KJN 502E where is it now

[John Wakefield]

This post has been moved from Chris Goodfellow thread.
The bike in middle pic KJN 502E has not been taxed since Nov 79 wonder if its still around. The guy second from left in pic is John Pease so maybe his bike.

Vehicle enquiry
Registration number: KJN 502E
Untaxed
Tax due: 01 November 1979
MOT
No details held by DVLA
12 month rate £38.00
12 monthly by direct debit totalling £38.00
Monthly by direct debit totalling £39.90 (Monthly payment of approximately £3.33)
Vehicle make GREEVES
Date of first registration 07 June 1967
Cylinder capacity (cc) 248cc
CO₂Emissions Not available
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Not taxed
Vehicle colour NOT STATED
Vehicle type approval Not available
Wheelplan 2 WHEEL
Revenue weight Not available

[Silverstone]

kjn 502e

I aquired this machine in 1974. I swapped it with a chap from leicester for my 1971 asi yamaha that came brand new from terry silvester complete with race equipment. I did not know anything about the greeves apart that it had a factory connection which surfaced many years later.bright royal blue frame, chrome cradle and swinging arm,reh forks,full width hubs,wideline crankcases,and remote steffa coil under tank.used to go to work on this bike,till someone nattered me to sell it to them.it went to alad called larry parkes of cartworth moor near holmfirth,and thats the last i knew of it.have photos somewhere.richard gee. 01484 532179.

[John Wakefield]

Kjn 502e

Interesting Richard, if the guy you sold it to knew it was something special maybe he held onto it although it does not seem to have been of the road since 1979 (was that the year you sold it). Cant see a Larry Parkes listed at Cartworth Moor, but there is one in Huddersfield aged 55 -59. Maybe someone knows him or the bike.

[Silverstone]

kjn 502 e

hi,i sold the bike in 1976,as i had just got my first car. larry parkes was the son of a walter parkes who was a foreman at hopkinsons valves hudds where i worked at the time.I used to come on either the greeves or my velo,pre motor car days and i got so fed up with them nattering i let them have it.perhaps terry or keith may know the answer,being holmfirth lads.I used to nearly live at there place when they brought all the stuff up from the factory about 1977. I got abrand new anglian frame and swinging arm wrapped up in crepe paper for £35.00! still have it with no 1 anglian housed in it.

[John Wakefield]

Do you still live in the Huddersfield area? might be worth asking around to see if you can find it. A letter in the local paper may do the trick. There are two entries on www.freeelectoralroll.co.uk for Larry Parkes in Yorkshire both in Huddersfield
LARRY PARKES - MITRE STREET, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 4NT (2002-4)
LARRY PARKES - NEW HEY ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, HD3 3FE (2012-14

Would be interesting to know the history of the bike also.