January 25, 200521 yr Gonna chuck the cat amongst the pigeons on this one!!!! I dont think you have a Europa or Weekend......but the very first 323 JCM. See attached. Martin
January 25, 200521 yr Thats correct the Weekend did have the drum rear disc front and was red...it also had the fuel tank under the seat. If you look at the photo that coflet has supplied, the bike has drums front and back, conventional tank and the larger barrel....see this photo of a Europa and check out the different frame aswell. Also t-shock250......when are you gonna get that Jumbo motor in your bike? Martin
January 26, 200521 yr No JCM had upside down forks like in your picture! as t-shock 250 said the bottom of the engine on early gasggas and jcm were the same, used to gasgas gear selector rods quite often when they broke Edited January 26, 200521 yr by original
January 26, 200521 yr Agree on that Original....looks like someone nicked the front end off a Beta for this one! Original...as you are an ex JCM pilot......were the Europa's and SR's ever used at World Championship level, and if so who was riding them? I remember Coutard riding the 323....but cant think who was on the later stuff. Martin
January 26, 200521 yr Didn't Philip Alderson ride one for a season - probably only in the UK though. Still don't understand why the tank can't be put lower on modern bikes with the air intake much higher up.
January 27, 200521 yr Yes they were used in the world championship , a french rider called michele traini rode them i met him when he was on the SR , nice bloke couldnt speak a word of english, he just truned up at bob gollners with a handful of money didnt have a clue where merthyer tydfil (sp) was , pretty sure he got a 14th at one round.
February 16, 200521 yr Great Thread! I love the weird bikes! In '87 at USA world round, I rode 'round with Tony Scarlett and had had a JCM, Red with tank under seat. He was very friendly even though I was obviously not at WC level, fiving every section but one. In all fairrness it was pretty hard. Jay
February 16, 200521 yr It was 1989 when Birks rode one in the Scottish - JCM had a full factory team in the event, - The Europa Model featured a " Under the seat" Petrol tank - The bike worked fairly well once the carb was sorted and a few mods to the exhaust system.
March 2, 200521 yr OK .......who needs JCM spares....... All JCM parts are available from Dimitre Moyeno, he bought up all the remaining parts can be contacted on 00 33 381860318 hope your french is up to it.......if not e-mail me, he's a nice guy and like the rest of us passionate about the old stuff....
October 15, 200520 yr HI, I'm new to this forum. I have just Purchased another Jcm 240 Europa. I had one over 8 years ago now which I rode at expert level for as a school boy in the southern centre. I'm hoping to do my 1st trial on it next sunday after a 8 year break "Hello Yellow Route again". Here's a pic of me in my younger years on my Old JCM. My new one is green and i have know both previous owners from new!
October 18, 200520 yr funny i rode southern centre schoolboy experts on a JCM , i dont remember anyone else riding them in the expert class except for me ever!! I rode them from 1989 til 1992 if memory serves me right
October 19, 200520 yr I rode one for a year when you were in the schoolboys! Now that makes me old or you still young Mine was a blue framed 240, probably a year or two before you rode them.
October 20, 200520 yr nope i'm old so you must be to!!! i had the europa for 1 year then the SR for two years, in fact my dads rebuilding it now ,looks lovely all nice and clean!! wayne
May 22, 201214 yr funny i rode southern centre schoolboy experts on a JCM , i dont remember anyone else riding them in the expert class except for me ever!! I rode them from 1989 til 1992 if memory serves me right Just seen this post again while searching as im looking for a jcm again, Sorry to drag up an old post, I rode JCM in expert at club level in southern centre and rode southern centre rounds if my clubs were hosting them. I rode the intre centre for the southern centre in I think 93 up north hosted by Spen Valley Club. In the pic is me (59) and Andy Blackman (61), I Can't remember the others. We must have been riding different trials, Wayne.
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