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Post by marktrower on Oct 16, 2015 11:26:36 GMT
picked this up yesterday not sure what it was till i got it out this morning,all there but my eyes are bigger than my garage still deciding what to do with it.what do you think it is.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 11:28:52 GMT
A C70 Proto-Type.
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Post by stinkwheel on Oct 16, 2015 11:30:59 GMT
I really want to say Francis-Barnett. How much bigger are eyes than belly  ? |
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Post by Harold on Oct 16, 2015 12:45:44 GMT
A Raleigh Burner that's my best guess sorry  |
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Post by wazzbo on Oct 16, 2015 13:32:29 GMT
I was thinking Franny Barnet , looks like a Villiers barrel in the box.
But I don't remember the swing arm on mine looking like that, and if I remember, the tinwear was different to this one..... so maybe not a fb.
Decisions Decisions.
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Post by stinkwheel on Oct 16, 2015 13:36:06 GMT
that's what I was thinking wazzbo, Villiers lump and a nice bit of tin work. must be a Fanny B musnt it?
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Post by wazzbo on Oct 16, 2015 13:42:50 GMT
It was 45 years ago when I had mine,and the memory plays tricks I remember stripping the tinware off it and fitting ace handlebars, it was my first road bike. |
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Post by Loz on Oct 16, 2015 13:48:24 GMT
its a very early jap bike,note there's no oil leak  |
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Post by wazzbo on Oct 16, 2015 13:54:54 GMT
Just realized where the rear shocks are,so I now don't think its an fb, I'm not sure what it is...
I'll get me coat.....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 14:55:18 GMT
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Post by davefirestorm on Oct 16, 2015 15:31:08 GMT
Was going to say it was a James Captain but it would have been maroon in colour,was the Plover and Captain same bike? but badged differently,I had a James Commodore 250 cycle/frame parts thin on ground and no owners clubs for support,does it have the AMC engine?
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Post by grahamb on Oct 16, 2015 16:29:36 GMT
I'd also say Francis Barnett , Possibly a 150cc plover with the AMC engine.
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Post by wazzbo on Oct 16, 2015 17:27:38 GMT
Well done that man.;D We were on the right track then.lol |
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Post by marktrower on Oct 16, 2015 18:14:35 GMT
you have got it in one grahamb its a 1959 francis barnett plover 80 with the amc t15 150cc engine
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Post by davefirestorm on Oct 16, 2015 18:49:17 GMT
The AMC engines were a bit dodgy due to poor quality control,that is untill Villiers started building them for them,the Villiers built ones are prefixed with a V before the numbers
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