budget bikes?

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I just picked up a tank for the bargain price of $89US plus $30 postage, the project is underway

[jimg1au]

i had a pair of cottons in early 80s a mx bike just like the one on ebay and a gen factory road racer complete with iom tank and full faring.swaped both for bsa jap and 4 jap long stroke motors.they went to mick mancell in taree.he made the mx into a pre 62 road racer.wish i had them now
might have a pic somewere at home will post if i can find them
jim

[mx250]

Enfields seem to have a off road legacy.......

Here's something to hot up and copy . Lokks pretty cool .

[VMX247]

In the july #241 just bikes mag there is a lovely Cotton 250 1973 in great condition
 $3600 NSW ph 02 44433391 page 149
cheers

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I'm getting a bit confused, it's mentioned in this thread that the B44 is a follow on from the B40. Does that mean that with the right bits my b40 frame is pre 65 legal?
 

[firko]

Yep she's legal for pre 65 Paul.

[Curly3]

What about post 65 B40 engine eligibility?

[clutchslip]

Hey Mainline, even tho I've got a Greeves Challenger project on the go at the moment, it would be remiss of me if I didn't share this with you and give you a little taste of the kind of fun you might expect to have when your bikes finished...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuZk5q0qCs&feature=related

Clutchslip

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Ah yes, I've watched that footage a few times now. The whole race is amazing but the final lap is brilliant, especially Bickers sideways with the throttle pinned across the line.

I've been trying to get a copy of that race for my Uncle who also has a Greeves Challenger

http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=7132.0

Same as yours?

[clutchslip]

Hi Mainline, great racing isn't it? Highly developed Brit two and four strokes, with two riders capable of overcoming the inadequacies of both! I think Bickers left Greeves for CZ in early 66, so I guess this has got to be Winter 65 season at the latest - Smith won the world 500 in 64 and 65. My best guess is early winter months of '65. This is TV not cine footage, so the video speed we are seeing on Youtube is accurate..and looks pretty quick to my eye! Bicker's riding can best be described as...mmm...'forceful'

Your uncle's bike looks great and is a tad more complete than mine at the moment, but the model is pretty much identical. By the look of it, he has his set up as 1966 MX3 with the (first year they were available) factory-optional Cerianis (it could equally have originally been an MX2 tho). Mine's an MX3, but using the 'Banana' leading link forks, as per the Bickers bike above.

Keep us up to date as your bike progresses!

Clutchslip

[firko]

This cool B33 made it's debut at Nepean. Great to see another pre 65 starter (actually it'd easily fit into pre 60 . It's a nice thing too.

[clutchslip]

Nice B33 Mark. My money would be on the BSA for performance per dollar and ease of build if anyone wants to go the thumper route. Check out the link below for someones own very original and very funny take on the whole 'budget bikes' subject. The guys quite clearly a complete loon, but has had some great fun. Some of his other pages are well worth a read too!

http://www.odgie.com/_mgxroot/page_10783.html

Clutchslip

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I've built up a stash of these hubs hubs and usually pay around $50 each on eBay.

Time to start selling them off Firko, the Bahamas await.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160356567744&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[firko]

Time to start selling them off Firko, the Bahamas await

I've been to the Bahamas and it wasn't my kind of place.   Giveme  the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico any time over the Bahamas for my escape destination.
I haven't exactly got a shed full of the Rickman hubs Paul, in fact I'm short a back hub for one of the projects after donating one to a mates B44 project.

On the subject of budget racers, hows this one I spotted at the Nepean 50th anniversary meeting last weekend? This is one of those bikes that tell you how tough those old racers were back in the fifties. You've gotta love the workmanship on this old dunger and how does that old saying go? Blue and green should never be seen without another colour in between! The rider must have posessed giant cajones to ride a plunger framed Trumpy, no matter what era we're dealing with. Is that a stock frame of is it from something else? Whatever, it is it must have been a handful in the stutters! You've gotta love the stand too!
     

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what a piece of work the seat /tank junction is truly frightening. I use the word "seat" loosely