So, after a lot of messing about I have decided that the next bike will be a BSA. I was going to go for a Greeves and was all set to have a replica of Alan Nicklins bike, however after a few false starts and failed promises I decided that there were other options.
As I said in a previous post the choices were really around a villiers engine or a unit 4 stroke and as the 2 strokes are so fashionable at the moment they seem to demand too much money for what they are (after all a basic 40 yr old 2 stroke engine should not need to cost over £1500 to get it ready for a competitive trials bike), I decided that the way to go would be a 250 or 350 BSA.
I had asked around and the feedback I received was that the 250 lump produced a machine that gripped better in the Midlands mud.
After a few weeks of looking and chasing lost causes (plus a few hundred miles of chasing about) I finally found what I was looking for in Hereford (30 mins from home) of all places.
An managed to find a rather special engine ready to drop into a bike - a B25 engine with an alloy barrel and a C15 head, PVL ignition, a WD trials gearbox, bored to 270cc and totally rebuilt ready to go!
A find that was too good to pass up, especially when many other parts for the bike were also available from the same person (B40 frame, wheels - ally rims on Bantam Hubs and a pair of forks) so the project is well under way already in the Dad the Builder's shed!
The photos are of the engine on the bench - real thing of beauty to look at, heres hoping that it runs as well as it looks!
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