Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)

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Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#7825

By ChasP - Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:57 pm

- Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:57 pm #7825

Hi All, hope it's ok to post here. I sold my 1954 500 Trials in 2007 or so to a chap who came to collect it near Stevenage. I've never seen one quite like it and would love to know if it's around anywhere and if possible, buy it back! Who knows!? If anyone's come across it, I'd love to know. It had quite an unusual exhaust..

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72186

By Mark M - Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:07 pm

- Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:07 pm #72186

That looks nice. What makes you think it's a 54 bike by the way? The engine and frame certainly aren't although the gearbox could be!

REgards, Mark

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72187

By Alan R - Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:54 pm

- Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:54 pm #72187

Adjusting the tappets must have been tricky ??------nice piece of pipe bending though..

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72188

By Alan R - Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:58 pm

- Tue Oct 31, 2017 11:58 pm #72188

DOH !!-- What am I saying ??-----------Working on the primary chain must have been tricky ? What's that pipe or cable coming over the tank ??

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72189

By ChasP - Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:47 am

- Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:47 am #72189

Thanks Chaps - The cable is the throttle. At the time I couldn't get it to run smoothly under the tank. I was told it was from 1954, and didn't know any better.

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72190

By Mark M - Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:27 pm

- Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:27 pm #72190

Tidy looking bike Charlie. Have you got any more details, was it road registered? Did the bloke come from Stevenage or buy it near there? The frame and engine are of a type introduced in 1956 so it's that year or later. I also have a Trials Works Replica 350 from late 1959 and I love it so I can see why you'd want it back!

REgards, Mark

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72191

By enfield_trials - Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:12 pm

- Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:12 pm #72191

i like the bike .. i think that this bike on youtube ,
watch the video many times in the past

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72192

By enfield_trials - Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:39 pm

- Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:39 pm #72192

if you not the one wheeling around in video , then this might be the new owner

Looking for my old bike (1954 Trials 500)#72193

By ChasP - Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:17 pm

- Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:17 pm #72193

Thanks for the inputs, yes, those are my videos - I miss my old Collie too!
The bike wasn't road registered, and it was me that lived near Stevenage, I can't remember where the chap came from. He and his mate must be at least 70 by now. I asked him to give me first refusal if he ever sold it, but I've moved and got a new phone etc. If I recall correctly, he answered my ad in Classic Bike magazine, maybe I could run another!