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£3,000 - £3,500
1964 Greeves Sports 20DC single, 197cc. Registration number YFW 850. Frame number 61 4275 (see text). Engine number D10 275/276, Villers 9E 246D 8994.
Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'downtube' and rubber-in-torsion leading-link fork proved adaptable to almost all forms of motorcycle from humble commuter to clubman's road-racer, but it was the firm's off-road products which really put it on the map, generating valuable publicity that helped sell the roadsters. For the 1959 season there were two new road models: the 24DB Sports Single and 25DB Sports Twin, the former powered by Villiers' 31A engine and the latter by their 2T. 'Paddle fin' hubs, as fitted to the Hawkstone scrambler, were an extra-cost optional.
This machine was owned by Paul Pacey of Lincoln in 1985 and by Oliver Rackham of Nottingham from 1996. It was put back on the road in 2006 by him and re-issued its original registration number, presumably restored by him at the same time. By our cataloguers reckoning it should be listed with DVLA as a 1961 number as per the frame number61 4275. In 2014 Nicholas Cooper bought it selling it to our vendor in 2016. Used for display purposes only recommissioning will be required before road use.
Sold with the V5C, V5 and two MOT's from 1995 and 1996.
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