Pentons spotted!

[hankthecrank]

Hey guys and gals. Heres the story. My wife and I went to dinner today. We live close to Parkersburg, WV and I know a great place to eat in Wheeling, WV. A cool place called Uncle Petes. Anyway, the best way , and the prettiest drive is up OH Rt 7 from Belpre Oh to Bellaire, Oh and across the river into Wheeling. We had a great meal and coming home, at dusk, in New Matamoras, on Rt 7 at an old Sunoco station, I spot a Penton in the window of the station!!!! One completly illegal u-turn later I pull up in front of the station. Yep, a Penton! And a BSA! And several more Pentons! And a couple Yamaha's! And a couple Ossa's! At least 1 KTM! I saw one Penton trials bike and 1 of the Pentons, orange tank, all I saw, had the tank signed, Ridden by Carl Cranke, 7/8/2000. I vamoosed, didn't want to alarm anyone at dusk peeking in windows. Anybody know anything about this spot? Gary? Kent? Kevin? If not I'm going back! As I left I spotted some pipes hanging from the rafters. Possibly some resto's going on or maybe someones personal shop. Any thoughts? Hank
By the way, I have driven this before , several times and not seen this. I know , I know, let the wife drive and always, always, look for handlebars.

Hank Rinehart

[Gary Roach]

Hi Hank,

That building and bikes belong to a couple of really great guys, brothers Bob and Fred Ellis. They have some really cool bikes! They both ride vintage Trials, Cross Country, and Motocross events. Fred is usually a top 3 rider at the Vintage Days Trials every year, and is my go-to-guy on anything Trials related. Bob has backed down from racing over the past few years, but I think he's going to get back in to it this year. He and I used to battle for Overall wins in local Hare Scrambles back in the 70's and 80's.


Gary

[hankthecrank]

Hi Gary. Thanks for the reply. I figured you would know something about this. I will certainly pay more attention next time I go thru. Maybe I can spot someone in the shop sometime. Hank

Hank Rinehart

[conrad2]

Hank, I did the same thing at the same building years ago. There is some really cool bikes in there but they have never been open when I have gone through. But neat "window" shopping!
Conrad

Conrad Pfeifer
1972 Penton Six Days

[hankthecrank]

I've been talking to my brother and he caught them in the shop one time and stopped and talked. He was really fired up about the bikes!


Hank Rinehart