post your motorbikes

[spuddog0507]

19 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

That's just beautiful, I can remember when rows of them would be lined up outside various venues, before taking off somewhere for the customary "burn up"

there was one I knew  with the DBD34 and rrt2 box, it was real nice and fast too, but he got quite a bit of stick for "ruining a Goldie"

There was a lot about like you say, old lad down Rd at a farm who is sadly no longer with us had a Norbsa mid 50s wideline with a A7 500 twin copled to a rrt2 box I allways thought it looked and sounded well,, I went to a bike show with my dad in late 70s and saw this bike that consisted of wheels frame forks engine single seat rear sets clip ons and a 5 gallon ally tank that said triton on it and I thought I going to own one of them one day so the one above was purchased in 93 from a old guy in melton Mowbery for the grand sum of £1200 so not a bad investment ??.

[Macpherson]

5 hours ago, Oldfeller said:

it was possible to shoehorn a 250 Villiers twin into it,

 

I did that in my teens,  the 2T was a big performance boost but scary with bantam brakes..

 

First bikes at 14,  Two 1949 C11g's for £6 10 shillings, a fortune back then😁 built one out of the two and used it to go to school well before being legal, parents didn't know and nobody ever asked.

 

Best bike of that era was a 1976 Rickman chassis kit with a tuned t140v engine.

 

Most fun 81' 440 Maico enduro.

 

Probably the best / most memorable bike I rebuilt was an Egli Vincent with a  Black Shadow engine 👍👍

 

Seems like someone else's life now, Cheers.

Edited 3 hours ago by Macpherson

[Oldfeller]

26 minutes ago, Macpherson said:

 

I did that in my teens,  the 2T was a big performance boost but scary with bantam brakes..

 

First bikes at 14,  Two 1949 C11g's for £6 10 shillings, a fortune back then😁 built one out of the two and used it to go to school well before being legal, parents didn't know and nobody ever asked.

 

Best bike of that era was a 1976 Rickman chassis kit with a tuned t140v engine.

 

Most fun 81' Maico enduro.

 

Probably the best / most memorable bike I rebuilt was an Egli Vincent with a  Black Shadow engine 👍👍

 

Seems like someone else's life now, Cheers.

I wonder what the Egli would be worth today?

 

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, 5thelement said:

I never said that your Trakmet was a hobby mill, I said you was a hobby miller. 
Nice bike. 👍

Yeah it will do the job. 
Much more enjoyable and less graft than a day on the hobby mill. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Johnsond

[Macpherson]

9 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

I wonder what the Egli would be worth today?

 

 

I've no idea, but if iirc it sold for 40K ish 35 years ago.. it was absolutely beautiful and great to ride.

 

Really only worked on 2 Vinnies as in building the engines, that and a Comet. The bottom ends were probably the most beefy, bullet proof but simple that I ever saw.... although a lot of the gubbins was on the outside which I didn't really mind as it was accessible so serviceable.

 

 I also thought similar about the only Jota that I had in bits { but to a lesser extent } the quality of the engineering was cheaper as what went with the era, but still muckle compared to the 70's / 80's British equivalent... imo of course.... which I suppose would have been a delicate Norman Hyde Trident.