morten Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) Hi my name is Morten. I just bought this bike, possible the only Wassell in Norway. (registered for road use) I was told it is a 1974 Trial ? Antilope ? Can anyone tell me anything about this particular bike ? The seat and taillight is for sure not original, anything else ? Regards Morten Edited April 22, 2011 by Morten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) Congrats on your project! I've asked the knowledgeable Maarten Mager, who was at the time sole importer of Wassell into Norway. He says it doesn't look like the trials bike, which was of considerably lighter build. Furthermore, there was only one 125 trials bike imported through his firm,which he rode himself. While he can't remember who bought it, this is not the bike. Conclusion: Your bike seems designed for motocross or the like, and may have been taken into Norway at a later time. If you'd like to get in touch, Maarten can be reached through "Maartensimport" or you could contact me (adress given on www.trialavisa.no, which was started by Maarten Mager but is now edited by me) Sara Hemmer BTW I checked your blog. Nice Gileras Edited April 23, 2011 by Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Thank you Sara I bought my first moped from Maarten in -84..... As you say the bike is an import from England in early 90`s thats all i know. I will contact Maarten after the holiday, thank you again. Regards Morten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 More pics....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanur Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Hi Morten, Your bike for sure started out as a Wassell Antelope trials bike but has been altered to make it more like a trail bike. You already mentioned the seat and tail light, other things are the exhaust extension,chain guard, and head light. Other than that it looks pretty complete. I have owned about ten of these sold as Penton Trials here in the states. Nice find. Regards, Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Hi Morten, Your bike for sure started out as a Wassell Antelope trials bike but has been altered to make it more like a trail bike. You already mentioned the seat and tail light, other things are the exhaust extension,chain guard, and head light. Other than that it looks pretty complete. I have owned about ten of these sold as Penton Trials here in the states. Nice find. Regards, Dennis Thank you Dennis. Just picked up the bike today, almost complete as far as i can see. Alu muduards and chainguard missing, the mudguards is no problem to find i think. But the chainguard.... have not found it yet. -M- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) But i found these on Ebay Edited May 2, 2011 by Morten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanur Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Nice score on the grips. I have some NOS cables if you get to that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Nice score on the grips. I have some NOS cables if you get to that point. I will make this thread a "build thread" some time after the summer. Then i would like the cables, are they grey or black ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted November 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 A little pic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgshannon Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 A little pic.... Great progress. Always nice to see a bike returning from the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordo Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Hello Morten, Very nice find. Can you tell me what shocks you are using and how you like them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Great progress. Always nice to see a bike returning from the dead. Thank you. I was lucky. The bike was in very good condition. Hello Morten, Very nice find. Can you tell me what shocks you are using and how you like them? Thanks I used original shocks from my Yamaha RD 350 as a mock up. Actually they work pretty good. I have not tested them yet, so a may swap them for a pair of Betor. Edited November 14, 2011 by Morten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanur Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Coming along quite well Morten I plan to redo mine again this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morten Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) Coming along quite well Morten I plan to redo mine again this winter. Thank you kanur You should do yours too, it looks pretty complete ? Cheapest restoration ever, just a lot of work polishing all the parts What about your engine, do you have to redo it too ? Edited November 19, 2011 by Morten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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