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LOT 126

The Dale Winfield Motorcycle Collection 1964 Greeves 250cc Essex Twin Motorcycle Combination Registration no. ADA 84B Frame no. 25DD 161 Engine no. 228D 11723

Sold for £4,830 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 126

The Dale Winfield Motorcycle Collection, 1964 Greeves 250cc Essex Twin Motorcycle Combination

The Dale Winfield Motorcycle Collection
1964 Greeves 250cc Essex Twin Motorcycle Combination
Registration no. ADA 84B
Frame no. 25DD 161
Engine no. 228D 11723

Greeves first twin-cylinder models of the mid-1950s used the Anzani engine and it was not until 1957 that the first Villiers-engined twin - the 25D Fleetwing - appeared. For 1961 the roadster twins were updated with a new scrambler-based frame, and in 1963 the range was expanded with the introduction of the Essex Twin, which was effectively a development of the Sportsman Twin, using the latter's 250cc 17bhp Villiers 2T engine and cycle parts broadly similar apart from the Essex's Moorland Blue colour scheme and deeply valanced mudguards.

One of only 239 built between 1963 and 1965, this smartly presented Essex Twin is attached to a lightweight Watsonian Bambini child's sidecar and has been on static display within the reception of The Winfield's headquarters for decades. The odometer reading is 359 miles (presumably the distance covered since restoration) and the Greeves was last taxed in 1998. Accompanying paperwork consists of an V5C, the original RF.60 logbook recording the machine as a 'bicycle' (solo); expired MoTs for 1994 and 1997; and photocopy V5 registration documents in the name of the previous owner (from 1988) and the late vendor, who purchased it in 1995. There is also some photocopied material on the model. Following a period of inactivity, this motorcycle will require recommissioning or possibly more extensive restoration before returning to the road and thus is sold strictly as viewed. One key present.

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