which in this case,is me. It's an early,(age indeterminate),BSA 250 C15,built and raced by a guy called Jack Foreman,from the Northampton area. Never been registered,poor old bugger has dementia now and sold this to a classic car buff,who knows nothing about bikes. I bought it for £not-very-much,probably worth less but I'm a sucker for bikes that have a history,especially if it's a working-class story. Came with lots of bits,various cylinder heads,crankcases etc,it's going to take some sorting out I reckon.
Was?...WAS?....how very dare you!....it IS a BSA C15 with lots of mods...*splutter*....*indignant*.... Only joshing,Just added text to the pics
I've got some period bits kicking around,GRP tanks,odd race fairings etc. I'll see what I can cobble together.He raced it with a standard steel tank and a home made ally bump seat,typical no-budget club racer of the time,I imagine. Having a go researching the chap,not found any mention of him yet although the seller said the bike/rider had been quite successful,(but he would say that,wouldn't he...)
Should be stacks of bits around for C15s. Shouldn't have any trouble restoring that. Good little bikes, tried and tested. Nice project there.
Got to wait till the A65 is finished. Thunderbolt motor is almost done,just waiting for me to bite the bullet and buy an NOS 4th gear and extract my NOS 2nd gear pinion from the Walsall rip-off merchant. Then a belt primary drive,electronic ignition,bob's your uncle and I will make a start on the running gear.Maybe 6 months and then I will begin the C15. Dontcha just love motorcycles...
Don't forget the pics. Even just the engine. A restored mill all shiny and finished and waiting to be fitted is a good looking thing.
Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder? That's one hell of a fuggley push bike :Wideyed::Wideyed::Wideyed::Wideyed::Woot::Woot::Woot::Woot: :smileys:
The Ventura? That,my friend,is one of the best buys I've ever made. An auction buy,was going to sell it on for a profit but gave it a spin round the yard and it's perfect,(for me,anyway) Lovely and comfortable,just the right size frame and wheel combo...I've actually just finished repairing it...stupid boy here backed his van up in a car park and forgot he had the bike rack on,resulting in bent pedal cranks,a buckled wheel when I reversed into a tree. It may be ugly,but I won't part with it...fark all that MTB/racing bike shite,people take that shit too seriously
Hi,sounds an interesting project and 100% worth doing some research legwork and try and find out the original race spec and trim of the bike even if you don't intend selling it once you've finished tinkering.Ex - race bikes (they don't have to have been ridden by a big name!) are very sought after and these amazing specials need saving and documenting as they are getting very rare.
That's the thing for me: the way these guys thought about stuff and came up with their own solutions,in the shed.The additional engine breathers,change of front end,(so you get a 6" SLS drum instead of a 5"...),home brewed rear sets...all good stuff. Factory engineering with the best of everything to hand,and a team of highly trained specialists,is one thing. But race grids,(apart from modern National and International races),probably only have a few possible winners.The rest of the field are likely going out knowing they won't finish in the first five,but they pay just as much to enter,and are just as entertaining and brave,as the top guns battling it out at the front. Saving this bike from the breakers was important, to me anyway: it may never have won anything,and be worth fook all,but none of that is important in my eyes.
