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Moen
Matt's lifts
are done. Regular price $250/set. Special price for VI Listers
$200/set. More info on cams/lifts here.
September 2000. Matt Wilkinson's Bonneville
Sport Scout valve lifts will be ready for the Chesapeake
AMCA Chapter meet in Chester PA October 6. These exhaust lifts (Bonne Scouts
use regular inlets) fit Sport Scout, 741 and 101, and the price will be
$200-250 per pair. Nine out of the initial ten sets are still available.
August 2000. Jim Wall reports that the
"tall fin" racing heads (Sport Scout) are making
some progress. Casting fins isn't easy, even for pro foundries, and there
has been some problems with release from the molds. It seems the problems
will be solved soon, so stay tuned.
June 2000. Sorry, nothing new this time!
(so much for "...every issue", huh?). Let's hope for a bit more time for
next issue.
May 2000. There hasn't been a lot of news
in this department since last month. But this page will go in the magazine
with updates in every issue. There's new readers finding us all the time,
and some may find it hard in the beginning searching through the archives.
The Scout racing heads will have an update
next month, and possibly some of the other parts as well.
Remember, if you are interested in any
of the parts below, write me and say
so. The only way some of them will get made is if we can show the manufacturer
that there is serious interest in them. In other cases (the Scout valve
lifts) only a fixed size batch is being made, and if you need a set, you'd
better say so before they're sold out!
April 2000. 2
months ago I wrote about how ganging up to get new parts made would
be a good idea (well, to me it is, at least). There has been some positive
feedback, so let's give it a go!
The BC is not about getting parts made
by the lowest bidder (quality costs money!), but about giving prospective
manufacturers an initial handful of orders, to make reasonably sure they
can sell the first batch of the new parts. For this reason, there could
be non-refundable deposits involved (as in the case of the frames &
forks below) while other manufacturers will be satisfied with just an indication
of interest.
Another way of using the BC is to dream
up requests for new parts, post them
on this page, and see if a prospective manufacturer pops up with an offer...
I guess there's no real need to explain
this further, so let's get to the parts!
1922-27 ACE Forks
(complete, ready to bolt on).
| Manufacturer |
Jürgen
Hecker, Germany |
| Projected retail price |
Approximately US$1500 |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
6 months from production start |
| Number of orders needed |
10 |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
2 |
| Non-refundable*
deposit with order |
US$100 |
| Deposit/order to |
Moen
(click for details!) |
*Deposit
will of course be refunded if no forks are produced!
1930's Sport Scout
Racing Heads. (Article here!)
| Manufacturer |
Jim Wall, USA |
| Projected retail price |
To be announced |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
To be announced |
| Number of orders needed |
Will be made anyway! |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
7 sets (at least) |
| Non-refundable deposit with order |
No |
| Order to |
Jim
Wall |
1932-39 Chief Frames.
| Manufacturer |
Jürgen
Hecker, Germany |
| Projected retail price |
Approximately US$1900 |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
6 months from production start |
| Number of orders needed |
10 |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
1 |
| Non-refundable*
deposit with order |
US$100 |
| Deposit/order to |
Moen
(click for details!) |
*Deposit
will of course be refunded if no frames are produced!
1940-up Bonneville
Scout Exhaust Valve Lifts.
| Manufacturer |
Matt Willkinson, USA |
| Projected retail price |
US$200-250 |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
October 2000 |
| First batch |
10 sets |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
1 |
| Non-refundable deposit with order |
No |
| Order to |
Matt
Willkinson |
1940-42 Sport Scout
Forks (complete, ready to bolt on).
| Manufacturer |
Jürgen
Hecker, Germany |
| Projected retail price |
Approximately US$1600 |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
6 months from production start |
| Number of orders needed |
10 |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
0 |
| Non-refundable*
deposit with order |
US$100 |
| Deposit/order to |
Moen
(click for details!) |
*Deposit
will of course be refunded if no forks are produced!
1940-42 Sport Scout
Frames (front + rear).
| Manufacturer |
Jürgen
Hecker, Germany |
| Projected retail price |
Approximately US$1600 |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
6 months from production start |
| Number of orders needed |
10 |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
1 |
| Non-refundable*
deposit with order |
US$100 |
| Deposit/order to |
Moen
(click for details!) |
*Deposit
will of course be refunded if no frames are produced!
1946-48 Chief Frames.
| Manufacturer |
Jürgen
Hecker, Germany |
| Projected retail price |
Approximately US$1900 |
| Delivery time (approximate) |
6 months from production start |
| Number of orders needed |
10 |
| Number of orders, August 5, 2000 |
1 |
| Non-refundable*
deposit with order |
US$100 |
| Deposit/order to |
Moen
(click for details!) |
*Deposit
will of course be refunded if no frames are produced!
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Do
You need any of this??
1922-27 ACE Forks
1930's Scout Heads
1932-39 Chief Frames
1940 Scout Valve Lifts
1946-48 Chief Frames
1940-42 Scout Forks
1940-42 Scout Frames
Manufacturers
of Indian parts!
Tell us what you've
got
and/or consider using
the
VI Buyers'
Club to sell your parts online to the
Indian Enthusiasts
of the World!
OK, so there isn't
really a
VI Buyers'
Club Online Shop
yet, but if enough
parts manufacturers and enough buyers want it, I can make one....
Any comments?
Moen
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