I've just joined the GRA as I am in the process of buying a Hawkstone (I think?) from Northern Ireland - bike transport to Redditch proving something of an issue but I'm sure I will get it resolved.
I've bought it as a project and hope to fit a Triumph twin engine but am not in a hurry to do that. The bike isn't registered so when it arrives I will need to use the good offices of the club to get that sorted out. I understand that it would be best to do that for the machine in its current form.
There will be plenty to do to sort out the rolling chassis so I expect I will be asking lots of questions.
I'm no stranger to rebuilding / restoring bikes as I've done several over the last years - ranging from a bare metal nut & bolt rebuild of an NSU Quickly, through a Francis Barnett Cruiser to my current 1952 Norton ES2 and most recently a cosmetic overhaul to a Honda XBR500 as I hated the elephantine tank. Most of my work has been restoring to standard spec however so I look forward to exercising the brain cells as well as the muscles with the Greeves project. Some pictures below.
I've bought it as a project and hope to fit a Triumph twin engine but am not in a hurry to do that. The bike isn't registered so when it arrives I will need to use the good offices of the club to get that sorted out. I understand that it would be best to do that for the machine in its current form.
There will be plenty to do to sort out the rolling chassis so I expect I will be asking lots of questions.
I'm no stranger to rebuilding / restoring bikes as I've done several over the last years - ranging from a bare metal nut & bolt rebuild of an NSU Quickly, through a Francis Barnett Cruiser to my current 1952 Norton ES2 and most recently a cosmetic overhaul to a Honda XBR500 as I hated the elephantine tank. Most of my work has been restoring to standard spec however so I look forward to exercising the brain cells as well as the muscles with the Greeves project. Some pictures below.
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