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For good measure a factory shot of the engine of the Flea, I assume James had the same cap?? Lex

Here's Arnauds replica, he used a normal style fixing clip thingy. Cheers, Lex

Well, not to piss on your party Steve, there are 2-3 main variations, and I think the two above are postwar, all of mine, and the ones Arnaud made some replica's off, have the ridge where the HT cable goes in. Another difference is the knurled special nut that was used on the older ones, see picture. (this is a US thread, not normal) I think you can also see the details on the factory shots, will have a look. Lex

Ok, nice! But I must say, the Flea ferrules are totally different to anything else used on other bikes, I remember, as I had some made for my second Flea at the time. Cheers, Lex

Yes, you are right, it's different, I just had a look! Sorry, Lex

Ok, you beat me to it! But looks the same as for Flea's. Lex

Yes, there's special ferrules, will see if I have a picture later. Cheers, Lex Ps, thought you were talking about a Flea, but guess James?

There are about 6 types of tanks, I have one that looks G3WO on the bottom, but is not as long, here's an identifying chart for some of them. Cheers, Lex

Or repro's here: https://45parts.eu/index.php?action=article&aid=14305&group_id=10000097&lang=EN Cheers, Lex

You can try these guys, the owner has passed away, but his family is still selling stuff I think; http://www.wardepartment.co.uk/parts-spares/ If anyone is in need of an original late 741 horn face, I have one, the non script one, like Ron's above here, 80 pounds, plus postage at cost from Holland. Cheers, Lex

Here 2 pictures from the Model 640 manuals, seems the shorter pump was used here, but definetly spring clips, cannot find anything on the other type of spring clips. Also a scan of Bruce Palmers Harley book, about the pumps. Lex

Yes, there's 2 lenghts, and 3 types of clips, complicated! Below the 16" pump, the tall one. Will see if I can find out about the clips. Cheers, Lex

Military ones were different, they used the same type as for lorry headlamps. But then you probably need a different rim too. the civvy type is repro'd I think? Cheers, Lex

A chap in Denmark had some made, excellent quality, I'll see if he has any left. See picture. Cheers, Lex

If there's enough interest I will have some folding footrests cast in SG steel, I don't like the bronze repro's very much. Cheers, Lex

Need a pair of original footrests too, now that you mention it. Cheers, Lex

I need some stuff too, inlet manifolds, silencer box curved pipes and threaded nuts, toolbox, and a rear wheel, or anything else, what have you? welbike@welbike.net Thanks, Lex

Prices have gone through the roof the last 10-15 years, so anything remotely restored/running will be from 45.000 pounds and upwards. My 2p, Lex

Nice motor, but the guy is an idiot, he doesn't even know what engine it is, not even after opening, and it's right there on the box, SNL G524, so that makes it an engine for an Indian 640B Motorcycle, solo. Could sure use that engine in my bike! but it needs to be completely taken apart, and cleaned and inspected, too big of a risk to run it like it is.

Here's the other one. Cheers, Lex

Yes, but honestly, I have no idea, I will check! I was also talking to someone to have them made, but need to buy a minimum of 300, and the Dunlop brand name is a problem, we had other Tyres made, but still around 300 pounds a piece, but this was a US brand, and it didn't exist anymore, so that was easier. Cheers, Lex

Like I said, extremely expensive, I paid 350 a piece 20 years ago, so it ill be triple I guess. But they are lovely!! Cheers, Lex

OK, I don't know those codes, so no idea what colour it is. My wheel is painted with paint made from the handlebar sample, looks spot on when you hold it next to it. Exhausts never ever black, same for MKII's. See picture of a MKI. Might be getting some more NOS Carrier tyres in, but you won't like the price! Then another thing you don't read in books, about half of the MKI contract that weren't delivered yet, went back to the factory, to have the near side petrol tank retrofitted with a filling opening, and cap, as the multi-tool often got lost, and then it was near impossible to fill the tanks. Cheers, Lex

OK, well whatever colour you make it, or leave it brown, it's your decision but my observations are different, maybe the one prototype Welbike (also green traces on that one) had an unpainted engine, and unpainted carb, but my MKI has had everything painted green, cylinder head and all, lots of traces were left, also other MKI's that had definetly traces of green on them, have had close to 100 Welbikes gone through my hands, and still have 2 MKII's in original colour, one brown (the Salerno one) and one sand coloured, same as the one Welbike UK has, who by the way, when they have questions email me about it, the one brother, (forgot his name now) is not working there anymore, due to health reasons, so it's my mate Carl making the parts, and the other brother selling them. And then I have the partly original paint MKI also from Italy, but more northernly than the Salerno one, see picture of handlebars. (not some faded brown, real green!) So it's not only hearsay that they were green, it's really true! I checked all my MKI black and white pictures, but most cylinders etc. seem to be painted, but there's only about 20 pictures of those, and many more MKII pictures. It's a fact ofcourse that the paint burned off over time, especially the exhaust manifolds, and the cylinder head too. Another interesting detail is that at least 2 MKI's had no silencer box under the engine, but a small round thing, see picture, I have 2 of them, but not the longer tailpipe, but will check if a standard one fits directly on there when I finally get the engines done. Anyone else seen this?? Last picture, the green I used, very happy with it! Cheers, Lex

I always paint the engine completely, flywheel and all, but leave inlet en exhaust manifolds off, otherwise it's difficult to reach inbetween the fins, MKI's always green, I found a RAL mixture that is supposed to be exact, but haven't tried it yet, I had paint mixed from an original paint MKI. it is the dark green on the chart. So better paint the whole bike Ron! also no transfers were used for the C number, or other markings, that came with the MKII, so use a cut stencil font, see picture. Only things that seem to be not painted green are fuel pump, canvas grips, cables, engine to frame mounting bolts, engine circular oil recommendation plate, HT lead and Lodge cap and plug, saddle stem and saddle cover, tyres and valve stems and the rubber for the fuel lines, what started this conversation off. Hope this helps, Lex