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Marque Remarks => British (BSA, Greeves, Triumph etc) => Topic started by: VMX247 on May 12, 2009, 05:50:18 pm

Title: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: VMX247 on May 12, 2009, 05:50:18 pm
Ah... she deserves a page of her own, so I'll move her to here. 8)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BSA-Grand-Prix-CCM-1974-Grand-Prix_W0QQitemZ290316407445QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item439834d295&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A1171|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Now this has to be a real gem - Thanks for the written history Ray Ryan.  Smiley
still need a starter roller though  Wink
cheers and enjoy
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 12, 2009, 06:11:05 pm
didn't the original story go something like the guys wife/girlfriend bought for him.... hell if they have broken up i will take her on  ;D
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: VMX247 on May 12, 2009, 06:21:26 pm
didn't the original story go something like the guys wife/girlfriend bought for him.... hell if they have broken up i will take her on  ;D

be serious this is a unique bike  :o
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: mainline on May 12, 2009, 06:31:03 pm
I was just re-reading that issue of VMX mag. What an absolutely beautiful bike.
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: firko on May 12, 2009, 07:19:31 pm
How about this unmolested '74 CCM thats being restored for next years CD7. It's been sitting under the owners house since it was last ridden at the '95 Condo Greybeards meeting. The wheels are away being rebuilt.
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/ajccm.jpg)

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/ajccm1.jpg)
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 12, 2009, 10:01:31 pm
wow looks like a real dog.... blue healer maybe...... looks like a Cheney of my acquaintance
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: firko on May 13, 2009, 10:27:32 am

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wow looks like a real dog.... blue healer maybe...... looks like a Cheney of my acquaintance
The dog's Jonesys blue healer Jack. He's a sweet little bloke but I wish he'd stop trying to root my leg every time I go over there :o. What Cheney are you referring to Marc? Something in the background?
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 13, 2009, 12:57:57 pm
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wow looks like a real dog.... blue healer maybe...... looks like a Cheney of my acquaintance
What Cheney are you referring to Marc? Something in the background?

I have Cheney of same vintage with slightly forward facing shocks. Frames look pretty close.
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: firko on May 13, 2009, 02:47:57 pm
Errr, It's not a Cheney, it's a '74 CCM Marc. There is a Cheney in the background but you'd have to be pretty good to spot it!
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 13, 2009, 05:22:45 pm
Errr, It's not a Cheney, it's a '74 CCM Marc. There is a Cheney in the background but you'd have to be pretty good to spot it!

no I mean it looks the same as my Cheney JBR frame.
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: mx250 on May 13, 2009, 07:47:05 pm
Nice bike but I don't think its worth $A32,000 Buy Now. Totally original, maybe ;).

As a barometer of American economy and confidence it might be interesting to keep an eye on it.
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 13, 2009, 08:41:24 pm
given what I have spent on bits lately it is probably worth every dime.  ::)
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 15, 2009, 05:53:56 pm
sold like a hot cake..... the real sign of the economy is the really good stuff is coming back on to the market. Hard to keep those high end toys when the banking is about to screw the locks on your door.  :o
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Phil on May 16, 2009, 10:47:07 am
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no I mean it looks the same as my Cheney JBR frame
I know where your coming from Marc but I own a JBR and have parked it next to Alans "basket case" 74 CCM and while they're similar in concept, are heaps different in design, especially in the bottom cradle.
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on May 18, 2009, 07:50:29 pm
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no I mean it looks the same as my Cheney JBR frame
I know where your coming from Marc but I own a JBR and have parked it next to Alans "basket case" 74 CCM and while they're similar in concept, are heaps different in design, especially in the bottom cradle.

Yeah my JBR frame is different again with the shocks forward mounted, I think the Cheney was different for sure, however there are heaps of variations in the Cheney frames made at the time. 
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: VMX247 on August 11, 2010, 09:30:09 am
Another Britannia Jewel on www.vmxwa.com  8)
cheers
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: paul on August 11, 2010, 03:47:10 pm
Another Britannia Jewel on www.vmxwa.com  8)
cheers
price
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: VMX247 on August 11, 2010, 03:55:16 pm
Another Britannia Jewel on www.vmxwa.com  8)
cheers
price

Don't know.Way too much for this black duck.I would of thought only serious buyers need to apply.
cheers
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: paul on August 11, 2010, 04:00:18 pm
ive ask him he wont answer my text ;D
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: bazza on August 12, 2010, 03:37:11 pm
Marc i remember crewing for mr Doherty on that dog and it one the Auz Nats on March 30th, 1991 at Dargyl. Mike
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: Marc.com on August 12, 2010, 04:32:36 pm
Marc i remember crewing for mr Doherty on that dog and it one the Auz Nats on March 30th, 1991 at Dargyl. Mike

Hi Mike

Yeah its the kind of dog you would like to bring home. One thing about CCM they arrived with all the good bits already in the motor.

Not sure I am buying into the CCM mystique though. Hopefully my Cheney will be ready to go before Xmas. ::)








Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: flower pot racing on August 26, 2010, 05:51:53 am
Errr, It's not a Cheney, it's a '74 CCM Marc. There is a Cheney in the background but you'd have to be pretty good to spot it!

Cheney Matchless perhaps....  Do I get a prize?
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: flower pot racing on August 26, 2010, 05:53:39 am
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CCM-BSA-1974-500-GP-replica-CLASSIC-MX-VGC-/150470887751?pt=UK_Motorcycles

At £6000 that's good value for a bike of that quality will all those nice bits.  You certainly couldnt build one for that price, even if you hours rate was tuppance an hour.....

I wonder if it sold at £6K?

There is another one knocking about on ebay Uk, a '73, priced at £10k
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: VMX247 on April 02, 2011, 11:50:31 pm
Still a Jewel to me, so put her here too  ;D
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/widebodyonccm.jpg)
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: flower pot racing on April 03, 2011, 12:03:06 am
as per the other thread.  That bike is mine.  It is in rolling thunder and ray's book.  Someone quick quick rode it in the 70s.  Anyone know who.....?  (the number is a bit of a help ~ no not Barry Sheene!))

At one particular race they weighed it three times as they couldnt believe how light it was.

The rider in question told me that he was leading a rather famous Suzuki rider until..... the new fangled ignition packed up!

Hence on those early bikes the factory riders often switched back to the old ignition set up to give themselves a better chance of finishing the race!
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: VMX247 on April 03, 2011, 09:38:06 am
Her she is...went looking all over the internet, for new pics of CCM's and had a couple right here in the book shelf too  ;D  ;) 
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/7CCM.jpg)
Title: Re: Jewel Britannia-Ray Ryan
Post by: firko on April 03, 2011, 09:42:51 am
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That bike is mine.  It is in rolling thunder and ray's book
No wonder you're running out of shed space Ben :o....You and Jonesy have even more in common that I'd imagined.  ;D