Classic Motorcycle Workshop Vlog 13 - Velocette KTS

[@daveco1270]

Dave is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to vintage motorcycles. It's impressive.

[@AA-nt5qw]

Thanks for that. Interesting and informative. Great machine. Hope the owner appreciates all the TLC you put in on this :-)

[@gerrypowell2748]

Really good to see these bikes still living,nice work again👌👌

[@ianmacdonald5918]

Dave its a joy to watch your videos on these old bikes master at work.

[@boboshop55]

Would love to make the lads jealous at the coffee shop with this one! Tough to get all those items sorted, congrats. '37 was a long time ago!!

[@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel2]

Thanks 👍

[@ShiftQuick]

What a wonderful machine.

[@bigred8438]

Good Job dave.

[@simonevans343]

LOVELY BIKE. LONG WINDJAMMER OILSKIN COAT, GOGGLES AND A LEATHER HEAD CAP . YOUR AWAY

[@matthewbrown5677]

That's a bit of me . Nice too meet you ..kind regards Matt & Petrina. Precision Panel Craft. Ninfeld.

[@jjrider6758]

Lovely bike Dave, and as usual you did a great job of the recommissioning and repairs.. The oil tank with a froth tower is actually the standard oil tank for both the KSS Mk2 and the KTS Mk2 - 'K' stands for Kamshaft' (the original owners of Velocette were a German family) 'SS' is for 'Super Sport' and 'TS' is for 'Touring Sport' - Engines for the KSS and the KTS are basically identical (both have engine numbers prefixed 'KSS') and the frame on the Mk2s was based on the KTT racer.. The KTS has slightly deeper touring mudguards and 19" wheels, The KSS originally had 21" front wheel and I believe a 20" rear with more basic 'blade' type mudguards as standard. Both bikes have Heavy Duty 'Webb' girder forks and 'Miller' electrics and ignition throughout..

[@neilfoddering921]

I’m not sure where the “K for Kamshaft” idea came from; German for camshaft is “Nockenwelle”. I think it more likely that the model designation “K” simply followed on from the model H two stroke, omitting “I” and “J” to avoid confusion. I have seen, on German products from the pre-war period, the capital “I” printed “J”. For example, the Zeiss Icarette cameras I own are stamped “Jcarette”, and the Agfa Isolette camera is marked “Jsolette”. I’ve recently written to the editor of “Fishtail” about this, but whether my letter will be printed in the next edition, I don’t know.

[@andyt4198]

Lovely bike Dave Regards Andy

[@RahulPatil-yg7vy]

thank you Dave for making a full length video apart from the shorts really do appriciate it

[@gerrywest3783]

Great video, I learned how to manage my just purchased 1948 KSS Velocette.

[@rokkebill]

What a beautiful bike ! I’d ride that everyday in the summer if it was mine 😊

[@trevorhaigh2389]

Another cracking video. Please keep them coming. I learn something new each time I watch.

[@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel2]

Thanks, will do!

[@ridstanejimmy]

Well done, Dave. Especially not riding with a child-slicer front number plate!

[@frederickbowdler8169]

Yes they should be illegal.👍

[@ianlawrie919]

Quirky as you say but what a marvel to hear and see. The probably unique parts and expertise of restoration demonstrate how valuable a fellow you have been and continue to enable others. Stirling work 👍👌

[@andremenezes6428]

Thanks Dave for the lucid run through one of the lovely clammy Velocettes. I own a venom and ride her fairly regularly and understand the idiosyncratic clutch and the thrust pins and bearing and how one simply can't press the clutch lever and leave her in gear in traffic, if you want to have a life on those plates and bearings. All of this happens in Pune a busy city not far from Mumbai. I do agree the venom has no compare in the Brit bike world for its combination of speed and softness, like the poise of an eagle taking off a rooftop with the graceful whiplash of the tip of its wings breaking the roof tiles . Thanks again for the succinct run through

[@jimkoney4200]

Your bikes always have the nicest idle.

[@splodge57]

Nice old bike. Sounds a lot better.

[@bundook303]

Nice work Dave, informative video - Thanks!

[@DavidRussell-n8e]

I had a 1938 KSS IN THE 1950 s that I rebuilt with an Alfin alum barrel, KTT cam and replaced the fork spring for a Woodhead Monroe hydraulic cylinder. I removed the de compressor because they leak oil. I rode it daily to work and college with no trouble. Valve gear was noisy due to high lift cam and high cam overlap. I sold it to a friend when I emigrated to Canada for 45 pounds. He sold to a BSA gold star owner who was shocked to find the KSS was faster. I know I had it over 90mph several times on the Ollerton road straight outside Nottingham . I hope it is still running out there somewhere. I had every part replaced, tank lined with gold leave and bike parts stove enameled 🇨🇦 .

[@petersmith3789]

Love what you are doing just found you by chance . my first subscribe channel.

[@davidoram3423]

I had a 1937 model back in the 60's / 70's. It may be the sound reproduction, but I don't remember mine sounding quite so 'whiney'. I fitted KTT mk8 cams, and it would do about 85 on the motorway! The piston should have been a 'slipper' type. Mine didn't have any barrel compression plates either, I think the C/R was about 9.5:1. The bevel drive was easy to adjust, (different size Oldham couplings were available to get the end float correct), and sealing was no problem using good quality string - it doesn't get that hot! My kick starter ratchet failed, so I removed the unit and replaced it with a needle roller bearing in a boss with a blanking plate (as per KTT). I started it by hand - bike on rear stand, full retard, 4th gear, and a good pull on the tyre, easy! Sold it for £400 in 1978, look at what they fetch now!!

[@ericchapman399]

The steering damper is essential if you ride it on rough roads

[@sreenathsree8830]

I want this bike

[@ridstanejimmy]

Won't tickover evenly on the propstand. If you need it to might be better with the Concentric? 😉

[@chriscrookson8524]

Looks like an old Leeds registration number.

[@pauliebots]

Could you have made the concentric carb work? And what on the new carb was right?

[@mikewilson631]

As it stands, the rear light is illegal for road use. One of the few retroactive pieces of legislation. You can (could) get an adapter to screw onto the end to replace the existing lens and bring the diameter up to legal size. Otherwise, it needs a later, larger light fitting.

[@omarassemujjuadrian4592]

😃👍❤️

[@vanislandsteve]

👍🏻🇨🇦

[@anythingoldmechanical]

It might be my phone, Dave- but it sounds incredibly worn and rattly!

[@majorscope]

Sounds pretty rattly for a cammy. They should run smooth as silk, There is a bit more critical info on oil circulation. The oil tank is correct. To get a cammy engine spot on is hours and hours of work.