I get a fair few bikes, cars, quads and sidecars in the workshop.

Here's last nights visitor which I thought the connoisseurs amongst you may like to see. Built in 1987 the bike features a frame built in two halves and a home made injection system which works to this day. An impressive build from a guy working in his shed.

Very interesting bike, thanks for posting.

I hope business is booming, I quite often see your name and company mentioned in the bike mags.

Thanks Mike. Business is good thanks. At last the sun's shining and I'm on 12+ hours a day. Pleased to say that our reputation is good. Oddly enough 99% of our work comes from forums.

No advertising needed = lower costs = lower prices = happy customer = no advertising needed. Long may it continue.

Looks nice, but as i don't know much about bikes, where's the rear suspension?

I love the way that you imply that working 12 hours a day is good! Maybe it is in the right job

Do you know who the builder of the frame and tank at all.? Looks very 'Harris' to me, could have been a one off by them.

Hi and thanks for the comments.

Werner. The rear shock is not on the bike as I'm going to be building that on Monday. The two pushrods on the swingarm feed up to a single rocker arm and the shock is then installed vertically between the other end of the rocker and the swingarm in the same axis as the swingarm pivot. Very similar to an inboard setup on a 7 or other car.

Joel. This is a very seasonal business. The winters are very quiet so it is very much a case of making hay while the sun is shining. And yes I do love what I do.

Dualist. The builder was there. Those are his feet you can see in the black espadrilles. He'd have been in his early 20s when he built the bike. He lives about 15 miles away from me. Oddly enough its the only bike he's ever built. And yes, it does bear some resemblance to the early Harris chassis. Lots of straight largish dia tube is fairly distinctive. The tank(s) again he made himself from 0.6mm steel welded with oxy-acetylene. The front tank is the oil for the dry sump. Not that easy but a beautiful job.

Cheers,

Mike