Villiers Crankshaft

[wfo47w]

Anybody have experience with crank/rod assembly from feked - http://www.feked.com/villiers-cranks...rod-250cc.html - possibly made by Wassell in U.K. Cost is considerably less than same product from Nametab.

Thanks,
Dean Newton
Seattle, USA

[Andy Z]

Villiers Cranks

I've seen an ebay seller (welshscooterparts2009) also advertising these. In every case it says they are made in the UK, but never who the maker is!
I have no idea who is making these cranks, but would be very interested in finding out.
Looks like good value if the whole assembly is new.


Cheers,
Andrew

[John Wakefield]

Villiers Crank

Looks like they are from Wassell see:- http://www.motosofkenley.org/wassell...supplement.pdf
Wassell are only factors & dont actually make anything, they would get them made by a manufacturer (probably overseas). As they generally only sell through the trade I assume feked.com would source them from Wassell

[John Wakefield]

Villiers Crankshaft

Emailed feck.com & got this answer, looks like they are made in UK. Maybe Alpha if they are still going, or maybe Simon Bateman is making them!!

Sorry, I don't know the name of the company, but they are UK made, only 1 available at this time (197cc)
thanks
Gordon

[mikegas]

here thay are http://www.nortonvilliers.com .i have bought two of these now direct with no problems and notice the big difference in price !!!!

[Andy Z]

Are those prices still correct?
£150 plus VAT for the crankshaft is a total bargain!

Cheers,
Andrew

[mikegas]

think so bought the last one about 2 months ago....

[dave higgins]

That is correct mike, the guy that was behind n/villiers, was clive tomkinson, ex dmw technician, i bought a crank & elec ignition about three years ago, for £300, & the quality was superb.
But the last time i spoke to him, i believe he was retiring ( not sure ), but the goods should still be good quality, hope this helps. dave.

[John Wakefield]

Crank prices

Are those prices still correct?
£150 plus VAT for the crankshaft is a total bargain!

Cheers,
Andrew

Looks like feked.com are making a huge profit

[dave higgins]

Just found the receipt, £149.50, including needle roller small end, feked! you have been! at least dick turpin wore a mask!!...

[spike]

That is correct mike, the guy that was behind n/villiers, was clive tomkinson, ex dmw technician, i bought a crank & elec ignition about three years ago, for £300, & the quality was superb.
But the last time i spoke to him, i believe he was retiring ( not sure ), but the goods should still be good quality, hope this helps. dave.

clive tomkinson as now sold out to sheffield british motorcycles who can be contacked on 01246 290021 hope this helps spike

[wfo47w]

Villiers Crankshaft

Thanks for all the input. I'm ordering my crank and rod assembly from Norton Villers @ 210 GBP. Clive answers the emails and the money goes to Sheffields. Simon quoted 325 GBP for the same parts.

Thanks,
Dean Newton
http://www.spitfire-racing.com

[Bearingman]

Thanks for all the input. I'm ordering my crank and rod assembly from Norton Villers @ 210 GBP. Clive answers the emails and the money goes to Sheffields. Simon quoted 325 GBP for the same parts.

Thanks,
Dean Newton
http://www.spitfire-racing.com

Hi Dean.

Sounds like a good deal to me. I have the seals and main bearings if you need.

Are you entering your MD in the Chehalis National?

Cheers!
Kenny

[wfo47w]

VilliersCrankshaft

Kenny -
No MD for the National. I've entered the MX6 and the holeshot king 441. Will send an email about bearings.

Cheers,
Dean Newton

[michaeleustace]

Nametab vs Norton Villiers crank

The conrod is different on the Nametab crank compared to the Norton Villiers item.

I bought a crank from Simon (Nametab) about 5 years ago for my 250 Hawkstone for £320. It has the rod seen at the bottom of the page here: http://www.nametabengineering.com/greeves/

which differs to the rod seen on the NV site here: http://www.spbuckley.webspace.virgin...n/vspares.html

Can't say I agree with the massive price difference, but at least it accounts for some of the price difference - just a thought

Michael