As an aspiring master of trivia I have to point that it's 'Bob Currie'.

I met him only once and that at a VMCC Oxford Section clubnight probably in the early 70's.
His knowledge of the British motorcycle industry was encyclopaedic. It was a truly
memorable evening.

Ah, many a true word spoken in jest.

Page 142 of Bacon's 'Book of the Gold Star and Other Singles' has
a photo of Jeff Smith - in a suit-and-tie sort of suit, not Barbour -
riding the Lucas-BSA prototype electric bike at, I think, Earl's Court
at the show in 1965.

The engine was a BSA engine, used I think in the Beagle. UK Pixies had a 50cc variant - the Beagles full 75cc was fitted to export Pixies. Val Page's original engine design was not used - Turner's revenge perhaps. There is an interesting story on the Pixie's development in American Motorcyclist Apr....

I knew I'd seen it somewhere . . .

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My personal preference would be for the W/NG. In my book it's more 'Original' but
I'm in the fortunate position of having both rigid and S/A triallers in the garage.

It's likely a built-up job as it was only registered in 1995 if I remember - I did look 'cause it interested me too and I'm not far away either. Being a twin downtube frame it will be HEAVY if you've any serious intentions of using it offroad and you might find the 350 a little challenged if its sti...

It looks to me as if it's one of those 'bikes that's been kept going over the years by replacing the parts which wore out with newer parts. I quite like the look of most of it - I hate dangling cables - and with the lights working and some more appropriate tyres I'd enjoy riding it. It's more Ariel ...

There is a later IZH 350 two-stroke single with twin exhausts which comes along
to some of our ride-outs. It's an interesting green colour and it goes very well
along our country lanes.

Yours looks to be to the same excellent standard as your scrambler.

IZH - Aren't they the people who make kalashnikovs?

Bit like BSA, FN &c. I suppose.

So I'm told, it's logical thinking that I'm rubbish at. Bryan has a gnome on a sidecar by his front door which set me thinking. I don't have a front door or a front garden so the choice was limited. I didn't what a gnome nd being an Ariel man a pixie was the obvious choice. They cost a fortune now w...