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News archive Apr 2019
Fancy a pukka GP bike? April 30
Yamaha privateer 500 GP Bike for sale. With a Harris/ROC frame and then recently superseded Yamaha GP engine, these were offered at comparitively good rates to privateers as a way of filling out the race grids.
Listed in the UK, This one is on the market for around $180k.
See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264285220661?ul_noapp=true
Original Hinckley Daytona, April 29
This one popped back up on our radar today, thanks to a price drop on Bikesales, to $7900. It's a 1992 Triumph Daytona 1000 so the short-stroke engine in four-cylinder form. The long stroke 900 triples were the bikes that ended up winning people over to the brand back in those formative days for the Hinckley factory, through the early and mid-1990s. We're a little surprised this one is still on the market, given it presents well in the pics. It's certainly of historical interest to Triumph fans and there would be very few left in the world as they were never a big seller. If only the bank account hadn't already been emptied on another Brit bike acquisition...
Big sale price for classic competition Triumph, April 28
Triumph TR6 - former Bud Ekins 1962 ISDT-winning bike sells for $179k!
See the Bonhams listing:
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25383/lot/309/
Historic GP film
See this Yamaha GP promo film from 1972. A lot of famous names and some good period footage in this one.
Bully racer
One for the Bultaco fans: TSS125 with race history in the USA, that looks like getting solid bidding. Could turn out to be a good buy.
Giant All British Rally gallery, April 27
This weekend's All British Rally shaped up as big as ever for its traditional Saturday morning run into Maldon. Were you there? See our giant gallery with well over 100 images.
Ambitious Jawa project for sale
What appears to be a very ambitious Jawa -powered track bike project is for sale on Ebay and it apparently has yet to turn a wheel in anger. Definitely one for the dedicated gear heads to puzzle over - see it here.
Obscure motorcycle brand for the day: Norman, April 26
Don’t feel bad if you never heard of it before. Based in Kent, the maker built a series of lightweight motorcycles, using proprietary engines from Villiers and Anzani
Check out the old auction listing here and guess what the name of the now-deceased owner was. Yup, you got it: Norman!
The proverbial wheels fell off the enterprise in the early sixties and production ceased in 1963.
Memorial Henderson, April 25
A Henderson four at the then recently-established Avenue of Honour at Ballarat, Vic. You wonder if the rider was parked by that seedling for a reason - planted in memory of a friend, perhaps?
As for the bike, it would have been a premium unit at the time.
The pic is from the mid-1920s and is part of the Museums Victoria collection.
Houdini & the Guzzi, April 24
Out and about on the latest Moto Guzzi California today. If you fancy a cruiser that stops, goes and handles, it’s worth a look.
We’re stopped at a memorial in Digger’s Rest in Vic. It’s erected in honour of the first powered and controlled aircraft flight in Australia, in 1910.
And the pilot? None other than Harry Houdini, the famous American showman, magician and escapologist. He was traveling with his wife Bess.
Satisfaction in Small Packages - Suzuki TS185, April 23
Suzuki TS185ER, circa 1982. Have been playing with this today, and what a joy. Rode it to the local bike store (Mick Hone’s) to buy some parts for other bikes.
Ultra-light and simple two-stroke, it’s great fun. A reminder that you don’t need the latest and greatest to enjoy a ride.
Lots of people learned to ride on variants of these things over the decades. This example was bought for my kids a couple of decades ago and it’s still going strong.
The tuning favours low and mid-range, which makes for an easy ride.
They have a long model history, going back to the early seventies, some of which you can find here:
http://www.suzukicycles.org/TS-TC-series/TS185.shtml
(Pics: Ben Galli/Motorcycle Trader mag)
Nixon's Triumph, April 21
Had to share this: Triumph flat-tracker with Gary Nixon in 1968. Nixon won the AMA national championship for the marque in 1967 and 1968. Proving his versatility, he also won the Daytona 200 mile race in 1967 on a 500 Daytona twin. Triumph used Daytona as a model name from 1966.
Ungodly Racket, April 20
The day Royal Enfield decided not to play nice...
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