Trickymicky 57 Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Not a Brough,or a Raleigh either.. In the 1930's, Frank Wilkinson a manager at Universal Engineering in Basford embarked on designing and building his own motorcycle engine. The picture shows it installed in a war department Ariel chassis. Almost every component of the engine was home made in his workshop at home in Plumtree. He even made the wooden moulds of all the casings prior to them being cast. He died in 1962,and although it had test run,it was unfinished. His widow,amazingly gave it away,despite her late husband having worked on it for the last 30 years. The lucky recipients did little with it though,as a carburettor was missing and it could not be run. Anyway,i ended up with it in the 1980's and restored it (not an easy task to rebuild a V4 overhead camshaft engine without any data). It ran well when finished, and i had it in a museum for many years,eventually selling it when the museum closed. The magneto is from a De Haviland aircraft. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trickymicky 57 Posted May 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Blimey,you might need a magnifying glass! i will try to load a proper pic over the w/end.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Over the weekend? Come on Micky get your finger out lets seen this motorbike. It want you out on Sunday was it popping wheelies? Anyone know where that stretch of tarmac is? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Bestwood ? Main St. Kimberley perhaps Ikea car park & Broxtowe country park possibly. Found the track, concrete strip here. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9929472,-1.2973527,143m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en Good old Google ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Spot on Catfan but I think their at several different venues. What about Hucknall runway for the very wide strip with the large buildings in the back ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 A lot of these bikers use Hucknall airfield, they also use part of the Blenheim industrial estate, a lot of these bikers are not local and travel from all over for these meets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 I do like to see a good wheelie being popped, Should be an Olympic event. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 ME ME ME next I want a quad bike and the freedom to do that . Someone will not let me and tells me to grow up, no no no I will not grow up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 A good length of taut steel wire should sort that lot out............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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