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Marque Remarks => British (BSA, Greeves, Triumph etc) => Topic started by: MX? on November 25, 2013, 06:13:14 am
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Was at the Ross bike show in Tassie yesterday ans spotted this beasty.
Probably should have taken more pics and dug up some of the info, but this is all I ended up with.
Nice looking bike, thought it may interest someone....
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/photos2u/Ross%202013/P1010046_zps4726d6e0.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/photos2u/media/Ross%202013/P1010046_zps4726d6e0.jpg.html)
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Now that is what you call a beautiful bike, and it should produce some good power.
What do you think Matcho Micky? Covert your roadie to an MXer?
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hmmm,i'd havta swap the GP carby for something smaller ;),the only velo bit on this bike is the motor & the tank sticker,most of its early matcho,which macca you should recognise 8),still nice setup,iron mac on metho,pre 60 weaponary, :P
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Nice! Think that might be a TT Amal. Triumph Gearbox? I think the main thing Velos needed was a frame!
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look at the cool lay down shocks , will be pre 78? ;) ;D
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That's a really nice bike....I can't quite make it out, is it a BSA frame? Below is our Italian forum member Graziano Candidori's original Velo scrambler. (Graziano has an amazing collection of British scramblers but hasn't posted for a couple of years. He had a good thread going on Cotton Triumphs a while back..
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/firko2001/Veloscrambler_zpsefe5b5ee.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/firko2001/Veloscrambler_zpsefe5b5ee.jpg.html)
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i'll put it another way ,apart from the motor & gearbox it's all matcho/aj,(from what i can see),compy looking tanks nice!,sloping forward jampots is a Fred Cooper M/cycles trick for the desert sled matcho G9B's' bitd,also angled/narrowed them in at the top too,seen Maxton do the same with early TA125's ,very cool 8), :P
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Ciao Firko! :-)
Graziano
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Bit easier. :D
(http://i42.tinypic.com/29w0mzs.jpg)
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Thanks MX? I am a monkey with compiuter :-\
Graziano
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Welcome back Graziano.
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Damn those "older"bikes just have something that appeals to me.
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Damn those "older"bikes just have something that appeals to me.
It's called soul, something that the manufacturers managed to extract in increments until it was gone all together by 2000. ::)
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I rode a Mac 250 Velo when I was a Kid, I remember the front had a 23 inch speedway wheel, no brakes, I rode it around the paddock at Cape otway Light house, when my eldest brother was the Light house keeper there, they are a very nice engine.
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Way before my time...but both are very nice bikes. It seems my taste in motorcycles is getting older by the day ;D
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I rode a Mac 250 Velo when I was a Kid, I remember the front had a 23 inch speedway wheel, no brakes, I rode it around the paddock at Cape otway Light house, when my eldest brother was the Light house keeper there, they are a very nice engine.
MOV =250cc. MAC=350cc.
MOV crankcase (&engine no) with MAC barrell etc = 350cc road bike registered as cheap 250cc rego. Ah the good ol' days!
cheers pancho.
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I rode a Mac 250 Velo when I was a Kid, I remember the front had a 23 inch speedway wheel, no brakes, I rode it around the paddock at Cape otway Light house, when my eldest brother was the Light house keeper there, they are a very nice engine.
MOV =250cc. MAC=350cc.
MOV crankcase (&engine no) with MAC barrell etc = 350cc road bike registered as cheap 250cc rego. Ah the good ol' days!
cheers pancho.
Mov, Mac, its here your there, good fun bike, ideal for pre60 class.
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Graeme Roberts is the man to beat in NSW dirt track pre 60 on his Velo (not sure of the model) and pre 65 on his Velo Metisse. The pre 60 bike especially hoots.