Best Of British

[VMX247]

With the upcoming Annual Dan Ferguson Millfarm at Wandering in Western Australia,CCMs' 40th Birthday and a last practise run before the Classic Nationals in SA...
The antisipation is up there with the high shine JBR fuel tank at a UK Sunday show...  
I'm wondering what your thoughts on the Best of British from back in the day are in 2011 ?
cheers A

[Marc.com]

Cmon Alison you get 4 years for inciting a riot on social media in the UK.

Of course it is Cheney BSA .... still dominating pre 65 in the UK

[VMX247]

mmmm....even the short welds are pretty neat, just like a Hagon   
What about a gentlemans Greeve's,FB-AJS,or Alpha only nine ever manufactured 
New on the WA scene a cruzy little Dalesman 
Our Best of British that has passed through the shed door - one of two Norton's.

[Marc.com]

Cmon Ali you are just tweaking my nipples with the Norton..... it has an extra growth out the side of it.

This for me is the high water market for British bikes, god knows I love my Ricky's but Jupiter aligned with Mars with the Cheney twin.... just forget Catalina's and Tr6 desert sleds.... nothing on Eric's master piece that shouldn't be there/

[shortshifter]

don't know too much about Brit bikes but starting to read more.4 stroke seems to be anything using a BSA b50 motor.2 stroke from what I've seen late 60s Greeves 250 (with the ceriani forks),using their own engines.

[crankpin]

nothing on Eric's master piece that shouldn't be there/

Agreed.

1st choice would be a JBR Honda, preferably one of Rod Spry's builds.
2nd, a '78 CCM
3rd, the little beauty in the picture 

[VMX247]

What about this little beauty out of the UK  builder says
"he rates Rickman Metisse in all forms as his favourite machine"
and the frame idea's      www.joemaxwell-engineering.com  via Alan Clews CCM
We could we make some changes to dirt     
 

[crankpin]

Ouch, my eyes      that thing is FUGLY!

[VMX247]

expand your imagination  ..I did say we could make some dirt changes     
cheers A

[firko]

I'm with Cranky...that's the ugliest Metisse I've seen in ages.

[EML]

Is that the new Dirt Chopper model??
Fugley is a good word that springs to mind.

[firko]

I can't read the small print but perhaps it might be one of the long awaited Chinese offerings from our old mate?

[VMX247]

I can't read the small print but perhaps it might be one of the long awaited Chinese offerings from our old mate?

   .....blasphemy..its true British    all UK made 
cheers A

[firko]

.....blasphemy..its true British    all UK made 

And still bloody awful
But old Eric Cheney knew the perfect combination of form and function.

[oldfart]

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