sacrifices to the gods of speed

[Paul in NZ]

A couple of Wal Phillips Fuel Injectors lived in the box for many years too.I wonder who knows what they are,let alone Wal Phillips....

Well I suppose you might not be amazed that I know....

The dred BSA grass tracker of death featured such a device. From memory the only tuning was the size of the main jet and it was more like a floatbowless carb venturi. You turned the fuel on as you were pushed off. Highly impractical on a road bike but OK on a dope burning 500cc speedway type device. (Alf hagon frame, BSA motor, triumph box and rear suspension, no brakes (al la speedway solo)

The injector worked OK once it was set up but a slight change in atmosperics would throw it out which I found a bit odd as the general principle with methanol was to get as much into the motor as possible. It didn't ice up like the giant concentric though!

[Bonez]

Have collected a few bits n' bobs over the years, but not in the name of speed. Just motorcycling in general. I tend to rationalise now and stuff I know I'll never need goes in the scrap ali box for me or the scrap iron bin at work for pizzas. In saying that the play pens walls still has a lot of "stuff" attached to nails for that day when I'll finally "get around to it".

[Motu]

I only tried the Wal Phillips Fuel Injector (that was all written on the body) a couple of times over the 20 years I had them.Once as a dumb 17 yrs old,and later as I learned a bit more in my 20s.Not the best to set up on petrol,and I had no instructions,it was all guess work.If the motor stalled the fuel just kept pouring in,it was damned near impossible to sort out.Then I had two of them! I'm glad I never tried to run both on my Norton!

Wal Phillips was a speedway rider in the 20/30s and helped develop the JAP speedway motor,dunno how he got his name on that crude device.

[sunhuntin]

broken off bits and bobs....would have liked to have kept pups number plate too!
got about 3 brake levers, 2 mirrors [and glass for one, in bits] one side badge, the hard plastic bit that goes inbetween the engine and carb, the last rego card from pup and a blown brake bulb. the bulb so far is the only piece from scuffy, but im sure ill add more over time. they sit on my bookshelf amongst other crap, lol.

[JMemonic]

I found a REALLY simple solution to having all those bits lying around... MOVE HOUSE... funny how they all disappear then!
I'm still at a lose to explain why I ended up with 3 top parts of pack racks(only) in my garage tho

Yeap that solution worked for me, strange how I am slowly starting that collection again, looks like a trip to the scrap bin for about half the garage.