Hi all,
I am currently working on a Greeves ISDT restoration and I would like to thank John Collard, Kenny Sykes, Brian Thompson and Frank Conley for their invaluable help with my project so far.
It was ridden in the 1965 Isle of Man ISDT by USA privateer Dale Deyo from Idaho (competition number 152) but he retired after the first day with a broken engine mount. The Greeves was personally presented to Dale by Bert Greeves at the factory for the IoM ISDT and then shipped to the USA shortly after the event. As you can see, it was later 'customized' and painted green and black with maltese crosses! I plan on returning the bike to its original ISDT trim (see photo of Dale and the greeves in Idaho taken sometime during 1966) as I now have a road legal licence plate for it in the State of Washington.
Here is my wish list of missing parts...
1. ISDT tank bag (see photo showing cut down threaded studs on the tank for the bag). Should I paint over the studs or can anyone suggest how to reinstate them without damaging the fiberglass tank?
2. Front and rear lights (the steffa magneto still has the original lighting coils).
3. 80 mph speedometer and bracket attached to the handle bar risers.
4. ISDT tyre inflator.
5. Front full width alloy hub without the cooling ribs together with painted high tensile steel 21" rim to replace the original 19" front wheel (new 19" enduro tyres are hard to find).
6. Center stand.
I have preserved the original paint dabs on the bike from the ISDT tech inspection and it still has the quick release tommy bar wheel nuts. The bike was originally fitted with a Villers S25 carb instead of an Amal and the 19 inch front wheel was installed in place of a standard 21 inch Challenger rim.
I realise that alot of the parts that I am looking for are very rare because so few ISDT greeves were ever manufactured but I thought I would ask GRA members if anyone knew where I might find the above items before I embark upon fabricating replacement parts from scratch.
Thank you in advance for your help. Paul
I am currently working on a Greeves ISDT restoration and I would like to thank John Collard, Kenny Sykes, Brian Thompson and Frank Conley for their invaluable help with my project so far.
It was ridden in the 1965 Isle of Man ISDT by USA privateer Dale Deyo from Idaho (competition number 152) but he retired after the first day with a broken engine mount. The Greeves was personally presented to Dale by Bert Greeves at the factory for the IoM ISDT and then shipped to the USA shortly after the event. As you can see, it was later 'customized' and painted green and black with maltese crosses! I plan on returning the bike to its original ISDT trim (see photo of Dale and the greeves in Idaho taken sometime during 1966) as I now have a road legal licence plate for it in the State of Washington.
Here is my wish list of missing parts...
1. ISDT tank bag (see photo showing cut down threaded studs on the tank for the bag). Should I paint over the studs or can anyone suggest how to reinstate them without damaging the fiberglass tank?
2. Front and rear lights (the steffa magneto still has the original lighting coils).
3. 80 mph speedometer and bracket attached to the handle bar risers.
4. ISDT tyre inflator.
5. Front full width alloy hub without the cooling ribs together with painted high tensile steel 21" rim to replace the original 19" front wheel (new 19" enduro tyres are hard to find).
6. Center stand.
I have preserved the original paint dabs on the bike from the ISDT tech inspection and it still has the quick release tommy bar wheel nuts. The bike was originally fitted with a Villers S25 carb instead of an Amal and the 19 inch front wheel was installed in place of a standard 21 inch Challenger rim.
I realise that alot of the parts that I am looking for are very rare because so few ISDT greeves were ever manufactured but I thought I would ask GRA members if anyone knew where I might find the above items before I embark upon fabricating replacement parts from scratch.
Thank you in advance for your help. Paul
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