My old Greeves Scottish that I owned back in 1979 at Telford show. Apparently recently recovered from a barn whence it has 'slept' for many many years. No longer in my ownership, it was a massive surprise to see it there. It appeared in the last leading link magazine where you can just see it and the other photo is me at the tender age of 15
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Originally posted by MarkM View PostMy old Greeves Scottish that I owned back in 1979 at Telford show. Apparently recently recovered from a barn whence it has 'slept' for many many years. No longer in my ownership, it was a massive surprise to see it there. It appeared in the last leading link magazine where you can just see it and the other photo is me at the tender age of 15Last edited by John Wakefield; 05/06/2017, 04:33 PM.
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Originally posted by John Wakefield View PostAll the bikes at Telford were scramblers, so according to the entry line up it would have been No76 a 24SCS Hawkstone entered by Chairman Rob.
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Originally posted by MarkM View PostI always believed it to be a Scottish John, although this is what I was told by the seller at the time. It certainly didn't rid elike a scrambler and had a trials gearbox. I offered to send the current owner pictures of me doing trials on it but never got a reply (got the feeling that he was scared I was trying to buy it lol). It is certainly my old bike right down to the hand made exhaust which is a pretty unique shape. Apparently it now lives up the road about 5 miles from meLast edited by John Wakefield; 05/06/2017, 05:00 PM.
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Originally posted by John Wakefield View PostLooking closer at the pic it appears to be No 75 the one with a red stripe on tank, that's a 1958/59 20 SAS Hawkstone owned by Andy Barnett our Membership Sec. In your pic the bike has a front paddle hub which only the Hawkstone had, the Scottish trials had plain tin hubs.
As I say I used it for trials and messing around on but it may have been the original Hawkstone gearbox.
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Originally posted by MarkM View PostThat makes sense John, Can't explain why it was so low geared unless did those early Hawkstones have a relatively low gear index??
As I say I used it for trials and messing around on but it may have been the original Hawkstone gearbox.
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Just to clarify, I entered the bike in the show in response to the pleas from Dave Bradley for a 1959 Hawkstone in order to have a scrambler from each year of production.
I spoke to Mark at Telford, and put him in touch with the owner, who is my brother-in-law. He has owned the bike for years, but won't sell it or do anything with it.
AndyB
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