W/NW : Motorcycles

Amal 626's, Norman Hyde TOGA Gold Star mufflers, John Tickle headlight ears, Bill Selby bacon cutters, pedestrian slicer and external fork springs from a Triumph, Norton upper shock knobs, NOVA 5-speed transmission, Stadium bar-end mirror, PJ Speedos handlebar-mount pocket watch holder, Halcyon tax disc holder, Hagon shocks. All UK made.

There is also an Italian horn and German brake/clutch levers, probably an American part or two. And plenty of Japanese parts of course ;)
 
I never tire of looking at this bike. Great photographs. What is the location?


soultheworld said:
my Norton

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That shot of a New Hudson (I had never heard of it) is impressive. Probably from the thirties, I'd guess. Dayrell, do you know specifics about the bike, engine size, etc.?
 
Vince Lupo said:
Thanks Mark -- I've had it for 10 years, and it has gone through numerous changes since I bought it. It was a 305 4-speed, but now it's a 358 5-speed. And if you look closely, you can spot some British bike parts on it.

That was taken yesterday on a quick 143-mile ride -- great weather, great roads, and of course great donuts.
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Yeah, a few changes; I saw your list above.

I never saw many of these and can't swear I ever saw the downpipe version in the flesh (steel). I knew two of the scrambler version way back when.

I still think this was the peak of Honda (maybe all Japanese bike) style. I remember that even when I wanted a so called "350" that I thought the Super Hawk looked a lot nicer. There was a pretty 450 early on with a candy apple orangish red tank that looked nice. I think that might only have been the scrambler version, and maybe inspired by a similar color BSA 650 "scramber" I remember seeing once. I don't know the model.

I guess I had better hunt down some pictures to justify all the talk. I know I have a nice color print somewhere of my old Triumph Daytona and BSA 441. Maybe even a really old snap of my high school buddy's 300 Dream - those were some wild dream.
 
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