Featured Hurricane Are There Any Still About

There are a few around - but they have to be treated with caution as the limited production run meant that a lot of "parts bin specials" and conversion copies have since found their way on to the market.

They ALWAYS fetch very good prices! I doubt you'd get even a basket case for less than £12k.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/cat/15/41/hurricane/

 

Are you sure? I thought he had (amongst others) a TSX Bonneville?

 

This was at a pub bike meet in 2018 - no idea if its a "real" one.

 

The TSX paint job is not too dissimilar .... but not the same.

Despite being (originally) an American designed product, the Hurricane had its brake and gear levers on the correct side!

As for territorial marking - bet Darkman's products don't do that. Nor does my Mk. 1 Rocket 3, or, rather, it didn't when I last rode it a few years ago!

 

Here's one I spotted at Steel City Classics in June 2018, don't know the price, it's not there now.

 

There a couple on Uk eBay,if anyone’s interested.....

 

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/cat/15/41/hurricane/

 

Great engines if they are looked after, Su had the US rocket three up until a couple of years ago

 

lovely looking bikes, actually badge engineered bsa rocket threes with styling by craig vetter. one of these was on my most wanted bikes list, always have been.

 

Dozers Dad
No I did have the rocket 3 71 model once. And the t160 74 I think but didn't like either they were fast or slow bikes not great handlers either and bloody expensive.
Regards
Joe.

 

Dozers dad, they don't leak
they just ooze character

 

Have you lot forgotten what real biking was all about...how do you think we knew they had oil in them....mind you have built a few completely oil tight brit engines.
My T160 only leaks from the primary because somebody bodged the chain tensioner....Hurricanes where just a T160 with a tarty body kit bad brakes and a different exhaust...dont know why they are so pricey...mine has a tarty body kit why cant i sell it for 20+k.

 

Oil leak ..... schmoil leak! Who cares - especially when they look as good as they do?

The Hurricane is a stunning looking bike - and I'm not usually "into" American'ised styling (sorry TD, et al. - nothing personal .... besides personal preference, if you see what I mean? ). But the X-75 long predated the T160 - it was a Mk. 1 Rocket 3 that Craig Vetter took and "Americanised". The body kit was all seamless, swoopy, flowing lines; peanut fuel tank; raked and lengthened forks and the signature exhaust silencer set-up. Oh my - that exhaust! Very much more than the sum of its parts - in its day even the colour scheme was outrageous!

IMHO, a significant part of the premium price tag is the fact that very few were factory produced; they were, contemperaneously, fairly unpopular in conservative Little England and the raked, extended forks did little to aid the handling of a tall, heavy machine. So, exclusive design; low production numbers; compromised survivability (WHAT?) and drop-dead, gorgeous looks all add up to a constantly climbing price tag for this machine. It could easily be argued that your bike has all the same properties and many similarities (though I'm NOT trying to imply that your bike's handling is in any way compromised!) and so SHOULD be worth a price tag north of 20 grand - and it may well be - but your name isn't Craig Vetter .......................

TBH., I can't ever remember a time when X-75's were cheap, or, even, cheaper than their 'standard' counterparts! The only saving grace about the price is that it's unlikely you would lose money by buying now and selling on in a few years time - assuming that the bike isn't trashed, thrashed or bashed!

 

The original Vetter bike

 

With a couple of his "WINDJAMMER" fairings behind it! The man was as styling genius with an eye for form AND function.

Edit :- where was that picture taken, Darkman, and is the display recent/current?

 

It's just a pic i picked up along the way sorry, i prefer the orig as the tank n seat sat lower and it had the earlier hubs n brakes.

 

Oooohh ...... I'll come up with something even more laudatory for that, DD!

 

One turned up at our buxton dirttrack meeting a few years ago.
May have been local to the area....