Springtime is for Seeleys

It's been hush hush, for no reason other than the details needed to be hammered out.  Now... consider them hammered.  Our long-time friend, mentor, techie, and fellow racer John Magyar put in the order for not one, but TWO complete Seeley-framed bikes, the likes of which haven't been seen.  Read on. On Tuesday, February 14th, a crate the size of an NYC studio apartment arrived at Spannerland, having made its way across the Atlantic from Minnovation Racing. The crate was actually smaller than some of our past deliveries, but inside was nothing but twice the fun. In this photo, actual likenesses of Mick and Martin from Minnovation Racing.  Silly boys. As the packing material was pulled away, the motorbike porn begins to shine through Voila!  Two NYC Norton-spec Minnovation Racing Seeley MK2 chassis are pulled from the crate.  Folks, rest assured you are looking at something you won't get [...]

2018-12-14T10:14:52-05:00February 18th, 2012|builds, commando, nycNorton, racing, street|

NYC Norton 001

Up on the bench for the last while has been a project very near to us - the first NYC Norton racer.  The bike started life as a mild-steel road-going Featherbed-framed ES2, and after several years of development and upgrades, became the 750cc beast that propelled Kenny to his first BEARS championship in 2007.  It was sold to finance the first Seeley.  The new owner commissioned us to build it back to its former glory, and then some.  Good to have it back, even temporarily.  It is still the benchmark on building up a competitive vintage racer using most of its components found on production street bikes. The bodywork is out for paint, and there are a few loose ends to tie up, but it's 90% home.  There will be a blog update with all the specs, mods and changes in the near future.

2012-04-11T16:00:36-04:00February 2nd, 2012|builds, commando, nycNorton, racing|

First post of the new blog

If you've clicked around, you've seen this site is still a work-in-progress.  Over the next weeks much of the old site info will be uploaded here, organized within the blog section.  As well as very regular new posts of stuff that is going on in the shop.  For example - I know of two Seeley-framed bikes that are on the benches now: One, a F750 Racer based on a Nourish Racing 8-Valve motor, and the other,  a 1007cc Steve Maney Supercharged(!) Commando street fighter.  Stay tuned for more.

2012-04-11T16:02:05-04:00November 8th, 2011|builds, commando, nycNorton, racing, street|

Dinner of Champions

The 2011 Barber Vintage Festival was without question the biggest racing event I've ever taken part in.  Supported by Jamie Waters and Bellmouth Racing, our paddock played host to a group of Kiwis that made their way around the world with their pukka 500 Premier bikes, headed up by legendary tuner Ken McIntosh, who provided a very fast Manx Norton with the familiar #34 emblazoned on the side for world-champion Kevin Schwantz to lead the way.  Although it was a busy weekend for all, every once in a while I'd look up from what I was doing to have Kevin poking his head in, making comments, and being a good bloke.  I've been around a few celebs, and he was the best of the best; so generous and sincere.  We had some great chats, some good racing discussions, and best of all, we were able to spend a little quality [...]

2012-04-11T16:02:45-04:00October 17th, 2011|nycNorton, racing|
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