Hi Al
Roy is a facinating man, with some great stories. He was part of the original build with Ken who appears to have been a natural on a bike. Really fast on the track & a real biker who rode his bike on the Queens highway.
Since Mike, Kens brother restored it, its been seen at lots of circuits & is beautifully restored but also such an original design. With its clothes on you would think, Seeley Mk3.
Must admit I did not know that 5 were built. Just remember Roy saying the 750's never caused problems but the 850 grunt pulled them apart. Thats how I met Roy. My Seeley MK3 road bike broke its frame & he advised me to re tube it. He also advised me to keep an eye on my Rickman frames as they were nickel plated like the Redfern bike.
If you have a look at the beautiful Ducati Pantha 600 F2 race bikes from the TT & you will be looking at Roys work. The bit I like is that he has managed to aquire a fair few of them back into his fold. If you fancied a Redfern Norton, you could not be dealing with a better guy.
Kens story was written up in Classic Racer a few years ago. The man was a talent & his end makes sad reading but as a biker its almost story book.
Chris