[karlosdeville]

This article appeared in yesterday's Indian Express featuring biker Anji Mehra.



Wheels of adventure

[riteshpawar]

Any of these bikes still being ridden in Mumbai or Pune ??

Owners of these bikes i have started a new topic :

Bikes of yesteryear and long forgotten : Anybody still riding them?

You are welcome to post your comments in this new topic with some photos of your beauties.

[raizada]

Royal Enfield....
dont know which model exactly

[82rawath]

Originally Posted by raizada

Royal Enfield....
dont know which model exactly

This is a J model of the lates 40's possibly a 1948 Model

[sudharma]

Originally Posted by Julian UK

Hi bikers I’m new here so just getting the hang of this image posting
Any Indian fans out there?

These two projects have taken up the last 2 years part time
1913 Indian 7HP (1000cc) single speed.




In my extremely spacious home workshop (don’t tell the landlord)


1916 Indian Powerplus (1000cc) 3 speed

Very nice job !!!!!!!!!

[yardshark]

Originally Posted by raizada

Royal Enfield....
dont know which model exactly

Wonderful find, is it going under restoration do put in some more photo's
and saw one like this at a workshop in north Kolkata with a mechanic
Pradeep. Is this the same one?

[thetjatt]

Originally Posted by raizada

Royal Enfield....
dont know which model exactly

Its Royal Enfield 250 cc

[sudharma]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

This article appeared in yesterday's Indian Express featuring biker Anji Mehra.

Attachment 477578

Wheels of adventure

Must be an Ariel Square-4, 1000 CC

[karlosdeville]

A friend saw 2 BSA singles on 2 occassions in 2 days in Bombay last week. Strange coincidence.

[r_nairtvm]

Originally Posted by Julian UK

I dislike all these modern monstrosities. Like Harleys, these days their biggest customers are greying men in their 50s in blue jeans trying to stay young
Compared to European bikes I find US bikes became rather gross and were only suited to travelling in a straight line for a long time, the early ones are nice though.

Hi Julian,

I have never seen my sentiments about HDs et al being expressed so eloquently.

I just had to express my appreciation here.

Also I am an admirer of your work with Vintage Bikes.

Best Regards

Ram

[karlosdeville]

Here are some bikes that had attended a great motorcyle-only event at Pune in 2002. Many entries had come all the way from Hyderabad.

[Leepower]

Karlosdeville, how do you guys maintain such beauties. My uncle owns a Matchess 500 in Pondy. He told me to take the bike to Pune. The bike needs a lot of repair. Do you know any mech who services Brits in Pune???

[voodoochild]

Leepower,
There's Mr. Arun Mane on Tilak Road. Very senior man who knows his stuff. He handles a lot of Jawas and Yezdis, including mine, and has done a few classic BMWs very well indeed, so I'm sure he'd be more than capable with a Matchless. i think I've mentioned him to you before. Gimme a call if you need details.

Cheers
Rahul

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Here are some bikes that had attended a great motorcyle-only event at Pune in 2002. Many entries had come all the way from Hyderabad.

Beautiful Sunbeam!! Would love to see one in the flesh in Pune!

[priyadarshan.b]

Originally Posted by voodoochild

Leepower,
There's Mr. Arun Mane on Tilak Road. Very senior man who knows his stuff. He handles a lot of Jawas and Yezdis, including mine, and has done a few classic BMWs very well indeed, so I'm sure he'd be more than capable with a Matchless. i think I've mentioned him to you before. Gimme a call if you need details.

Cheers
Rahul

Hi Rahul,
I've been to Mr. Mane's place several times. He is currently restoring a BMW single cylinder, i forgot the model name. But i think he mentioned once about restoring Norton / Matchless. Cant recall it now.

- Priyadarshan

[voodoochild]

Yeah, thats an R26 I think. There's a BMW twin at the back too, real nice looking! Apparently feels like riding on a fat cow he says