Vintage bikes post-WWII to 1970's USA, British, German, Italian-other European

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The next bike was done by an acquaintance of mine, a Florida dealership mechanic for Triumph when they were still in Meriden.

This newest format is confusing my old brain. I'll get it eventually! I like the thread, tried to start one myself on this subject several years ago, but there wasn't much interest in it. Hopefully this one will take off like a house on fire! This is my latest acquisition...'69 T100S. Restored it for a friend about nine years ago. He seldom rode it, so I figured it needed to be rescued...great little machine!

1967 BSA Hornet (East Coast Model). Restored back to original factory specs using all original and NOS parts.

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1970 BSA Victor Special 441. Restored back to original factory specs using all original and NOS parts.

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Starting the post war a bit early, this is one of the few built in 1944...


and later...

looking young!

Norton P11, Ranger

German stuff... 1959 2 stroke water cooled twin Adler and DOHC NSU racers.



Patrick

Noted off-road racer Harvey Mushman competing at the 1964 E. Germany ISDT

Late 40s Earles Court Show, London UK, Velocette KTT Mk VIII racer



Ready to pounce!!!

Patrick

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Check out the flipped cyl head, the hardtail, the knobby tires, small gas tank, and huge rear sprocket. Looks like it would give a good accounting of itself at a hillclimb.

This is our old M20 with M21 engine. Good old girl starts easy and goes like sprayed cockroach.
72 mph down a very steep hill slipping my sons kwaka. Absolutely terrifying, shit handling, autofade brakes, and a knobbly on the front.

'Cone' shovelhead w/a good quality rear binder.

Ya gotta respect the ingenuity of this builder, I never saw a Moto Guzzi like this! For a point of comparison, supposedly Big Red 'H' made a very successful flat tracker by taking the CX500/650, which in engine layout resembled the Moto Guzzi transverse V-twins, and turning the cylinders 90 degrees to a longitudinal orientation, like the bike below. They won the AMA flat track championship 3 times in the 1980's with Bubba Shobert riding that design Photo by the author, in the grandstand at Daytona International Speedway. This bike was plated, and appeared to have been ridden as a streetgoing bike to its place of display.





This shows the adaptation of the chain primary drive and the chain final drive. The white 'eye' is the air cleaner. DLS front brake. Those of you familiar with the Brough Superiors may recognize the gas tank shape. All in all, a well thought-out bike, being used, and practically-so.

A H-D flathead.



And a view from the other side. I believe it's a 45 cu. in. If that's wrong, please correct me.