PAGE 64. MESSAGE BOARD: Spares, Contacts & Your Emails
As so many of you are writing for advice on spares availability for cyclemasters – as well to make contact and have a chat – I’ll now publish emails and replies if they might help others with similar questions.
You’ll also find below some useful contact details. Please bear in mind that it’s not financially viable for a business to buy and sell cyclemotor spares; even whole machines usually take a while to sell. So it’s only something you’d do for the love of them. Apart from looking around at autojumbles, the only place where spares generally crop up is on ebay.
However, if you have cycle-attachment spares for sale (or a complete engine or cyclemotor), please email me details and I’ll either put you in touch with anyone looking for something similar, or you can advertise it here for you (for free).
My email address is in the photo below …I’m happy to hear from you and help if I can.
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Hi,
I have a 1950’s Rabeneick bicycle with a German made “cyclemaster” engine on the rear wheel that I received from my father after he passed away. I’m trying to restore it and then pass it down to one my sons. It has a Meco carburetor and Bosch ignition system; I believe that it is the TAXI 14 model with a 32cm motor.
The following information is off of the engine:
Rabeneick Brackwede
Motor Nr: 015617
Hubraum 32cm3 Typ M14
B PS 081 A.B. Nr. 723
With your knowledge and expertise I was hoping you could help me locate the following parts so that I can get the motor running.
Piston and rings
Clutch (cork is bad)
Engine Gasket Set
My email address is: “Ice124man AT triad.rr.com” (replace AT with @)
Thank You,
Chuck McGinnis
5400 Gray Leigh Drive
Oak Ridge, N.C. 85233 U.S.A.
336-601-9714
Hi Chuck,
It’s not easy to find original Rabeneick Cyclemaster parts in Germany, as they are much rarer there than the British Cyclemaster. For example, on my German Cyclemaster I replaced the carb and ignition parts with British parts (it’s compatible with the early version of Cyclemaster, ie 25cc) and it’s now running fine.
Nevertheless, if you look below, you’ll find Bengt’s email address: he offers good advice on German part compatibility.
The piston and rings, and maybe a gasket set, should be available from Peter Stratford. His contact details are also below.
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http://www.cyclemaster.web.surftown.se
Hello Colin
If you want to use the English parts, you have to
replace the whole ignitionplate, flywheel and
excenter on crankshaft.
You can not place a english coil on german plate.
It will not fit.
If you will replace a german Meco-Bielefeld carb with a
english Amal carb the inletpipe and carb. coverplate
must be replaced to.
What is wrong with the carburator?
Bengt.
Subject: Cyclemaster/ Rabeneick
> Hi,
>
> I hope it’s okay to write in English.
>
> I have a 1952 Rabeneick Cyclemaster Taxi.
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> Unfortunately i need replacement carburettor, ignition coil and
> condensor.
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> It is very hard to find German ones.
>
> I noticed on your website that ‘Cyclemaster2’ is a German wheel with
> an English Carburettor.
>
> Please can you tell me from your experience if I can use the
> carburettor, ignition coil and condensor for the early English 25cc
> cyclemaster to fit my Rabeneick?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colin
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Hello,
I am the deputy stage manager at The Mercury Theatre in Colchester and for our upcoming production of Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus we are trying to find a power assisted bicycle from the 1970s. I wondered if you knew of where we might get hold of one, or of anyone who might have one we can borrow. Any help or advice you can give us would be very much appreciated!
Regards,
Jill
Jill Russell
Deputy Stage Manager
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
tel 01206 245508
fax 01206 769607
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MR PETE STRATFORD
CYCLEMOTOR & AUTOCYCLE SPARES
136 WINDLEY ROAD
LEICESTER
LE2 6TB
0116 2832070
http://www.cyclemotor-autocycle-spares.co.uk
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This link is for the Cyclemotor and Autocycle Section of the V.M.C.C.
http://www.magic-wheelers.org.uk
There’s also a yahoo group recently started for fans of autocycles and cyclemotors. Alan Hummerstone runs the cyclemotor section of the Vintage Motorcycle Club and is happy to answer any technical questions you may have. The link is below:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/pip_squeak_and_wilfred/
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http://www.icenicam.ukfsn.org/
The link above will take you into the excellent Icenicam magazine, which is a quarterly magazine for all cyclemotor enthusiasts. You can view it online as a pdf file for free or, for a small sum, they will post you a printed copy.
There are adverts in the magazine for various spares services.
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