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Greeves Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by Bert Greeves which produced a range of road machines, and later competition mounts for observed trials, scrambles and road racing. The original company produced motorcycles from 1952, funded by a contract with the Ministry of Pensions for their Invacar , a three-wheeler for ...
Sports Twin Roadster 24DB 1959-60 Sports Single Roadster 20TC 24TCS 1960 Scottish Trials 24SCS ... List of Greeves motorcycles. Add languages ...
Osborn Engineering Company was a British manufacturer of motorcycles, which sold its machines under the OEC brand name.. OEC motorcycle on display at the Milestones Museum. The Osborn Engineering Company and its predecessor companies were founded by Frederick John Osborn, trading in partnership with W.T. Lord until 1906 with works in Shepherd's Bush, then as Osborn & Co Ltd, and later as ...
For Norton-Villiers the development of a new engine to market was cost-prohibitive, but the vibration of the 750 cc vertical twin was so well transmitted to the rider through the Featherbed frame of the Norton Atlas, that it was dropped in favour of an earlier experimental frame (based on a concept bike designated P10, and later Z26 as an improvement) that separated the engine from the frame ...
The crank shaft of the 360-degree parallel twin was supported on only two main bearings and as more power was developed from the engine a noticeable flex could be measured using a dial gauge placed on the end of the shaft. [citation needed] In the later 1970s, Williams operated a Kawasaki motorcycle dealership in Southampton. [27]
Eric Cheney (5 January 1924 – 30 December 2001) was an English motorcycle racer, designer and independent constructor. He was known as one of the best motorcycle frame designers of his era, concentrating mainly in the off-road competition aftermarket.
When the FIM upgraded the European Motocross Championship to World Championship status for the 1962 season, the Greeves factory chose to stay home and compete in the British championships. However, Bickers did compete in the British round of the 1962 250cc motocross World Championship held at Glastonbury , where he took the victory over the ...
Greeves: Report: 2 May 7 French Grand Prix Thomer-la-Sôgne: Dave Bickers Greeves Report: 3 May 11 Dutch Grand Prix Markelo: Jeff Smith: BSA: Report: 4 May 21 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Divoká Šárka: Jeff Smith BSA Report: 5 May 28 Polish Grand Prix Katowice-Zabrze: Dave Bickers Greeves Report: 6 June 4 Luxembourg Grand Prix Schifflange ...