Greetings

[djbgreeves]

I was recently given the Carrick/Walker book on Greeves as a present to remind me of those happy days long ago when I rode an East Coaster in my youth. Since then I've been Googling Greeves and found the GRA. Looking at the bike pix, they seem to have aged rather better than I have.

I've been greatly encouraged by the help and information I have received through your site and have now started looking for a bike. Hopefully I can find a nice East Coaster and I look forward to returning to the joys of Greeves and enjoying fuller membership.

[Colin Sparrow]

Welcome to the forum, East Coasters do crop up from time to time, but they're a fairly rare model. Don't overlook the other twins.

If you join the Greeves Riders Association (details and application form on the website), you can access much more on this forum and a great deal more through the club, its newsletter and our technical specialists.

[djbgreeves]

The form is in the post

Thanks for the welcome - I've found a bike & hope to get it in a week or two and I've posted my membership form. I just need to remember to "swap feet" when I get to ride it. I still occasionally try to change gear with the brake pedal on my regular bike and I do 12,000 a year on that - I guess old muscle memories are hard to shift.

[Colin Sparrow]

I just need to remember to "swap feet" when I get to ride it. I still occasionally try to change gear with the brake pedal on my regular bike and I do 12,000 a year on that - I guess old muscle memories are hard to shift.

AND it's up for down and down for up!

Do tell us about the bike when you get it.

[djbgreeves]

Got it

Just to update my post. I am now the proud owner of HKO 525D a 1966 East Coaster which has been very nicely restored by Ted Lloyd. The bike is already known to the GRA so I don't need to say much about it. I am taking it as a good omen that it arrived on a nice sunny day so I could take it for a quick run. Last time I rode one was 1967, so it was a real trip down memory lane. I'm looking forward to getting to know it better and learning how to look after it properly.

[Rob]

Dave,

I've just upgraded you to 'GRA Member' as I recognised you as the person that I have been helping with your membership. Hope you've now sorted things and welcome to the GRA!

You mentioned that you were occasionally making a mistake with gear/brake pedals. I used to race a Silverstone (1 up, 4 down on right) in the 250 class and a TZ Yamaha (1 down and 5 up on left) in the 350. You can imagine the possibility for confusion, riding the Greeves in one race and the yam in the next! I was given a tip that worked for me. Write the gearchange on a label and stick it on the top of the forks on the side the gearchange is. On the Yam, I simply wrote '1 down' in felt-tip pen on the left side of the top yoke. From that point on, I had no troubles and I've done the same on the Yam I parade now. Don't ask me how it works but it does for me!

Good luck with the new bike!

Cheers,

Rob

[djbgreeves]

Thanks Rob