Greeves Classic Motorcycles - Classic Motorbikes

Year

Bike

Picture

Description

greeves griffin qub 380cc 1975

1958

1958 Greeves

Works bike ridden by factory rider Brian Stonebridge to gold in the 1958 International six days trial in the then West Germany. Image kindly provided by Andy Westlake.

1959

1959 greeves 250b

1959

Greeves 197cc Villiers Trials

1960

1960 greeves hawkstone scs scrambler

250cc, built in may 1960, left the factory on 27/5/1960 and was sold to the dealer grays of bridport in dorset . engine and gearbox built by john fryatt.

1960

1960 greeves trials bike, 250cc

1960

Greeves Hawkstone

1960

Greeves Hawkstone 250

1960

Greeves Scottish 24 TDS

Image kindly provided by www.classic-auctions.co.uk

1961

1961 greeves 24 tds

villiers 32a iron barrel engine, 250cc.

1961

1961 greeves motocross scrambler, 250cc

1961

greeves 1961 hawkstone villiers 200 classic scrambler

the greeves rolling chassis is believed to be 1961 with taper roller headstock and paddle hubs. this is fitted with a villiers 9e 200 cc engine, an ex kart racing with full circle flywheels, oval conrod, packed cases, modified barrel, new racing piston, strenghtened clutch, 930 concentric carburettor, the bore is good, engine and gearbox bearings appear ok no kickstart fitted, the internal pawl gear and spring have been removed, remainder of gearbox contents have not been modified so kickstart can be easily reinstated by purchasing these parts from one of the villiers component suppliers. no electrics, just a purpose made flywheel, with self extracting nut (as original flywheel) and a breaker cam for the battery powered coil ignition, the shaft is not modified so original, or modern ignition systems (motoplas etc) will fit or the battery system retained.

1961

Greeves Sports Twin

1962

Greeves 24MDS

1962

Greeves 32DC Sports Twin Roadster

1963

1963 greeves 250 essex sports twin, model 25dd

greeves are widely acknowledged to have been at the top of their game in the manufacturer of lightweight two strokes both road going and racing. frame number 25dd158 and engine number 718d 13708, which according to roy bacon’s villiers book makes it the 57th 25dd off the production line in 1963.

1963

1963 greeves 32dd essex twin

villiers 3t 324cc 2 stroke twin engine.

1963

1963 greeves scottish trials

1963

Greeves 20 DC Roadster

1963

Greeves B40

1963

Greeves Silverstone RAS

1964

1964 20dc greeves sports

1965

1965 greeves 250cc silverstone road racer

greeves entry into the world of road-racing was prompted by the efforts and success of reg everett who, during the 1962 season had campaigned a machine built from a combination of greeves roadster and motocross components. mr everett's success led to the factory developing their own racing model, which debuted at the 1962 earls court show. the new machine utilised a villiers derived engine and bore a price of £285.

1965

1965 greeves anglia trials, 250cc

1965

1965 greeves anglian

1965

1965 greeves challenger

greeves introduced the first of their challenger models in 1964. typed the mx1, the new model headed the range of moto cross machines from the thundersley factory and significantly introduced an engine designed by greeves and containing no villiers components. the barrel, head and crankcases were produced in-house, with the crankshaft assembly emanating from alpha bearings. an albion gearbox and clutch were used and the magneto was supplied stefa. the mx2 variant followed for the 1965 season incorporating a number of modifications to the transmission and was followed for the 1966 season by the mx3. the new model broke with greeves tradition with either ceriani telescopic forks or banana forks being specified in place of the greeves leading link design previously specified.

1965

Greeves 24TFS Scottish Trials

1965

Greeves 25DC Mk2 'East Coaster'

The East Coaster with Villiers 4T 250cc two stroke twin engine was the last roadster Greeves manufactured (other some police bikes) between 1964 & 1965. It was all black with silver tank panel & high rise bars. Intended as a USA export model of which around 125 were built, very few making it to America, and majority sold in UK.

1966

1966 greeves 250cc

1966

1966 greeves 250cc anglian trials

1966

1966 greeves tgs anglian

1966

Greeves Anglian

Ceriani front fork conversion.

1967

1967 greeves 250 ""tt"" challenger mx5e

the tt challenger wascommissioned by nicholson motors but onlya single batch ofabout 30 bikes were produced in 1967.

1967

1967 greeves challenger

greeves challenger sidecar outfit...greeves only ever made one works outfit and this is it. it was made for the 1966/7 winter series that was shown on grandstand by the bbc and ridden by alec wright. at the time there were no works outfits and derry preston-cobb thought it would be a perfect opportunity to get some publicity for greeves putting a two stroke against all the big four strokes. it was also entered in the welsh three-day.

1967

Greeves 250 Challenger "MX5"