 Ай бұрын
Great to see a new video from you...been a long wait! My '54 MSS been with me since April but have not had it sorted yet. Initially had very bad clutch grabbing no matter what I did to adjust and even taking it all apart and back on. Had some guidance from a local Velo guru on things to check....one to check steel plates for any warpage. They looked fine visually ok but placing on a granite countertop, pressing one edge would lift the other side a few mm's off surface. Managed to gently bend them little by little, checking again and again until no lifting all round edges of each plate. That made a big difference on the heavy grabbing/stalling of engine etc. There is still very light grabbing, can feel it when having clutch held in and selecting first...bit of a pull/rpm drop. Had bike around the neighbourhood a few times and biggest issue is much difficulty selecting neutral, either moving or standing. Seems very lightest of selector lever movement will just skip straight to next gear most times. This means I need to be using clutch at most stops and low speeds, which likely overheats the plates and may be warping them again. Trying different primary belt tensions to see if that helps. Might need to take GB apart and inspect things. Good news is she fires up quite easily, assuming I have the piston in correct point of cycle prior to the mighty kick. If your clutch is making odd sounds at bump-starting...could it be the plates are a little sticky, not freed prior to rolling? So even if clutch held in, springs not able to free plates fully until you've rolled it some? Remember the velo needs a few turns to fully "peel" the plates away from each other. As for the theft issue....those "Air Tags" can be for Apple and Android now. They work by sending out signals to anybody's nearby phone, which relays location to the network and your phone gets the location over network. You can set your own phone to alert you if there is an unfamilar Air Tag nearby you that is "following" you about....indicating someone has placed a tracker on something you own, like car or bike. Range on a tag is at least a good 400 or 500 meters, to anyones cell phone nearby. Basically crowd-sourcing infrastructure to reach the cell network.
@velofan.
@velofan. Ай бұрын
wow so basically it will be accessible to the thief at any location because iam sure someone with a phone would be within 400 meters of wherever it gets parked up for the night. Bad times but good you can have something on your phone to notify you if someone attaches an air tag to something near you. I wouldn't have the phone set up for that so wouldn't have a clue if someone used this tactic on me. And yes its been a long time since i made a ktt video, bad weather stopping play. My clutch its possible its just sticking as the bike has sat over winter and i feel when this happens my very sticky castor oil might give me a few issues so will keep riding it a few more times this year before trying anything but was thinking to adjust the clutch to slightly slip more as this direction of adjustment gives me more separation of the plates. Personally i feel this is your issue with the neutral thing. I cannot ever find neutral unless the engine is not running. Normally rolling to a stop is easier to find neutral on bikes than when at a stand still, but yes my ktt gearbox also just goes first or second, so very hard to find the sweet spot. I dont think its a gearbox problem to fix more just perhaps the way the gearbox has been manufactured and the clutch not separating enough. I might even adjust my clutch ever so slightly for more slip before my bike show this sunday. It was slipping before i did my clutch work. Now never slips so feel i might be able to go that way a little. Its not easy as i dont have a kicks start. Otherwise you can follow the guidance in the red book "velocette motor cycle maintenance and repair series R.W. Burgess"
@TornadoCAN99
@TornadoCAN99 Ай бұрын
@velofan. on my Android phone, under Settings, Safety and Emergency, last item is Unknown Tracker Alerts. In there, a toggle ro turn that on or off and details on how it works and what to do if you get an alert.
@velofan.
@velofan. Ай бұрын
@@TornadoCAN99 sounds good will check my ancient iphone to see if it has similar. Many thanks.
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