I thought my first post should be to introduce myself.
I have just joined the forum and just confirmed the purchase of a Greeves trials bike that I will describe in a separate post.
I have owned two Greeves motorcycles in the past.
The first was a very original 1964 Challenger used for classic scrambles.
The second a complete bitsa built from parts collected over a number of years. It used a Challenger frame that a previous owner had cut the I beam off and replaced it with a tubular frame front. First this had a 250 Challenger engine and later a twin port 360 engine. The rest of the cycle parts were a real mix including disc brake front end.
When I gave up racing probably about 20 years ago both were sold.
If anyone was really interested I could probably dig out some photos.
These days I am riding twin shock trials but want to make the move to pre 65, so my bike of choice was to return to the Greeves marque.
There aren't that many in New Zealand but when this 1964 24TES came up at auction it fitted the bill perfectly.
More details in the next post.
Regards,
Peter.
I have just joined the forum and just confirmed the purchase of a Greeves trials bike that I will describe in a separate post.
I have owned two Greeves motorcycles in the past.
The first was a very original 1964 Challenger used for classic scrambles.
The second a complete bitsa built from parts collected over a number of years. It used a Challenger frame that a previous owner had cut the I beam off and replaced it with a tubular frame front. First this had a 250 Challenger engine and later a twin port 360 engine. The rest of the cycle parts were a real mix including disc brake front end.
When I gave up racing probably about 20 years ago both were sold.
If anyone was really interested I could probably dig out some photos.
These days I am riding twin shock trials but want to make the move to pre 65, so my bike of choice was to return to the Greeves marque.
There aren't that many in New Zealand but when this 1964 24TES came up at auction it fitted the bill perfectly.
More details in the next post.
Regards,
Peter.
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