worntorn
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Was starting to get to me while this thing was all in pieces for the last year and a half. It lent it's motor to the project bike, which is now finished, well tested and waiting for me to assemble a big bore engine.
We tend to put lots of miles on this bike, it is like wearing a pair of comfortable old shoes. Gonna spruce it up a bit, that was last done about 150,000 miles and 33 years ago on a different continent.
The bike was shipped new in 1947 to the Isle of Malta and was involved in a high speed crash there in 1951. It was shipped to it's second owner in Scotland in 1952 where it received the "new style" series C frame parts and Girdraulic front, all the same stuff it has now. It was used extensively by the Scottish owner who often shipped it to Europe for summer touring. In 1963 it was sold to a new owner in the South of England. He made several improvements including upgrading to 12 Volt electrics and adding the finned alloy front brake setup, very effective.
In 1973 the bike was sold to its fourth owner, a Gentleman from Australia. He piled on a great many more miles. In 1985 it went to it's fifth owner, also an Australian. At this point the engine and trans were rebuilt by Terry Prince, although I doubt this was the first rebuild. I am the sixth owner. I purchased the bike in 2004 and had it shipped to Canada. My wife and I have toured a lot on it, 35,000 miles to date including much of Canada, twice to Southern California and a trip to the IOM in 2007 with 2500 miles of touring Scotlan and England afterward.
Last year the engine did 5,000 miles in the Egli project bike.
This thing is much better travelled than I am, and more reliable too!
We tend to put lots of miles on this bike, it is like wearing a pair of comfortable old shoes. Gonna spruce it up a bit, that was last done about 150,000 miles and 33 years ago on a different continent.
The bike was shipped new in 1947 to the Isle of Malta and was involved in a high speed crash there in 1951. It was shipped to it's second owner in Scotland in 1952 where it received the "new style" series C frame parts and Girdraulic front, all the same stuff it has now. It was used extensively by the Scottish owner who often shipped it to Europe for summer touring. In 1963 it was sold to a new owner in the South of England. He made several improvements including upgrading to 12 Volt electrics and adding the finned alloy front brake setup, very effective.
In 1973 the bike was sold to its fourth owner, a Gentleman from Australia. He piled on a great many more miles. In 1985 it went to it's fifth owner, also an Australian. At this point the engine and trans were rebuilt by Terry Prince, although I doubt this was the first rebuild. I am the sixth owner. I purchased the bike in 2004 and had it shipped to Canada. My wife and I have toured a lot on it, 35,000 miles to date including much of Canada, twice to Southern California and a trip to the IOM in 2007 with 2500 miles of touring Scotlan and England afterward.
Last year the engine did 5,000 miles in the Egli project bike.
This thing is much better travelled than I am, and more reliable too!