Spondon Oulton Mid 70's
Here is a picture of the Spondon Oulton when it was being raced virtually every weekend. To keep it reliable it needed a new piston quite often. Terry Sylvester Motorcycles in Holmfirth always had a good supply of them. Our Mum became an expert at feeding the rings into the barrel as it was lowered down into place
You will see it was before the time that noise restrictions came into force! The bike just behind it is the Spondon SELVA. The SELVA (Spondon Engineering Lightweight 500) used the prototype 500cc Greeves scrambler engine. Bob put another cog in the box to make it a 5 speeder, but it was never a success due to reliability problems and the best result was only a third at Darley Moor. We bought the bike minus the engine and put in a tuned BSA B50 engine into the SELVA frame. The most memorable thing about this combination was the vibration! Later it was split up again and the frame sold separately. The bike did look a beauty though, with the Spondon front forks and disk, the cable operated rear disk and the exquisite tank and frame.
Here is a picture of the Spondon Oulton when it was being raced virtually every weekend. To keep it reliable it needed a new piston quite often. Terry Sylvester Motorcycles in Holmfirth always had a good supply of them. Our Mum became an expert at feeding the rings into the barrel as it was lowered down into place
You will see it was before the time that noise restrictions came into force! The bike just behind it is the Spondon SELVA. The SELVA (Spondon Engineering Lightweight 500) used the prototype 500cc Greeves scrambler engine. Bob put another cog in the box to make it a 5 speeder, but it was never a success due to reliability problems and the best result was only a third at Darley Moor. We bought the bike minus the engine and put in a tuned BSA B50 engine into the SELVA frame. The most memorable thing about this combination was the vibration! Later it was split up again and the frame sold separately. The bike did look a beauty though, with the Spondon front forks and disk, the cable operated rear disk and the exquisite tank and frame.
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