The good old British bike is still king. I hear lots of people say how much better the Jap bikes of the sixties and seventies were. So where are they now. If i remember right i used to get a benley 125 or 160 i think rode them till they exploded then scrapped them as they were either to expensive to repair or just not worth it. Sure the old Brits would leak vibrate break down but they are still out there and still going. Regards Joe.
I had a Honda CB160 as a sixteen year old and it got thrashed everywhere and never let me down once yet alone exploded. In fact most of my mates that had Jap bikes in the 1960’s and they were reliable. The only bike that I had of that time that went bang was a Triumph Where are they now Joe, here mate, in fact I could tell you were there’s plenty and still being used regularly.
One of 1300 TT's built in 66 the highest production year for TT's before there demise in 67. Just over 50BHP and 158 KG's
Seriously? There were internal combustion engines when you were a teenager Dave? Well I never, you learn something new every day. They must have scared the bejeezus out of the woolly mammoths!
It was the way forward,technology was on the rise what with the wheel being invented just a few years earlier
Tiglet You sure have one beauty there and great to see it being used. And i would have to agree the Honda's were pretty good till they grinded the heads away with the cam shafts running in the alloy head. Just don't ever see many of them now. Regards Joe.
DarkMan Now there was a bike. It was fast enough and lasted. Yes in the day they would leak a bit. And often you would see a rider sitting along the road fixing something but it was the great thing then. The triumph and beeza's were fantastic and still are and still here in numbers. And yours are the best. Regards Joe
I learned the wiring on of various bits when i visited Brands Hatch at the tender age of 15 Royal Enfield Crusader Sports at the time and in the days when you could visit the pits and see lines of Ducati 250 and 350 singles with most parts wired on...came in very handy until i discovered locktite. I can also remember watching Hailwood race Agostini and the sound was gorgeous.
There’s quite a few Honda 6’s about but unfortunately they’re not originals. Usually they’re a 250cc 4 cylinder road bike with a couple of cylinders grafted on. As far as I know the only true replicas were built by Gearge Beale. https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/honda-rc174-rc-reborn/
The one I heard was , it was there as an exhibition by the Honda Race team , the chappie said it was one of only 2 originals still in existence and worth about £750,000 , just the engine !!
