laird387 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Hi, Winner of the 1962 Colmore Cup trial, Pat Brittain with his works Royal Enfield Crusader. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hi, Peter Stirland rides the works Crusader for the first time in the Williams Rose Bowl trial in October 1959. He took a win, first time out on the bike. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Hi, Another Cecil Bailey shot, Peter Stirland on his works Royal Enfield Crusader. Sadly, don't know where, don't know when. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Hi, And here, modelling the Royal Enfield Crusader in this year's Royal Powder Blue with matching accessories is newcomer to the fashion world Alan Morewood. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Hi, I think I'm going to start a 'First Aid Tent' section for lost children! This is one of a huge pile of negatives that was parted from its identity during one of our house moves, it looks to me like the 'Old Codgers' on Hungry Hill in about 1998 - but that;s a guess - so over to you, does anybody recognise the rider? Nice detail of a Crusader though - enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hi, On the Royal Enfield Crusader at Gypsy Hollow in 1962. Arthur Dovey’s memories of the little Enfield are less than complimentary! The Enfield was purchased from Lawton and Wilson, but Arthur found he just couldn’t ride it. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi, Regular competitors in the early British Bike and then the Sammy Miller series, were the Peeling brothers from the Reading area. Way back in the day they had favoured the sidecar competitions, but then their allegiance swopped to a pair of Royal Enfield Crusaders. Here we see Mick Peeling in the Three Musketeers trial. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Hi, The 'other' Peeling brother, Mick, seen some years ago(!!) on his very tidy Royal Enfield Crusader. Enjoy. (Sparks - checking around, this apparently is the Gaunt version, a 360cc. Well spotted, Deryk) Edited March 22, 2014 by laird387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks2 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hi, The 'other' Peeling brother, Mick, seen some years ago(!!) on his very tidy Royal Enfield Crusader. Enjoy. Hi Is this (617 JGU) the experimental 350cc Crusader built by (or for) Peter Gaunt ?? Regards Sparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Hi sparks, I don't think so - will have to ask Peter next time I see him - I always thought he used bits from Peter Fletcher's 'stock of useful parts' - but I will look on any pics of Peter on the Crusader+ and see what his regd. no. was. Cheers. In the meantime here is Mick Peeling with another of his Enfields. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks2 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Hi sparks, I don't think so - will have to ask Peter next time I see him - I always thought he used bits from Peter Fletcher's 'stock of useful parts' - but I will look on any pics of Peter on the Crusader+ and see what his regd. no. was. Cheers. In the meantime here is Mick Peeling with another of his Enfields. Enjoy. Thanks for your reply Deryk. But the barrel does look taller than normal - the tank has had to be sculpted on the bottom. Could RE experts tell by counting the fins?? Edited March 20, 2014 by sparks2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Hi sparks, My understanding of Peter Gaunt's modifications ( one of the main reasons the task was started was that the factory told him it was not possible.........) was that he bored the flywheels closer to the rim for the connecting rod and welded up the old holes, then scraped and shaped the base of the piston to give clearance for the flywheels - so there should be no clues in the outward appearance. The real 'tight fit' was when Fearless Fred shoe-horned a 500 Bullet motor into his Crusader frame - and naturally, I have photos of that. Without checking memory suggests that was 98 DNW' Cheers. (Decided to have a hunt and here is Peter on the 500 Crusader in the 1966 Scottish - enjoy.) Edited March 20, 2014 by laird387 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Hi, I can't tell you who this Enfield Crusader rider is - but he is in a 1970s Shawforth Shake. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Hi, Another image from my pile of negatives that have lost their identity. The rider is navigating the Stratford Tony Splash in the Arbuthnot and the bike looks like an Enfield Crusader - so that would be one of the army of 'helpers' from the Salisbury club that rode non-eligible bikes in the trial proper - but were there to help the golden oldies through any awkward deep mud - or whatever. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hi, When Royal Enfield introduced the Crusader all of their 'works' riders were given one to evaluate. Here Peter Fletcher is seen on 250 RE, the one that ended up in Barrie Rodgers' stable. Peter just couldn't take to the Crusader - waste of space, was his view. But bear in mind Peter was a member of the West Leeds club, whose home ground and regular practice area was Post Hill. Now Peter is a big lad - and the main slope of the actual 'Post Hill' - the freak hill climb that attracted knock-out hill climbs for the 'Yorkshire Post' trophy, hence the name - had a slope that was measured, in old money, at 1:1.4 - and I can tell you from bitter personal experience, that is as near vertical as I ever wanted to try and ride up........ That is why Peter opted to shoe-horn a Bullet 500 motor into a Crusader frame and ride as a privateer....... Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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