new paint work on my Seeley

yves norton · Jan 17, 2011

Dear Friends, here be a few pics from the new paint of my Seeley, paint work by Pierre Van Gin, one of the best helmet painter in the world, Pierre is a former work mate and he did the work free, first time he paint a bike. Hope you like it??
Pics are made by forum mate Paul
Greetings from Belgium

swooshdave · Jan 17, 2011

Turned out pretty good. :mrgreen:

KSUWildcatFan · Jan 17, 2011

Awesome bike!

850cmndo · Jan 17, 2011

If I had that and you had a feather.....well, you know where. We'd both be tickled. Nicely done.

DonOR · Jan 17, 2011

makes me think Sinatra;

I could show the world how to smile
I could be glad - all of the while
I could change the gray skies to blue
If I had you
I could leave the old days behind
Leave all my pals - I'd never mind
I could start my life anew
If I had you

I could climb a snow-capped mountain
I could Sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross the burning desert
If I had you by my side
I could be a king (dear) uncrowned
Humble or poor - rich or renowned
There is nothing I couldn't do
If I had you

Jeandr · Jan 17, 2011

Superbe 8)

Jean

JAYMAC · Jan 17, 2011

Nice one! one of the best I have seen on here, does it go as good as it looks?
Cheers John

Seeley920 · Jan 17, 2011

Looks good....pseudo Gus Kuhn colours

Hortons Norton · Jan 17, 2011

Awesome machine, Very nice work.

Foxy · Jan 17, 2011

[ Hope we like it?] Quote;

Yves Norton, mate thats one very nice piece of machinery, very well done and most desirable here!!!

Foxy

yves norton · Jan 18, 2011

JAYMAC said:
Nice one! one of the best I have seen on here, does it go as good as it looks?
Cheers John

Oh yes, the bike go very well, I rode 5.000 miles last year. I am not a ritch man, but I work night and day for the special stuff on it, like : HC pistons, Maney cylinder, big Black Diamonds valves, PW3 camshaft, Keyhin carbs, Maney exhaust, full alloy conrods, balanced OEM crankshaft, MK 3 crankcases, Tri spark Ignition (fantastic, even my dog can start the engine, and it is only a Yorkshire) We spend time on the dyno to find the good setting on the carbs, but now I have 60 HP on the rear weel and I keep the caracter of the Commando engine, I can find a few HP more, but I keep it like it is now, lot of fun!
The Seeley frame is amazing, difficult to understand how only a few tubes weld toegheter can give you sutch road holding.
I still got dreams: a fullauto head, a Ceriani fork with a Yamaha TD 260 mm drum brake, that will be the top!
cheers
Yves

grandpaul · Jan 18, 2011

That is one hack of a nice bike you have built.

I love British Racing Green...

According to hobot's calculations, with that kind of power output, the bike should easily be capable of 165 - 180 MPH on top with the right gearing.

swooshdave · Jan 18, 2011

yves norton said:
JAYMAC said:

Nice one! one of the best I have seen on here, does it go as good as it looks?
Cheers John

Click to expand...

Oh yes, the bike go very well, I rode 5.000 miles last year. I am not a ritch man, but I work night and day for the special stuff on it, like : HC pistons, Maney cylinder, big Black Diamonds valves, PW3 camshaft, Keyhin carbs, Maney exhaust, full alloy conrods, balanced OEM crankshaft, MK 3 crankcases, Tri spark Ignition (fantastic, even my dog can start the engine, and it is only a Yorkshire) We spend time on the dyno to find the good setting on the carbs, but now I have 60 HP on the rear weel and I keep the caracter of the Commando engine, I can find a few HP more, but I keep it like it is now, lot of fun!
The Seeley frame is amazing, difficult to understand how only a few tubes weld toegheter can give you sutch road holding.
I still got dreams: a fullauto head, a Ceriani fork with a Yamaha TD 260 mm drum brake, that will be the top!
cheers
Yves

Is that a breather hanging way off the back?

yves norton · Jan 18, 2011

grandpaul said:
That is one hack of a nice bike you have built.

I love British Racing Green...

According to hobot's calculations, with that kind of power output, the bike should easily be capable of 165 - 180 MPH on top with the right gearing.

I never go over 6.000 rpm in top gear at this rev I am close to the 200 Km/h and the old lady still wants more

yves norton · Jan 18, 2011

swooshdave said:
yves norton said:

JAYMAC said:

Nice one! one of the best I have seen on here, does it go as good as it looks?
Cheers John

Click to expand...

Oh yes, the bike go very well, I rode 5.000 miles last year. I am not a ritch man, but I work night and day for the special stuff on it, like : HC pistons, Maney cylinder, big Black Diamonds valves, PW3 camshaft, Keyhin carbs, Maney exhaust, full alloy conrods, balanced OEM crankshaft, MK 3 crankcases, Tri spark Ignition (fantastic, even my dog can start the engine, and it is only a Yorkshire) We spend time on the dyno to find the good setting on the carbs, but now I have 60 HP on the rear weel and I keep the caracter of the Commando engine, I can find a few HP more, but I keep it like it is now, lot of fun!
The Seeley frame is amazing, difficult to understand how only a few tubes weld toegheter can give you sutch road holding.
I still got dreams: a fullauto head, a Ceriani fork with a Yamaha TD 260 mm drum brake, that will be the top!
cheers
Yves

Click to expand...

Is that a breather hanging way off the back?

Yes it is, one for the crankcase pressure and the other for the vent of the oil tank, I now it is not very beautyfull, I will try to find something else

yves norton · Jan 18, 2011

Seeley920 said:
Looks good....pseudo Gus Kuhn colours

The goal was not to make a pseudo Gus Kuhn, but I am very proud if you think so. I make the choice of the colours and Pierre (the painter) made the design.
Pierre dont show me anything before total finish and I was very happy with the result.
You must know that Pierre dont use any sticker for the lettering and the Union Jacks. Pierre is a Fi helmet painter, his customers are Schumacher, Senna and more top riders. The most difficult about the colours was to find the green, most of the time you will find a green like a piece of shit from Popeye the sealerman or the green from a soviet army bike in the cold war.
The green we use is the Forest Green from the Hinckley Bonneville and the cream white is the one from the Shelby Mustang

Paul · Jan 18, 2011

Ferm machien Yves ..[/quote]

You're right Ludwig. (and it wasn't easy to take photos that were not overexposed !)

Chris · Jan 18, 2011

Yves

Beautiful

Yves how do you find the Maney? I note you have fitted the silencer end can. Have you tried it with the blank end plate as well?
Chris

Seeleys
the way to go

lcrken · Jan 18, 2011

Beautiful bike, Yves. Is it 750, or larger displacement?

Ken

yves norton · Jan 19, 2011

Chris said:
Yves

Beautiful

Yves how do you find the Maney? I note you have fitted the silencer end can. Have you tried it with the blank end plate as well?
Chris

Seeleys
the way to go

Of course I try, but some houses colapse in my street when I start the engine, so I put the silencer can on it: less noise and more bottom power with the silencer
Yves

new paint work on my Seeley

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