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Motorcycle Discussions => Identify these bikes! => Topic started by: VintageBike on October 25, 2006, 03:47:09 AM

Title: Another unknown bike....
Post by: VintageBike on October 25, 2006, 03:47:09 AM

Can anyone identify the bike in this fantastic photo...?

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Period%20Pictures/pages/Alpine.htm

Any ideas?

Cheers

Nigel.

Title: Re: Another unknown bike....
Post by: 33d6 on October 27, 2006, 11:08:32 PM

Hi Nigel,
What a fantastic photo! Do you know exactly where it was taken? What is the story behind it? If I lived in Italy I'd be looking for that exact spot to take a current photo.
To me the bike looks very much like a mid-late 20's Rudge. Just before the intro of the saddle tank.
Cheers, Bob

Title: Re: Another unknown bike....
Post by: VintageBike on October 27, 2006, 11:18:24 PM

Thanks for the info.  I've passed it on to the owner of the pictures.  They are really stunning aren't they!  I just love the pose - they certainly knew how to stand for the camera!  

Cheers

Nigel.

P.S. have you seen the other fantastic (unconnected) picture I've posted at http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Period%20Pictures/pages/Bike-Builders.htm

Title: Re: Another unknown bike....
Post by: 33d6 on October 29, 2006, 05:37:15 PM

Hi Nigel,
Yes, I've looked at the factory photo and can't place the make.
I'd say from the style of the bike and that they all appear to be fitted with the CS Sturmey Archer gearbox that it is immediately post WWI. From the size of the flywheel I'd guess it is a Blackburne engine and the front forks are Brampton Bi-Flex.
In other words a  bike assembled from bought in components as was common in those days but who knows what name it was sold under. I suppose I could plow through my copy of "The Motor Cycle Index 1913-1924" and hazard a guess but I'd prefer someone who knows to tell us.
Cheers, Bob

Title: Re: Another unknown bike....
Post by: VintageBike on December 02, 2006, 02:19:42 AM

There's a bit more info on the Alpine picture.  
http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Period%20Pictures/pages/ Alpine.htm
It is now believed to be a Puch.  Anyone got an opinion on this?

Regards

Nigel.

Title: Re: Another unknown bike....
Post by: TriSpec on December 08, 2006, 05:24:23 PM

The HG Burnley registration dates it from 1930/31. (Not 'HC' as their odd registrations were allocated to cars.

Peter C.

Title: Re: Another unknown bike....
Post by: VintageBike on March 22, 2007, 03:41:03 PM

It seems that the identification of the beautiful bike in the Alps is no closer.  Feedback from Michael Siedlhofer of Austria:

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Definitely not Heiligenblut on the Glocknerstraße between Kärnten and Salzburg and definitely no Puch of any type,sorry.But Type of landscape and time of photo could fit.My guess:somwhere in South-Tyrol(Dolomiti)and a Belgian bike

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To save you digging for the link, it;s at http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Period%20Pictures/pages/Alpine.htm

Cheers

Nigel.