I saw this on eBay, but I've never seen this option before. Can anybody shed some light?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Penton-MX-tank-/190623364779?hash=item2c6209b6ab&item=190623364779&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_500wt_1200
Mick
If I remember correctly, I think Kip had one of those with the protective covering in the knee area, and maybe still does. Mike
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/IM0009741.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/IM0009731.jpg)
Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R
Thanks Mike, WHERE do you come up with all those pictures!!??
Mick
I'm like a sponge, I save everything, emails with pics, etc. You should see my shop, it's a mess! I've been trying to clean off my workbench for the past couple of days just so I can tear down a RM370 bottom end for gears for someone. Lol, Mike
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/Projectbikesandpartsstorageshoparea9-26-2011.jpg) At least the project bike storage area is managable.
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/PIC1.jpg) A little earlier the work area was unmanageable.
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/RM250AShop.jpg) You could barely tell there is a workbench in the rear, but you can see part of it.
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/1978-79KTMMC-5-MX-6.jpg)
Here is the current project underway for a friend.
Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R
Hey Mike,
What is the 1981 KTM you have in your shop? Maybe not a 1981, but it has a 1981 front number plate.
Tony
Mick
It is an early Piner tank like the one Paul currently has on Ebay. I put it on a "74" and Uncle Ron currently has it in Texas for his collection. I like these early Penton tanks and also the ones with the rivets in them around the seams. If you look through the "Still Keeping Track" magazines, a very early issue depicts this tank on a Piner featured with Doug Wilford.
CIAO
Tony,
That is a early (March) 1980 MC250 that was my 3rd Penton/KTM bike I ever bought. I got it missing the tank, seat, and pipe, and plastic at a swap meet in Southern Illinois, and with the exception of the missing rear fender had it displayed it at Mid-Ohio one year. Unfortunately, I have not been able to ever ride it, as it has pin holes in the engine cases and I haven't had it repaired yet, but it actually ran after I got it and my brother rode it a very short distance down the road without a pipe on it!
This was my first attempt at building/restoring a bike. The rear fender was removed for DC Plastics to use as a sample. I borrowed the clutch lever and cable to use on another bike, and this bike was one of the 3 that I took down to Texas for Kevin at Circle F racing to build pipes for. Mike
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/1980KTMMC250-2.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee220/454MRW/1980KTMMC250-1.jpg)
Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R
Who won Paul's tank from Ebay????