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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Vintage Royal Enfield => Topic started by: The Garbone on May 24, 2011, 02:12:42 pm

Title: Here is an Ebay find...
Post by: The Garbone on May 24, 2011, 02:12:42 pm
Just round the corner...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280683489691
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Post by: TWinOKC on May 24, 2011, 04:29:50 pm
What a beauty only 548 miles, not even broken in.
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Post by: BRADEY on May 25, 2011, 07:37:09 am
Who said the Peanut Gas tanks belonged to Harleys  ;D
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 25, 2011, 05:05:31 pm
you have to c if u could get the required parts to get it in running order and crunch the numbers to see if it be worth your while...at least its not in parts in a box like many that we seen...is the clutch/clutch basket and cover missing?
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Post by: The Garbone on May 25, 2011, 05:52:09 pm
Ya, looks like it needs work.  I emailed the seller and the bike is actually in Deland (20+ miles away) and at over $900 its out of my budget for something I will not ride much.  If I could have get it for $500 or so, well..    I could give him a call and take a peak but at this point I don't want to waste 2 hours of mine and the sellers time on something I am not willing to purchase.

Just rechecked the description, he has a pretty good writeup now.. Interesting..
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Post by: GreenMachine on May 25, 2011, 09:55:34 pm
the dam thing doesn't start up..does it? It didn;t say one way or another and I took that as meaning it does not..u probably have to drop at least another 2k into it and do all the cleaning up and sraying it back to  I believe they said olive drab...
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Post by: ERC on May 26, 2011, 12:46:34 am
Nice project for somebody.  ERC
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Post by: olhogrider on May 26, 2011, 06:40:08 pm
I bid but was automatically outbid. Somebody wants it, bad.
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Post by: The Garbone on May 26, 2011, 09:27:40 pm
Well,  thought about this a bit more..  Was going to bid again but....

I think I will sell my f150 and get a Jeep instead....

http://orlando.craigslist.org/ctd/2402908132.html
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Post by: rotorwrench on May 27, 2011, 10:29:41 pm
Most folks call these bikes Flying Fleas due to there use during the war as an airdropable bike for partroop forces. They even had a neat little frame that they were secured into for the airdrop by parachute. They used to be a dime a dozen but have grown more scarce as time goes on. They were refered to as the model RE after the war and were sold from Redditch until the end of 1953 or so. Royal Enfield developed the 150 Ensign that basically replaced the model. The Indian version of the Ensign was named the Lance.

The 2-strokers were cheep and reliable little motorbikes. That Miller flywheel magneto might be a little hard to find now days. $1000 is pretty steep for a bike that is missing parts and crusty as it is.

Kerby
Title: Re: Here is an Ebay find...
Post by: kauai1800 on May 30, 2011, 09:08:01 pm
Sold! 6 bids and $1000
Pretty neat to hear the history of this bike. UK in 1944 was a pretty lean place.
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Post by: olhogrider on May 31, 2011, 05:52:44 am
That was the bid that beat mine!  Guess I should have gone higher. I could just see explaining why I bought bike number 7 and it doesn't run!
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Post by: bullethead63 on June 06, 2011, 06:39:20 pm
Ah...it was only $500 too much...when he's done putting another $1000 into it,it may be worth $1500...for the money,I'd rather have a decent used Bullet 500...