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Title: What bike is this
Post by: tris on June 29, 2023, 05:14:31 PM

I've been clearing my dads house and found this photo of my paternal Grandmother
I never knew that she rode, and on the back it says that she had 4 layers of clothes on!!


(https://i.ibb.co/8db5626/IMG-20230501-WA0000.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8db5626)


Question is what's the bike  but I'd assume that it's something British

Cheers

Tris

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: guido guzzi on June 29, 2023, 06:49:01 PM

What a find!   :thumb: Unfortuantely I  have no idea on the bike. What year was the picture taken?

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Zenermaniac on June 29, 2023, 07:09:38 PM

Looks like a 1934 Montgomery Deluxe 350 to me. Very rare today.

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: tris on June 30, 2023, 02:09:28 AM

Quote from: Zenermaniac on June 29, 2023, 07:09:38 PM

Looks like a 1934 Montgomery Deluxe 350 to me. Very rare today.

Thanks Z

I've never heard of Montgomery  :huh
I was expecting Triumph/BSA/Matchless/etc.

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Zenermaniac on June 30, 2023, 07:36:27 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Motorcycles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Motorcycles)

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: tris on June 30, 2023, 03:16:55 PM

Thanks again Z

I think that a trip to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham might be in order  - they might have one

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Zenermaniac on June 30, 2023, 03:31:59 PM

Wow! Just looked that museum up. I could spend all day there.

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: ray bear on June 30, 2023, 07:41:56 PM

The lower frame doesnt look correct for a montgomery , the bike shown has a twin tube lower frame where as the montgomery has a stressed member using engine as frame , I am just guessing, Im normally always wrong so my wife keeps telling me. Ray

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: dguzzi on July 02, 2023, 12:39:29 PM

  Rudge entered my mind, but i'm only guessing.

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: JJ on July 02, 2023, 01:53:58 PM

Quote from: ray bear on June 30, 2023, 07:41:56 PM

The lower frame doesnt look correct for a montgomery , the bike shown has a twin tube lower frame where as the montgomery has a stressed member using engine as frame , I am just guessing, Im normally always wrong so my wife keeps telling me. Ray

My first guess was a Norton single from the period (??) Never heard of a Montgomery...(??)  Could be, I guess...(??)


(https://i.ibb.co/QH85bmZ/Screen-Shot-2023-07-02-at-11-52-37-AM.png) (https://ibb.co/QH85bmZ)



(https://i.ibb.co/6n6hbn7/Screen-Shot-2023-07-02-at-11-55-28-AM.png) (https://ibb.co/6n6hbn7)


Also, you should be able to somewhere research and identify that front plate:  HMV416

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: Muzz on July 04, 2023, 05:36:39 PM

The Montgomery shown has an angled motor, the photo appears to have the motor vertical.

I have no idea what it is, my first thought looking at the chaincase was Velocette. Changed my mind, toolbox in the wrong place, in fact, the oonly bikes I can find with the toolbox where it is , is the Norton.

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: tris on July 05, 2023, 12:35:57 PM

If I'm lucky the NMM will have a register of number plates or a knowledgeable bloke hanging around 😀

I shall report back once I get there

Thanks for all the ideas

Title: Re: What bike is this
Post by: AJ Huff on July 05, 2023, 01:00:39 PM

BSA Silver Star looks really close, but still isn't it.

-AJ