Prince George Vintage Motorcycle Club

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Title: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:27:48 PM

Mooching around in a town called Tehachapi close to Bakersfield ca and came across this guys shed full of, you guessed it, bikes. Mainly Greeves. All in running order the main one against the truck is his daily runabout. It is a '63 he bought in '64 and has rebuilt it 3 times. The BSA is a 650 Street/Tracker ready for rebuild.
Nice what you find when you ain't looking

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:29:07 PM

next pic - by the way the car the BSA is caually leaning against is an E-Type Jag -BOO HOO

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:30:38 PM

Rickman with a Villiers engine

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:31:47 PM

Street Greeves

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:32:59 PM

Trials (SDIT) Greeves

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:34:29 PM

Greeves Griffon Special

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 26, 2012, 09:35:58 PM

Bunch of Greeves Tanks waiting for a home

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Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: fast1 on February 27, 2012, 10:50:36 PM

  Interesting lot of bikes. Like the tank on the blue one---roy had a Greeves like that but wouldn't sell just the tank, of course he wanted twice what the whole bike was. His was missing the engine and many key components. Of course as soon as I found out what it was he thought it was special. Unmistakable forks on those gems. Thanks for sharing!!

Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: Billy Thunder on February 28, 2012, 09:54:32 AM

I lived in Bakersfield in the early '70s. The oil fields were full of dirt bikes every weekend.

Title: Re: Down in the Desert - sort of
Post by: BRUMMIEBEEMER on February 28, 2012, 11:21:41 AM

Last day in the desert today. Desert Hot Springs was a balmy 38 deg f last night. Yup a bit of a dip from the 80 deg 2 nights ago. Head back to the snow tomorrow. Its been a good 4 weeks down here, unfortunately the waistline has took a bit of a beating, must work on it when I get back.