
LOT 350
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection 1961 Greeves 249cc 25DC Sports Twin Registration no. 534 CBW Frame no. 61/1734 (see text) Engine no. 237D 10620
Sold for £3,680 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 350
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection, 1961 Greeves 249cc 25DC Sports Twin
The Autumn Stafford Sale – The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|14 October 2023, 10:30 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
The Anthony R. East Classic Motorcycle Collection
1961 Greeves 249cc 25DC Sports Twin
Registration no. 534 CBW
Frame no. 61/1734 (see text)
Engine no. 237D 10620
1961 Greeves 249cc 25DC Sports Twin
Registration no. 534 CBW
Frame no. 61/1734 (see text)
Engine no. 237D 10620
Greeves' unorthodox trademarks of a cast beam 'down-tube' 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. Greeves first twin-cylinder roadsters of the mid-1950s used the Anzani engine and it was not until 1957 that the first Villiers-engined twin - the 25D Fleetwing – appeared, powered by the four-speed Villiers 249cc 2T engine. For 1959 the 25D was renamed Sports Twin, its designation changing to 25DB. It cost £199 15s, with the scrambles models' 'paddle fin' hubs an optional extra at £4 10s. For 1961 the 250 and 350 roadster twins were updated with a new scrambler-based frame with the one-piece rear sub-frame, becoming the 25DC and 32DC respectively.
First registered June 1961 and acquired by Tony East in May 2002, this Greeves Sports Twin is presented in fully restored condition and currently displays a total of 1,258 miles on the odometer. The machine was last taxed in May 2006. Accompanying documentation includes a (copy) old-style continuation logbook (issued 1972); a Norton Villiers engines maintenance manual; BMS workshop manual; SORN paperwork; expired MoT (2005); and old/current V5Cs. One key present. It should be noted that the frame started life in a 24TDS Scottish trials model.
First registered June 1961 and acquired by Tony East in May 2002, this Greeves Sports Twin is presented in fully restored condition and currently displays a total of 1,258 miles on the odometer. The machine was last taxed in May 2006. Accompanying documentation includes a (copy) old-style continuation logbook (issued 1972); a Norton Villiers engines maintenance manual; BMS workshop manual; SORN paperwork; expired MoT (2005); and old/current V5Cs. One key present. It should be noted that the frame started life in a 24TDS Scottish trials model.
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