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c.1967 Greeves Silverstone For Sale by Auction

  • Right Hand Drive
  • 1967
  • Red
  • Dealer
  • United Kingdom

Description

H&H Classic Auction  @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 11:00

c. 1967 Greeves Silverstone
Believed one of only 58 RES models made
Estimate
£3, 000 - £4, 000

Registration No: N/ A
Frame No: 24RES102
MOT: N/ A

Rare and unrestored Greeves 250 racer
One of only 58 RES models thought to have been made
New alloy fuel tank, supplied with a CD ROM manual
Greeves Motorcycles was founded by Bert Greeves in 1951 and produced a range of road machines and later competition mounts for trials, scrambles and road racing. Using some of the knowledge and production techniques gained from their Invacar involvement and utilising Villiers-supplied engines they went onto great success in off-road competition, including Dave Bickers' wins in the 1960 and 1961 European Scrambles World Championship. Greeves' first road-racer, the Silverstone, launched in 1963, following the success of Reg Everett's converted scrambler still utilising their trademark alloy cast down-tube frame and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork. The bike used a narrowed 24MDS frame and was powered by a modified Villiers engine. Priced at £285, the bike was very popular and became the mainstay of 250cc class racing in the 1960s, providing many up and coming riders with their first taste of racing and remains a popular mount in classic/ historic racing's 250 class.

This original example is part of the Brian Ditchfield collection, a retired engineer who ran a successful Sidecar GP team, finishing in the top 6 in the 2003 World Championship. Thought to have been approximately 58 'RES' versions of the Silverstone made in 1967 with perhaps only 19 still in existence, this one shows an early frame number of 102. It is presented in essentially original trim, still fitted with Dunlop Racing triangular tyres from the era and an un-silenced expansion chamber, although the fibreglass petrol tank had suffered with modern fuel and an aluminium replica has been made that still needs a fuel tank boss fitting to complete. The RES marked the zenith of the Silverstone's development and would continue in unaltered form into 1968, with production of the model ending that year. The bike has stood for a while, so will need recommissioning and comes supplied with various magazines and a CD ROM manual.

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Advert Details

Category:
Motorcycles
Reference number:
C1775313
Listed on:
26/09/2024
Make:
Greeves
Year:
1967
Colour:
Red
Seller type:
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