As on the APICO/VESTY UK stand at this years UK Dirt bike show at Stonleigh-

Vesty's 1976 works Bultaco Sherpa- Go check it out if you are going tomorrow

See also the SUNOCO riding suit !-

Edited November 7, 200916 yr by pedronicman

Think its a happytime suit, sunoco was one of his sponsors possibly finnish tv company?

Sunoco is a US based oil and oils products company

After 30-odd years it's nice to know just what Vesty's sponsors actually produced, even if I was never in the market for their stuff, but it raises a point about sponsorship that has often passed through my mind.

I see a lot of sponsor names on the bikes "on the telly" but haven't a clue who most, if any, of them are or what they do and no doubt I'm not alone in that. It does rather make you wonder about the point of sponsorship from the publicity angle. Preaching to the converted?

I see a lot of sponsor names on the bikes "on the telly" but haven't a clue who most, if any, of them are or what they do and no doubt I'm not alone in that.

Easier now in 2009.............GOOGLE is your friend !!

Easier now in 2009.............GOOGLE is your friend !!

Oil industry press.......

Think its a happytime suit, sunoco was one of his sponsors possibly finnish tv company?

It is not the usual Happytime suit of a later period ,this had happytime down

each lenghth of the sleeve only.

Look closely on the sleeve and it has a "No. 1 Trials Team" badge which

was Vestys own trials parts company that he formed round that time

and a small Happytime badge below it.

The suit is from a different year to the bike possibly '77.

Happytime was owned by a friend of Vestys back in Finland

but not sure what it actually was.

Yes Sunoco is a US oil company.

Edited November 8, 200916 yr by pedronicman

Whos the bloke with no face in the Jitsie gear.

Obviously a future time traveler ... , Trying to figure out how to get the bike for some twinshock events !!!

I'd love to see some better pictures of this bike if anyone has any?

In Canada Sunoco is a trademark owned by Suncor Energy Inc. Suncor Energy Inc. is the parent company of Suncor Energy Products Inc. who market under the Sunoco brand in Eastern Canada.

Sunoco Inc. is the U.S. based manufacturer of petroleum and petrochemical products marketing under the Sunoco brand in the United States and operating worldwide.

Sunoco in Canada is unrelated to Sunoco in the United States which is operated by Sunoco Inc. of Philadelphia, PA.