Few Old Bikes

[Brookfields Lad]

Some interesting history here

History of 50cc Racing - The Heldun Marque from Heldun Engineering

For all who love classic 50cc racing

www.classic50racingclub.co.uk

A most interesting article. I've never heard of this bike before. Thanks

 

[Out in the sticks Brummy]

Very nice, do you know the locations of the photos?

The photos with the 2 motor bikes and the 3 people was taken in Wood Lane by the Lea Hall Allotments the others were all taken around the same area

 

[mw0njm.]

We had two ladies on their bikes in post #10, now we have three ladies. This was taken in 1923 at the Birmingham ACU trials.

wonder what machines they were

 

[mw0njm.]

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what are the combos any idear please?

 

[mw0njm.]

i found a royal nord in phillips st scrap yard once first motor bike i ever took apart. never heard of them then or now

 

[Penns]

A most interesting article. I've never heard of this bike before. Thanks

Isn’t Birmingham truly amazing, the amount of diversity and the scale of the industries is awesome and never ceases to amaze me!

 

[Brookfields Lad]

i found a royal nord in phillips st scrap yard once first motor bike i ever took apart. never heard of them then or now

New one to me also. Was it a British bike?

 

[Dave89]

Hi,

Royal Nord was a Belgian bike - 1950s to 1960s

Kind regards
Dave

 

[mw0njm.]

Hi,

Royal Nord was a Belgian bike - 1950s to 1960s

Kind regards
Dave

true it was

Royal Nord Motorcycles

 

[Out in the sticks Brummy]

what are the combos any idear please?

what are the combos any idear please?

I'm afraid I don't know and Dad and my Uncle are no longer around to ask. The Matchless was my Dads bike and the BSA was my uncles I think the one on Dads bike began with a W I know that Dad had a bike with a Swallow sidecar. Sorry I can't be of much help

 

[mw0njm.]

I'm afraid I don't know and Dad and my Uncle are no longer around to ask. The Matchless was my Dads bike and the BSA was my uncles I think the one on Dads bike began with a W I know that Dad had a bike with a Swallow sidecar. Sorry I can't be of much help

no probs thanks for replying

 

[Eric Gibson]

Maybe a Watsonian sidecar.

 

[oldbrit]

This is a people-powered ME, Brum-made BIKE by Bill Gameson in Small heath You said a few old bikes?

 

[RRJ]

My G Grandfathers brother and wife.

 

[mw0njm.]

My G Grandfathers brother and wife.

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brill thanks

 

[Richard Dye]

This is a people-powered ME, Brum-made BIKE by Bill Gameson in Small heath You said a few old bikes?

Really the good old days! Looking good oldbrit!

 

[Bob Davis]

This is a people-powered ME, Brum-made BIKE by Bill Gameson in Small heath You said a few old bikes?

Fixed wheel?
Bob

 

[Richard Dye]

Fixed wheel?
Bob

Looks like.

 

[oldbrit]

Fixed wheel?
Bob

83" Fixed is what we raced on

 

[mw0njm.]

A worker rides a shared bicycle past a huge pile of unused shared bikes in a vacant lot in Xiamen, Fujian province, China, on December 13, 2017.

 

[mw0njm.]

The Raleigh Twenty was produced between 1968 and 1984

 

[mw0njm.]

The Raleigh Chopper is back! 1970s icon returns​

 

[RRJ]

A Rover Path racer bicycle (1908) in the British motor Heritage centre . Raced by the man driving the sidecar motorcycle in post #44 above.

 

[RRJ]

The Raleigh Chopper is back! 1970s icon returns​

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As a kid in the sixties, most of my bikes were made up from various other bike parts. Seeing those choppers reminded me of
the handlebars we liked to use, 'Apehangers' or 'Cowhorns'

 

[paul stacey]

53, looks like "old Brits" Racer!!

 

[mw0njm.]

As a kid in the sixties, most of my bikes were made up from various other bike parts. Seeing those choppers reminded me of
the handlebars we liked to use, 'Apehangers' or 'Cowhorns'

yer Apehangers and sissy bars with a lolly stick for engine

 

[mw0njm.]

i always wanted a blue streak
but got a instead

 

[oldbrit]

1937 Claud Butler

 

[mw0njm.]

1937 Claud Butler

were they fixed or free wheel. i hated fixed

 

[mw0njm.]

like the one i learned to ride on in ireland by putting my leg through th frame