This site is to keep a record of my scrambler restores
They were raced by my dad back in the 70's and when he retired from racing, they were all left in the back of a shed for storage.
Site will be updated as i progress
LOOKING FOR A LOCAL COMPANY ENGINE BUILDER IN THE SOUTH (HANTS) ANY IDEAS?
Owners history
I first starting racing on a obsolete Cheney Gold Star for my first season, then came a 250 Greeves Challenger and a Jim Rob Matchless/Arial Metisse,
rode both classes. I then sold the Greeves and swapped the Gold Star for a 250 Bultaco Metisse. I then bought a Rickman B44/Weslake Metisse and then after a year had a Cheney built with a B44. I was running both bikes for a while. Decided in the end that the B44/Weslake was the better engine & the Cheney was the better frame. In hindsight there wasn't much in it, both equally heavy compared to the strokers. I had a spell in 1968/9 on a 250 Husky (rode both classes) Then came the B50MX (This one) & later still the Cheney B50 (The other on this site) after that. I then tried to make the Cheney B50 more competitive with a suspension update by Eric (Cheney) to modify the frame for more travel and fit a pair of Ohlins piggyback shocks. Finished racing in the late 70's, early 80's on Maico's while the obsolete BSA's were left at home.
Click picture below for the vintage photos
They were raced by my dad back in the 70's and when he retired from racing, they were all left in the back of a shed for storage.
Site will be updated as i progress
LOOKING FOR A LOCAL COMPANY ENGINE BUILDER IN THE SOUTH (HANTS) ANY IDEAS?
Owners history
I first starting racing on a obsolete Cheney Gold Star for my first season, then came a 250 Greeves Challenger and a Jim Rob Matchless/Arial Metisse,
rode both classes. I then sold the Greeves and swapped the Gold Star for a 250 Bultaco Metisse. I then bought a Rickman B44/Weslake Metisse and then after a year had a Cheney built with a B44. I was running both bikes for a while. Decided in the end that the B44/Weslake was the better engine & the Cheney was the better frame. In hindsight there wasn't much in it, both equally heavy compared to the strokers. I had a spell in 1968/9 on a 250 Husky (rode both classes) Then came the B50MX (This one) & later still the Cheney B50 (The other on this site) after that. I then tried to make the Cheney B50 more competitive with a suspension update by Eric (Cheney) to modify the frame for more travel and fit a pair of Ohlins piggyback shocks. Finished racing in the late 70's, early 80's on Maico's while the obsolete BSA's were left at home.
Click picture below for the vintage photos