tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906028895657817353.post8737068667342327939..comments2024-01-27T18:59:25.928+11:00Comments on The Velobanjogent: The MOV Velocette...the start of the pushrod Velocette series......The Velobanjogenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14529221865633433179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906028895657817353.post-10432205786637269732010-10-09T12:44:58.083+11:002010-10-09T12:44:58.083+11:00Dennis,
I've been meaning to check out your bl...Dennis,<br />I've been meaning to check out your blog in more detail for some time and this lazy Saturday morning I've managed to remember to do so.<br />I was good friends with Les Diener in his later racing years. In fact I bought his most successful pushrod MOV racer just after he finished building Eldee 2. He decided to sell it because "how can I compete with two 250s at once?"<br /><br />We travelled together often to MT Gambier's Mac Park and stayed in town as Les had never liked camping, not even in the days he rode seriously.<br /><br />On those lengthy trips I made sure I listened and gained as much engineering knowledge that I could from the man. His metalurgy and engineering knowledge was to prove most useful in my later exploits. <br />We had some good times indeed and his passing was quite a blow.<br /><br />That little MOV I bought has quite a history itself.<br />I've managed to find out that it was owned and raced by one Tom Medlow back in the 50s and we think it eventually passed to Jack Nairne, then Peter Westerman who sold it to Les.<br /><br />When Les bought it he recognised it as Tom's bike, some of the components, eg close ratio gears, were ones he had made for Tom back in the 50s.<br /><br />I've tried to detail it's history but that has proven quite difficult with the death of some of the previous owners and the uncertain memories of the remainder.<br /><br />Unfortunately(?) it has a Tom Medlow-cast drive side crankcase from "Tramways pistons" as Tom described them...I puzzled over how trams had pistons?...until I realised that the old name for the Adelaide public transport system, busses and trams was the Municipal Tramways Trust, hence "tramways pistons"<br /><br />So there is no engine number with which to trace it's arrival in South Australia. Keith Milich has done some detective work on Borgelt's imported MOV engine numbers but without the drive side case it is of no use to me. I should chase up Tom Medlow as I hear he is still around so I might have some luck with that missing number.<br /><br />Problem is, as you would well know, getting around to all the little things is not easy to do!<br /><br />Check me out on my small website and I promise I'll follow your blog more closely in future!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Greg Summerton<br />http://www.eurospares.com/greg.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906028895657817353.post-68723756253747204142010-10-09T12:43:41.392+11:002010-10-09T12:43:41.392+11:00Dennis,
I've been meaning to check out your bl...Dennis,<br />I've been meaning to check out your blog in more detail for some time and this lazy Saturday morning I've managed to remember to do so.<br />I was good friends with Les Diener in his later racing years. In fact I bought his most successful pushrod MOV racer just after he finished building Eldee 2. He decided to sell it because "how can I compete with two 250s at once?"<br /><br />We travelled together often to MT Gambier's Mac Park and stayed in town as Les had never liked camping, not even in the days he rode seriously.<br /><br />On those lengthy trips I made sure I listened and gained as much engineering knowledge that I could from the man. His metalurgy and engineering knowledge was to prove most useful in my later exploits. <br />We had some good times indeed and his passing was quite a blow.<br /><br />That little MOV I bought has quite a history itself.<br />I've managed to find out that it was owned and raced by one Tom Medlow back in the 50s and we think it eventually passed to Jack Nairne, then Peter Westerman who sold it to Les.<br /><br />When Les bought it he recognised it as Tom's bike, some of the components, eg close ratio gears, were ones he had made for Tom back in the 50s.<br /><br />I've tried to detail it's history but that has proven quite difficult with the death of some of the previous owners and the uncertain memories of the remainder.<br /><br />Unfortunately(?) it has a Tom Medlow-cast drive side crankcase from "Tramways pistons" as Tom described them...I puzzled over how trams had pistons?...until I realised that the old name for the Adelaide public transport system, busses and trams was the Municipal Tramways Trust, hence "tramways pistons"<br /><br />So there is no engine number with which to trace it's arrival in South Australia. Keith Milich has done some detective work on Borgelt's imported MOV engine numbers but without the drive side case it is of no use to me. I should chase up Tom Medlow as I hear he is still around so I might have some luck with that missing number.<br /><br />Problem is, as you would well know, getting around to all the little things is not easy to do!<br /><br />Check me out on my small website and I promise I'll follow your blog more closely in future!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Greg Summerton<br />http://www.eurospares.com/greg.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com