Registration No: N/A
Frame No: 24RES121
Engine No: None
CC: 250
MOT: N/A

• Rare survivor, only thought to have been 58 Silverstone's made in the 1960s
• Restored by 7 times TT winner Mick Grant after it was bequeathed to him in a will
• CRMC registered for competition use, may need some recommissioning before use

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Greeves Motorcycles was founded by Bert Greeves in 1951 and produced a range of road machines and later competition mounts for trials, scrambles and road racing. The original company produced motorcycles from 1952, funded by a contract with the Ministry of Pensions for their Invacar, a three-wheeler for disabled drivers originally conceived for Bert's disabled cousin and sales manager Preston Derry-Cobb. Using some of the knowledge and production techniques gained from the Invacar and utilising Villiers supplied engines they went onto great success in off road competition including Dave Bickers wins in the 1960 and 1961 European Scrambles World Championship.

One of thought to be only 16 survivors of the 58 RES Silverstones made in the 1960s, this example was left to works racing star and seven-times TT winner Mick Grant in the will of its deceased owner. Apparently, Mick had admired the Greeves at a Cadwell Park race meeting in the late 1960s and asked for first refusal should the owner wish to sell. It seems the owner never forgot that encounter and some 40 years later following his death, the Silverstone passed into Mick's hands. The current owner has had a new fibreglass tank made and a new silenced exhaust to comply with current racing regulations and the bike is CRMC registered. Run recently but may need some recommissioning and setting up before use.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189