Two years age while in Normandy I found this in the barn at a farmhouse Gite complex near Trun. I bought it last week when we stopped off on the way to Saumur.
Its an ex army Armstrong MT500 1987 put in the barn in 2001, it started 10th kick with a flat battery and stale fuel.
Hope to get it back to UK next month to start playing IF I can kickstart it :woohoo:
SO what have you found ????
Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
I should in the not too distant future be returning from France with an empty van if its of any use?
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Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Not a bike but i used to rent field and in tunble down barn was a lotus elan 2+2 20,000 miles driven in by there son about 20 years ago :woohoo: , Try as i might they wouldn't sell thou 
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Kenboxertwin
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Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Thanks for the kind offer Herman hopefully coming on the back of a lorry soon, will let you know. cheers
Here's another one of mine found in a derelict church a few years ago given to me as SCRAP :whistle:
BSA Bantam
Wellbike WW2 foldaway bike
LE Velocette engine (I think from memory)
All now sold with a very large profit
Here's another one of mine found in a derelict church a few years ago given to me as SCRAP :whistle:
BSA Bantam
Wellbike WW2 foldaway bike
LE Velocette engine (I think from memory)
All now sold with a very large profit
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Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
yamaha DT 80 , if i am not mistaken , i used to have one loooooong ago .
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
No 38 tooth rear sprocket it's a Dt 50 B)
Good find I think most ended there life like that
If they were not bolted down
Cheers
Dave
Good find I think most ended there life like that
If they were not bolted down
Cheers
Dave
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
No the frames on the DT50s were red or black, never brown.
Unless the previous owner had it powder coated brown. :unsure:
There's a beautiful barn on a farm down the road from me that only has a small lock on the door.
I will post what I find tomorrow. B)
Unless the previous owner had it powder coated brown. :unsure:
There's a beautiful barn on a farm down the road from me that only has a small lock on the door.
I will post what I find tomorrow. B)
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
Nice findKenboxertwin wrote:Two years age while in Normandy I found this in the barn at a farmhouse Gite complex near Trun. I bought it last week when we stopped off on the way to Saumur.
Its an ex army Armstrong MT500 1987 put in the barn in 2001, it started 10th kick with a flat battery and stale fuel.
Hope to get it back to UK next month to start playing IF I can kickstart it :woohoo:
SO what have you found ????
Re: Barn Finds....what have YOU found??
lol Ridden them in the Army btw here is the MT Forum http://forum.mtridersclub.co.uk/Paul-S wrote:Nice findKenboxertwin wrote:Two years age while in Normandy I found this in the barn at a farmhouse Gite complex near Trun. I bought it last week when we stopped off on the way to Saumur.
Its an ex army Armstrong MT500 1987 put in the barn in 2001, it started 10th kick with a flat battery and stale fuel.
Hope to get it back to UK next month to start playing IF I can kickstart it :woohoo:
SO what have you found ????
it may be of use to you 1 or 2 of the guys sells parts for them, I might have a copy ofthe manual will have a search.
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