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[Adrian]

It would be nice if the Carberry or Norcroft vee twins could look as good as that... A.

[Vintage Keith]

Nitpicking apart, the video is of a 996K, not an 1140K or KX. Different beast (but undoubtedly still a beast).

2cvandy if your Dad used a KX for pre family transport, I suspect you are at least as old as me, so I think we'll see who lasts longest! If I could work out how to put a photo on here, you could see my bike attached to a chair back in the '60s. If you visit my little site, it has a page for the KX, although it is a work in progress, along with all my other stuff. Don't wish to alienate people by putting the url up too often, but it appears in a couple of other posts I made today.

Jan-Peter has responded to my email about the site, and he is viewing it soley as a means of drawing out any unknown owners. Within the site there are various databases that contain sensitive info, and he has only been able to elicit that info by promising not to disclose it/make it public. He also doesn't want to spend time segregating the site into public/nonpublic (for which I can't blame him). Time spent renovating bikes is better time spent than bashing the keys of a laptop or whatever.

Not aware of any "UK founders" of the site, Jan-Peter is in Germany (or somewhere close by).

[papasmurf]

Vintage Keith just for you I hope you speak Russian.

[Vintage Keith]

Excellent, that's more like it, this one is an 1140 K, can be identified by the non interchangeable back wheel (sprocket and brake drum on different sides), paint finish petrol tank and hand clutch. '38 or '39, as the instruments are in the headlamp, rather than in the tank top. Struggled with a couple of words, but got most of it!

[2cvandy]

Interesting site Keith. As for age, I was born in 1959, so that'll be when the Enfield got sold. I'm afraid I don't know what year it was or how long Dad owned it, but he would have been 24 in 1959 so he may not have been that much older than the bike! My sister has quite a collection of old family photos so I've emailed her to see if she can dig out a picture. I'll post it up in due course if she comes up with anything.

[Scalyback]

I think I might want one... What they ride like?

[Scalyback]

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They are fun to chase on foot... Go straight to 22 minutes.