April 10, 201610 yr A little project I had to do. Brian Stonebridge nsu greeves scrambles bike. Now I should sell it as other commitments. Includes wheels. Is the bike the original one or a replice/reproduction?
April 10, 201610 yr It was purchased together by my father fitted with NSU engine and was running. I fitted the fold up footrests and frame strengthener. There are no records to my knowledge of frame and engine number of the Brian bike
July 3, 201610 yr My first bike was a Greeves Scottish way back in 1963. Had a few Greeves since then. When I retired a few years back I decided to bag another Greeves for old times sake and because it felt a bit odd not having a trials bike or, more specifically, a Greeves cluttering the shed, even though I'm now way too old to ride trials, and I'm retired in France where trials are few and far between, and my dodgy ticker would probably have a fit with the physical exertion of attempting to finish a trial, even an easy one. Anyways..., I was extremely fortunate to snap up this splendid TES a couple of years ago which was lovingly restored by Nick Cooke. Apparently it started life being built by Don Hitchcock for the 1964 Scottish complete with chromed bits as a tongue-in-cheek mickey-take statement of one-upmanship to Don Smith and his blinged-up chrome-plated TES. At the time Don Hitchcock was a Greeves semi-works sponsored rider who specialised in continental enduros and the ISDT, as well as acting occasionally as Dave Bickers' mechanic at continental meetings. Due to his close ties with the Greeves factory he was able to have access to various special parts such as (I believe) the original banana forks (now replaced). Whe I bought the bike it had a fibreglass Anglian petrol tank which, unfortunately, was blistering due to the ethanol additive in modern petrol. The tank was binned and replaced by a metal item hand made by Holtworks. Looks rather splendid, wot? Lack of use and old age dictate that I regretfully have put the bike up for sale.
November 22, 20169 yr Here is an action shot of my TFS after a trial last year. The front mudguard lost an argument with a tree!
March 9, 20179 yr Saw this topic and though i would add my greeves. Its a 1960 with an anglian tank and barrel, wes exhaust, ty back box, norton fork and some other stuff
March 12, 20179 yr Trailered the Greeves to my local, Show And Shine. Then home and rode in my 77 Honda, CJ250T. whitehillbilly
May 31, 20188 yr I know the Greeves traditionalists always poo poo'd them, but I found my Pathfinder really competitive.
June 1, 20188 yr 5 hours ago, majesty said: I know the Greeves traditionalists always poo poo'd them, but I found my Pathfinder really competitive. That is a sweet bike!
June 14, 20188 yr 4 minutes ago, section swept said: It just looks so right!?? Been back for a third look, really good looking bike that!
July 6, 20188 yr Greeves deserved more success with that, after finally ditching Villiers and the RSJ.
July 17, 20188 yr On 30/12/2013 at 10:50 AM, laird387 said: Hi, Another image to waken the memory banks, from the offroadarchive, shows Bill Wilkinson on his Greeves with Peter Gaunt walking up the section behind him and Don Smith (spectator on far left of image) carefully checking his choice of lines. Without checking further I reckon it's on the lower approach to 'Hollinsclough'. Enjoy Is that Don Smith, top left with the sideburns?
July 17, 20188 yr Author Yes that is definitely Don Smith top left corner, behind him I believe is Dave Hobbs another eastern centre rider who used to ride for met police team ? and of course behind him is Malc Rathmell.
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