Newest Venice BTR

[Venice Motor Bikes]

Here's a BTR that I just finished today.... Now I get to test ride it for a few days before shipping it out.
Every one of these I build gets a little better than the last one!

This one has a 4-stage 'blood red' powder coat. It has a 'three port' engine with a Arrow Cycles reed valve & a custom welded SBP pipe.
It also has a VMB Monark-2 fork with my stainless steel disc brake dropouts & a Sportsman tank & hub adapter with a 40T sprocket.
It also has a new VMB brass head badge.

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

Here's a few more pix of it...

 

[culvercityclassic]

That's a sick bike, killer color. Nice build bro...

 

[The_Aleman]

Real wicked paint! Great work! Dig the new headbadge, too.

 

[truckd]

Leave it to Venice to get us drulling again! Very nice!

 

[superharry]

Darn nice work! And, this is my 100th Post!!! Feel the Love!

 

[d_gizzle]

That.


Is.


Awesome.

 

[MotorBicycleRacing]

That is one killer build ......

 

[2door]

Norm,
Very nice. Love the craftsmanship and attention to detail. (we expect no less from you)

Just curious if you see any improvement using an NT carb with reeds. That is an NT, yes?

Tom

 

[sportscarpat]

Cool build, Norm. Looks like a cool engine set-up. Never tried a reed valve on one of those engines.

 

[azbill]

another beauty from VMB
I am really digging the powdercoat color !!!

 

[Velodrome]

SOOOOO Nice! Tell us about the paint / powdwdercoat whatever. It looks like a process I had done to an old Buell I once owned. A marbeled silver followed by a transparent candy red. Not inexpensive... Worksman frame?

 

[silverbear]

I was thinking that was a Panther frame. Beautiful build, Norm. Some lucky guy is going to real happy.
SB

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

Update... Here's a picture of my iphones GPS from the test ride today... 45.2 MPH on flat ground!!!

I'm learning a lot of new tricks to make these reed valves work on these HT engines!
Yes, thats a stock NT carb with the stock jet; & yes it's a 1951 Schwinn Panther frame.
The powder coat is a 4-stage job... first black, then 'speckled' silver covered by two coats of dark red.

Here's some pictures I took of it while out on the test ride today...

 

[MotorBicycleRacing]

Update... Here's a picture of my iphones GPS from the test ride today... 45.2 MPH!!!

I'm learning a lot of new tricks to make these reed valves work on these HT engines! (Yes, thats a stock NT carb with the stock jet).

Damn! That is fast on a 40 tooth sprocket.
9500 rpm using the calculator.

 

[dmb]

wow! that frame is older than me. if it could tell story's of the ride's and place's it's been. and now a new lease on life as a classy BTR. i like the no chain ten. on either side alot of thought went in to that. easier said than done. and it haul's butt! lucky bike, lucky new owner, great job norm. if they could only rebuild human's like that. dennis

 

[Allen_Wrench]

Reed valves and expansion chamber, eh. If I know Norm, he did port-matching, balancing, and who knows what else. But stock carb - hmmm...

And all of it on another totally slammin' bike. Nicely done, Norm.

 

[chainmaker]

Wicked Norm, just wicked!!!!

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

I have to admit that I got real lucky on this bike... I didn't split the cases to port match the two main transfer ports; Instead I matched the base gasket to the cases & then did some ginding to the cylinder to make it match as best I could.
I did do a 'big dog' third port & a large transfer hole in the piston.
As for the jetting, I just kept testing & drilling it bigger & bigger until it didn't need the choke to start.
It runs a little rough until about 35MPH then it hits a sweet spot where the pipe comes on & it smooths out & starts really gaining speed.