Featured In The Last 7 Years I Have Had These Bikes What To Keep

It's difficult to say, because affinities and ambitions are changing during a long period of time. The Norton is for collectors, but the engine, gearbox, seat, fork, rims and a range of mechanical parts should be overhauled before being sold at a good price. Ideally, the bike should look like new. The triumph in the second picture and the chopper are to be kept in my opinion, the rest should rather get rid of as soon as possible, if not already done.

 

That's a really weird story about a Motorcycle, but otherwise a good method to survive for a long time. The more sophisticated a bike is, the higher the quality should be. That's what I've learned over time, so design isn't everything.

 

BSA A10 definitely, Honda Cub/C100 etc And your norton to fettle

 

I'd have definitely kept the MZ, especially as it has that lovely little bush on the handlebars

 

When I inspected a brand new MZ in a Horley motorcycle garage back in 1980 I was stunned at the impressive build quality. There was an enthusiastic use of jubilee clips to hold everything including the exhaust pipe on, and the wheel bearings were so slick the wheel would make a 270 degree spin and then jam (I thought at first it was the brakes but it was the wheel bearings). After that, things started going downhill, and this was a totally new bike!

We were there because a mate’s bike was getting an mot - apparently there was a problem with its horn so the mechanic came back to the showroom, grabbed a bicycle hooter/horn, honked it a few times and said ‘yup I heard a horn that’s a pass’!
Funny times...