Not much new to report

I've done very little on the project of late. I stripped half the paint off the gas tank in search of the little holes for the tank badge. Something's puzzling me: this is a 1957, which is suppost to have the aluminum panels on the sides of the tank, which in turn hold a round badge and some cheesy stick-on knee grips. I don't like that style. My original plan was to make this tank something like the older style, which was chromed, with Norton logo knee grips (assumed stick-on), and silver painted panels with either the Norton logo or the round badges (assuming the screw holes were there to accept them). Well, on stripping down this tank, I discovered to my surprise, two screw holes for knee grips, and no holes for the badges. That's great, I think, because the two-hole with Norton script knee grips are available from British Cycle Supply. Measuring the screw holes on my tank, the center-to-center distance is 4-3/4", not 4-5/8" as quoted on the BCS site. Hmmm... guess I'll have to give them a call and see how confident they are in their dimensions.

Anyway, no new pictures of the Norton this time, but since I feel obligated to post some kind of image, how about a shot of my Velocette? Enjoy!