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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: firko on October 18, 2010, 01:35:32 pm
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Alan Jones has picked up another rarity to add to his extensive collection of early motocross and dirt track machines. The bike is a rare Swedish made EG powered by a unit construction ESO engine, similar to that used in Alans beautiful Black Betty Metisse. This bike has no hope of beating Betty in the beauty stakes but it has the clear edge in rarity. EG frames were made by a Swedish engineer named Egon Gustafson who had a good reputation in Scandinavia for building light and extremely innovative bikes. Gustafson's main claim to fame is the ingenious ways he saved weight on his bikes. Everything was built to a minimal tolerance and the lightest materials used. Also included in Alans deal is another EG frame that included one of Gustafson's more unusual weight saving ideas... running the exhaust through the bottom frame rails. I'm not so sure it would have saved that much weight but you'd have to admit that he thought outside of the box. One of Gustafson's other innovations was to lay the rear shocks over at a greater angle to achieve more rear wheel travel...quite an innovation for the mid sixties. The blue bike shown is a later Combi 650 that displays both of Gustafsons exhaust/frame and suspension ideas. The bikes might not be all that pretty, the workmanship not as neat as Eric Cheny or the Rickmans and his ideas may have been a tad eccentric but it's hard to deny that Egon Gustafson was a innovator and it's cool that a couple of his creations will soon call Australia home.
(With the dollar currently approaching parity, you can expect to see a number of rare and unusual bikes enter Oz over the next year or so. Watch this space!)
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For some reason the above post wouldn't download with the photos attached. Let's try posting them here.
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Keep these unique beasties coming Firko please. Love the use of the frame!!! and laid forward shockers to increase rear travel???? what lunacy !never catch on! Cheers Tim754.
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never seen anything like it before..
weird how the pipe is connected up to the main frame rails that run under the motor..
how loud is it firko...???
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And ..what a suprise...a Swedish "home mader" with Husqvarna wheels...and Ceriani forks..
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The complete bike has CZ forks.....somthing I just noticed ..on the bike with no motor..the clamp tubes on the tripple clamps (Husqvarna) have been moved around to the front not on the sides...
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BE a bastard to clean the soot out of the frame, unless you have an old artillery set.........
Cool frame through...
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Exhaust in to frame and out the frame at the back."its all about style"
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how loud is it firko...
No idea Andrew, it's in Sweden. I'd presume it'd be pretty loud though.
he clamp tubes on the tripple clamps (Husqvarna) have been moved around to the front not on the sides...
Not sure what you mean Brian?
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/eg%20eso%203.jpg)
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I'd hate to be riding THAT Triumph special if it dropped an exhaust pipe!!!
cheers pancho
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I'm imagining pulling into the pits after a race on your exhaust-in-frame thingy, and then lifting your bike up onto your plastic milk crate ;D
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Front tyre looks unusual, wonder what the thinking was to have all the extra knobs on the side ???
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Snow, ice and frozen ground. Comes from the Arctic almost...
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forget the tyre, i am seeing double on the rear sprocket
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Going by looks, I would say the frame cracks due to heat and vibration on blue job .... ugly weld up front ???
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Where Stewart? looks OK to me. Are you being extra picky?