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  • 1962 ISDT Bike for Sale

    Hi from New Zealand,

    Please refer to the link below:



    Reported to be a 1962 ISDT Greeves.
    It would be exciting to find a machine with ISDT history but.......
    Despite the listing comment of original and unmolested, I believe there are a few problems.
    I have asked some questions of the seller but no response yet.

    Regards,

    Peter.

  • #2
    Problems?

    Just a few ........... !!

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    • #3
      NZ 'ISDT' bike

      Does not look like an ISDT bike, maybe vendors does not know difference between a standard TRIALs bike and an ISDT bike. The rear sub frame is wrong for a 1962 bike looks more like a late 1950's TA, exhaust looks like Wessex. Probably a bitza.
      nzpeterb presumably you have asked the vendor what the frame number is.
      Last edited by John Wakefield; 24/02/2015, 12:53 PM.

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      • #4
        Does the Trades Description Act work in NZ? As per JW, a modified Trials bike built out of bits. Could have been used in the Welsh of the era, maybe in the ISDT by some hardy soul, but far from being an ISDT bike.

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        • #5
          isdt ?

          Sadly, we arrive in NZ 5 days after this item closes. NP is about a 5 hour drive. Frame number needed and then some provenance like paint marks, sealing holes, etc

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          • #6
            Update

            Thanks for the replies.
            I have contacted the seller and asked a number of questions, including the frame number, but no reply yet.
            I have also contacted the only bidder to date (well known in the trials community here) and given him a summary of what I think is wrong.
            He is still interested in the bike but will not now pay extra for a providence that is unlikely to be there.
            I will add any information I receive from the seller.
            Regards,
            Peter.

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            • #7
              Yes, anything could have been used in an ISDT, but until we see some story, it seems unlikely.

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              • #8
                More thoughts......

                Silver painted high tensile rims could be another indicator. This would be a place where coloured paint markers would have been applied. Also modified fittings for carrying additional clutch and brake cables.

                No doubt other ISDT experts will add their input.

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                • #9
                  numbers

                  Engine and frame numbers belong to two separate machines. Both made in the same month.

                  24TCS model by the way.

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                  • #10
                    Looks like it started life (well, the frame anyway) as a 1960 TCS then. Oh, you looked it up quicker than me Phil!

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                    • #11
                      numbers 2

                      Rob

                      We have seen stranger things on here. These things have to be solved, although I suspect there are a few more pieces of the jigsaw to come.

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                      • #12
                        Just for interest,
                        My 24TCS is frame No, 60/1756. Engine ( since changed ) 863B1124
                        With sticker saying registered with Greater London Council on VE.60 Green Logbook.
                        A letter from Andrew King, dated 1996, says
                        It was dispatched from the Factory 17th Feb 1960, to the Dealer. Marsh and Fry of Hants

                        whitehillbillies
                        Last edited by whitehillbillies; 25/02/2015, 08:40 AM.

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                        • #13
                          Thanks everyone for the replies.
                          As already noted the seller has answered my questions.
                          So it seems it's a 1960 TCS with later tank and exhaust.
                          Did trials bikes ever have the aluminium finning on the front hub?
                          Or was this for scramblers only.
                          I agree with Johns comment that the seller doesn't appear to know the difference between trials and ISDT.
                          regards from NZ
                          Peter

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                          • #14
                            I too looked it up. Definitely a 1960 24TCS Scottish, dispatched to a UK dealer early in 1960. The paddle hubs and scrambler seat were options and were ordered and supplied when it was new.

                            ISDT? In someone's dreams!
                            Colin Sparrow

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                            • #15
                              1962 isdt bike for sale

                              Well the tank is right at least , ask our Chairman as has one the same on his Anglian trials

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