bisby Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 This is a photo of me on my uncle Richards bike,(1968 to 1970) can anyone have a guess as to what the machine was? We had my his funeral on tuesday 11th July 2017, he was a biker all his life, without him and my dad i don`t think i would be riding a motorbike today. Steve Bisby. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkay Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Tiger Cub?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan wellback Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 looks like Cafe Racer to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Is that an attached sidecar under the sheet if so it must have been at least 350cc but likely bigger, appears to have a single down tube frame but not much else to go on. It should be you telling us what it was surely? Edited July 13, 2017 by trialsrfun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc46 Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Shuttleworth Snap? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie prescott Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Hi Guy's Triumph Boni and Stieb sidecar, Whats the van in the background? Looks like a Story to me! I like stories about bikes from the past, History in he making. Never to be lost. Regards Charlie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisby Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Up to now all i have is this photo, i wondered if could be a sidecar? Would you have clip on handlebars on a sidecar?? Also clip on racey bars on a small cc bike? so 350 or 500 is more what i would expect. My mum and me think i was about 3 or 4 years old and my uncle was 15 when i was born. I do remember looking at two old scooters under water proof sheets behind the garage (long since gone) so maybe he had one of those parked up next to his sports bike. Charlie, the car in the background was my dads Renault 4. One of my memories about my uncle Richard was i got oily hands from his bike and he washed my hands with this bright green slime in a jam jar and i have never forgotten the smell of swarfega. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisby Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Doc46, I had to google shuttleworth snap, Made me smile. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 3 hours ago, bisby said: Doc46, I had to google shuttleworth snap, Made me smile. Steve. Bisby in real life George Formby was a motorcycle enthusiast and I believe rode Norton, in the film he called himself George Shuttleworth which is why the bike he supposedly built was called the Shuttleworth Snap, I think it was built around a Triumph Model P. The race bikes doing the most winning around that time were the Marston Sunbeam so Sunbeam became Rainbow in the movie. Charlie on second look the forks are Triumph like so a pre-unit twin from Triumph it could well be? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0304 Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) Don't think it's a sidecar under that sheet, there's no nose on it, just something high up. Any sidecar even with a screen would have an outline that was nose first surely ? The frame looks to be a light colour, quite unusual if standard . Can only think of light blue, green or beige ? Bsa or Triumph twin is my guess, looks like he needs a longer clutch cable though ! edit to add - single downtube rules out Bsa twin, could be anything ! Edited July 15, 2017 by brian0304 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisby Posted July 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 I think i have found my answer, My auntie phoned today and she says my uncle had an Ariel red hunter when she met him and she is sure this was the bike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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