« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2014, 10:20:45 am »
The Hindall frame is almost a cross between a Metisse and a Cheney with Harry's own innovation thrown in to balance it out. Here's Skip Otto's 650 Hindall decked out in Metisse bodywork. I was once pitted next to him all day at Sandhill Ranch in California and I didn't realise it wasn't a Metisse until he told me when I was helping him load it at the end of then day. The first Hindall I ever saw was Marsh Runyon's 650 Triumph which has been raced by a couple of Aussies including this forums own Yamaico Pete who beat Rick Doughty and his 750 Metisse on it at Livermore California back in the 90's. Below it is Hindall #1 which was Harry's own rolling test lab/ desert racer. It has titanium bolts,nuts, axles, handlebars, Hindall designed mag hubs front and rear and all sorts of unique and innovative (for the time) stuff. The bike is in as found unrestored condition at Linda Neilsons house and the last time I spoke was still for sale for not too stupid money. Unfortunately despite their better quality, Hindalls don't get the money Rickmans or Cheney's achieve because they simply haven't got the cult following that those brands have. Punters that
do own Hindalls are a pretty tight bunch though. Harry made less than 100 frames in his time in the business and less than half of them survive so many of us are in semi regular contact with each other. Dave Boydstun from AMS has two DT1 models, I have two DT1 and the Ducati, there's a Trumpy 650 version in café racer trim in England, a couple in Japan and there's even a very nice 650 Triumph Hindall living in sunny Brisbane......Sorry to get carried away on this thread deviation but Hindalls have become a bit of a passion. It's as if the ghost of Bob Neilson and Harry have taken me over and appointed me the keeper of the Hindall flame
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