Author Topic: Not Monkey Ward, sears Puch Allstate twingle, cl, $2k (Read 2680 times)

chuck peterson · « **on:** October 02, 2021, 06:00:17 AM »

So……………who needs a double?

I’d buy that just based on the condition of his workspace….right?

Love the dual tanks…nice grey handgrips

Really cool period piece…I guess I’m attracted to antiques now…must come w age..”oh look it’s still running………just like me..”

Posted a month ago, I hope it’s getting some attention

https://hartford.craigslist.org/mcy/d/coventry-puch-twingle/7376321165.html

steven c · « **Reply #1 on:** October 02, 2021, 06:36:27 AM »

Boy that's tempting. Cool little tiddler.

JJ · « **Reply #2 on:** October 02, 2021, 07:33:47 AM »

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't SEARS sell ALLSTATE....and Montgomery Wards sold Benelli, along with Puch, Gilera, and other European brands?

Madtownguzzi · « **Reply #3 on:** October 02, 2021, 07:48:52 AM »

The bike is from Sears not Wards.

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 02, 2021, 07:50:28 AM »

JJ, you are right of course. I had a Bianchi scooter that I bought used. The PO told me that it was imported by Macy's, but I believe that Wards actually sold them but I am not sure about that.
kk

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2021, 07:52:15 AM »

Yeah, Sears.. and you can tell the seller knows his way around tools..

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 02, 2021, 07:57:11 AM »

He has a nice well organized shop, unlike mine.
kk

brider · « **Reply #7 on:** October 02, 2021, 08:43:32 AM »

Yes, good to see a vintage bike that's been dialed-in mechanically and is still stock. That's my plan for my '71 Ambo.

HOW did this design get away with mounting the passenger pegs to the mufflers, with no obvious support to the frame? Looks like the mufflers are just cantilevered off the clamps to the headers.

JJ · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2021, 10:02:12 AM »

When I was in high school, a buddy of mine had one of these 106cc singles...Made by Gilera, I believe. We used to flog it around the trails on his family's farm in upstate New York. It was a cool little bike!

Antietam Classic Cycle · « **Reply #9 on:** October 02, 2021, 10:25:19 AM »

Quote from: brider on October 02, 2021, 08:43:32 AM

HOW did this design get away with mounting the passenger pegs to the mufflers, with no obvious support to the frame? Looks like the mufflers are just cantilevered off the clamps to the headers.

The pegs are mounted to the mufflers. The mufflers are supported by a tube between them that goes through the lower rear of the frame. The front of the mufflers goes through a tubular support as well. There's still quite a bit muffler aft of the rear support tube, but it's never been shown to be an issue.

Stretch · « **Reply #10 on:** October 02, 2021, 11:09:24 AM »

Very cool little bike!

-Stretch

brider · « **Reply #11 on:** October 02, 2021, 08:48:51 PM »

The more I stare at it, the more I want it. Those are some COOOOL lines, and the guy did a great job on the front wheel and hub.

Did anyone notice the Wallace & Gromit poster on the wall? I like the guy, whoever he is.

brider · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2021, 09:20:11 AM »

I took a ride out and looked at this rascal yesterday, so I'll put a plug in for it here.

I am still ruminating the impact of bringing it home (financial, logistical,

), but if anyone was looking for a classic weird bike with ALL the mechanicals dialed in, fixed, and sorted-out in a professional way, this is the bike. The owner definitely knows his bikes and knows what he's doing.

The wheels and hubs look so good because he un-laced the old wheels, installed new rims, polished the hubs, and re-laced the wheels himself. Did everything on this thing mechanically to bring it up to snuff. Cleaned it meticulously so there is not a speck of grease or dirt, and lubed/adjusted/replaced everything that needed lubing/adjusting/replacing. Re-packed the mufflers. Somehow, amazingly, there was not a drop of oil underneath. Still retains the cool, aged, original patina.

Guy has an amazing work area with milling tools and such. I am kind of amazed that it's still available, but I'd just like anyone interested who can't view it personally to know that it's the real deal.

Mayor_of_BBQ · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2021, 10:13:51 AM »

DANG! I'm in but it's a 25hr round trip drive! AND no truck at the moment. sheesh I guess thats a good thing cause I'd take it in a heartbeat.

No one is driving CT to NC/TN anytime soon, eh?

wymple · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2021, 06:31:55 PM »

My 20 year old BIL bought one of these back when I was in high school. It was cool, and he never had issues with it. He got rid of it to buy a beautiful blue 1973 TX650 Yamaha.

krglorioso · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2021, 10:49:46 PM »

In 1961-'62, I worked as a mechanic for Montgomery Motors, Mt. Vernon, NY. We were BSA-Ariel-Velocette dealers and worked on whatever came into the shop. Sears in Mt. Vernon approached us to be the "official Allstate motorcycle repair station" and so we were. I did de-cokes on many of these Puch twingles. Remember, this was when the norm for 2 strokes' lubrication was a half-pint of 30 weight motor oil to a gallon of leaded gas.

Ralph

Ncdan · « **Reply #16 on:** October 05, 2021, 08:19:36 AM »

This thread brings back a fond memory. When I was a kid a buddy and neighbor, who was a couple years older than I, got a Sears Allstate 175cc. It was yellows in color.
It was the first motorcycle I ever rode and I was the passenger. He took me for a ride down a dirt road beside where his family owned a neighborhood Shell Service Station.
The temperature was near freezing that night but I only remember the extreme joy of riding a motorcycle for the first time.
A few months later i bought a used 1965 Honda 65cc bike with my tobacco money at the end of the season. My buddy pal and I road the country backroads of Wallburg NC many miles for for the next couple years.
Thanks for the memory!

Dan

John A · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2021, 11:49:20 AM »

https://youtu.be/J7-KTidmoD0
Video on twingles

Antietam Classic Cycle · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2021, 12:11:18 PM »

Quote from: John A on October 05, 2021, 11:49:20 AM

https://youtu.be/J7-KTidmoD0
Video on twingles

As usual, his videos leave out a few facts. TWN (Triumph-Werke Nürnberg AG) also built "twingles".

Antietam Classic Cycle · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2021, 01:37:07 PM »

Quote from: SoCV on October 05, 2021, 12:47:09 PM

DKW and Jawa also .

Dusty

Split-singles? Never seen one from either.

SIR REAL ED · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2021, 06:52:04 PM »

Quote from: chuck peterson on October 02, 2021, 06:00:17 AM

So……………who needs a double?

I’d buy that just based on the condition of his workspace….right?

Love the dual tanks…nice grey handgrips

Really cool period piece…I guess I’m attracted to antiques now…must come w age..”oh look it’s still running………just like me..”

Posted a month ago, I hope it’s getting some attention

https://hartford.craigslist.org/mcy/d/coventry-puch-twingle/7376321165.html

Definitely a chic magnet!!!!!

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 06, 2021, 07:35:48 AM »

My first ride on a motorcycle was on the back of a Jawa Twingle.
kk

Antietam Classic Cycle · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2021, 08:53:58 AM »

Never heard of any Jawa with a split single...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-single_engine

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