Guys, if you don't absolutely *need* an original manual, I can do a photocopy of it for you.... OUCWBOY already has the first edition tho, any bidding direct to him please!
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Adam
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Wanted / For Sale / Sachs 125/6 D engine
August 13, 2001, 10:36:27 AM
...and I thought 'stuffed' was colonial slang for 'not in very good shape', aka 'b*ggered'..... we learn something new every day!
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Adam
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Penton Talk / Penton Trials ID
June 28, 2001, 12:01:01 PM
Hi..... frame no. of mine is W941ST, engine no. 7176916, registered on 25 Sept 75... hope this helps.
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Adam
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Adam
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Penton Talk / Penton Trials ID
June 22, 2001, 10:07:44 AM
Guys, didn't think I'd been away from this site for so long..... great thread going here, very informative, so thanks for that.
I live in England, I have a 1976 Wassell trials 125 (sold as the Antelope over here), it's got ally head and barrel, I'll dig out the frame no for your records.
Tim Wassell is still alive, runs an engineering company in the Midlands here and I spoke to him a year or so back for some background info etc, tho I don't have his contact details to hand. His family originally ran Wassell's wholesalers, one of the biggest in the country, but when the father died the brothers couldn't keep it successful between them and wound it up (mid-80s?).
He said he made about 2000 MX and trials bikes in all and that 80% went to the States (tallies with the Don Morley details). They sold all the spares to a bike shop in Birmingham (UK), and I've spent best part of the last year trying to get them to sell some parts to me!!!! How the hell did we ever have an empire???
They did manage to post me an original Wassell trials brochure which I'll scan and post here for you, if interested. Can also post a pic of my bike, though it's only part-restored at the moment.
The original trials model had ally mudguards, an option was a high or low-mounted front guard (wow - those guys knew how to spoil you!). Shocks were by Girling, they folded in the '80s too but sold all the tooling etc to Hagon, who made a set to match the originals on my bike - seem pretty good too.
I was renting a garage a few years back and a guy who lived next door saw the bike one day, asked me what it was, then went indoors and brought out the workshop manual and years' worth of receipts - he'd owned it for a few years, didn't think the guy he sold it to would look after it so didn't pass the stuff on.
Sorry about such a long post - hopefully some of it's of interest. If you want more details of suppliers, please ask.
Cheers,
Adam
I live in England, I have a 1976 Wassell trials 125 (sold as the Antelope over here), it's got ally head and barrel, I'll dig out the frame no for your records.
Tim Wassell is still alive, runs an engineering company in the Midlands here and I spoke to him a year or so back for some background info etc, tho I don't have his contact details to hand. His family originally ran Wassell's wholesalers, one of the biggest in the country, but when the father died the brothers couldn't keep it successful between them and wound it up (mid-80s?).
He said he made about 2000 MX and trials bikes in all and that 80% went to the States (tallies with the Don Morley details). They sold all the spares to a bike shop in Birmingham (UK), and I've spent best part of the last year trying to get them to sell some parts to me!!!! How the hell did we ever have an empire???
They did manage to post me an original Wassell trials brochure which I'll scan and post here for you, if interested. Can also post a pic of my bike, though it's only part-restored at the moment.
The original trials model had ally mudguards, an option was a high or low-mounted front guard (wow - those guys knew how to spoil you!). Shocks were by Girling, they folded in the '80s too but sold all the tooling etc to Hagon, who made a set to match the originals on my bike - seem pretty good too.
I was renting a garage a few years back and a guy who lived next door saw the bike one day, asked me what it was, then went indoors and brought out the workshop manual and years' worth of receipts - he'd owned it for a few years, didn't think the guy he sold it to would look after it so didn't pass the stuff on.
Sorry about such a long post - hopefully some of it's of interest. If you want more details of suppliers, please ask.
Cheers,
Adam
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Penton Talk / Penton Trials ID
June 22, 2001, 10:07:32 AM
Guys, didn't think I'd been away from this site for so long..... great thread going here, very informative, so thanks for that.
I live in England, I have a 1976 Wassell trials 125 (sold as the Antelope over here), it's got ally head and barrel, I'll dig out the frame no for your records.
Tim Wassell is still alive, runs an engineering company in the Midlands here and I spoke to him a year or so back for some background info etc, tho I don't have his contact details to hand. His family originally ran Wassell's wholesalers, one of the biggest in the country, but when the father died the brothers couldn't keep it successful between them and wound it up (mid-80s?).
He said he made about 2000 MX and trials bikes in all and that 80% went to the States (tallies with the Don Morley details). They sold all the spares to a bike shop in Birmingham (UK), and I've spent best part of the last year trying to get them to sell some parts to me!!!! How the hell did we ever have an empire???
They did manage to post me an original Wassell trials brochure which I'll scan and post here for you, if interested. Can also post a pic of my bike, though it's only part-restored at the moment.
The original trials model had ally mudguards, an option was a high or low-mounted front guard (wow - those guys knew how to spoil you!). Shocks were by Girling, they folded in the '80s too but sold all the tooling etc to Hagon, who made a set to match the originals on my bike - seem pretty good too.
I was renting a garage a few years back and a guy who lived next door saw the bike one day, asked me what it was, then went indoors and brought out the workshop manual and years' worth of receipts - he'd owned it for a few years, didn't think the guy he sold it to would look after it so didn't pass the stuff on.
Sorry about such a long post - hopefully some of it's of interest. If you want more details of suppliers, please ask.
Cheers,
Adam
I live in England, I have a 1976 Wassell trials 125 (sold as the Antelope over here), it's got ally head and barrel, I'll dig out the frame no for your records.
Tim Wassell is still alive, runs an engineering company in the Midlands here and I spoke to him a year or so back for some background info etc, tho I don't have his contact details to hand. His family originally ran Wassell's wholesalers, one of the biggest in the country, but when the father died the brothers couldn't keep it successful between them and wound it up (mid-80s?).
He said he made about 2000 MX and trials bikes in all and that 80% went to the States (tallies with the Don Morley details). They sold all the spares to a bike shop in Birmingham (UK), and I've spent best part of the last year trying to get them to sell some parts to me!!!! How the hell did we ever have an empire???
They did manage to post me an original Wassell trials brochure which I'll scan and post here for you, if interested. Can also post a pic of my bike, though it's only part-restored at the moment.
The original trials model had ally mudguards, an option was a high or low-mounted front guard (wow - those guys knew how to spoil you!). Shocks were by Girling, they folded in the '80s too but sold all the tooling etc to Hagon, who made a set to match the originals on my bike - seem pretty good too.
I was renting a garage a few years back and a guy who lived next door saw the bike one day, asked me what it was, then went indoors and brought out the workshop manual and years' worth of receipts - he'd owned it for a few years, didn't think the guy he sold it to would look after it so didn't pass the stuff on.
Sorry about such a long post - hopefully some of it's of interest. If you want more details of suppliers, please ask.
Cheers,
Adam
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