Wassell Age

[Johnno]

I was wondering if any of you could help me date a British made Wassell bike that I'm currently restoring.

The frame is of Reynolds tubing with the number W2722MX
 
The engine number of 7317465 is for a 125/6b Sachs.

Many thanks
jd


jd

[Dennis Jones]

Hi Johnno,

The MX at the end of the number and the fact that you are in the UK leads me to believe you have a Wassell, Antelope. The same bike sold in the US would have been sold as a Tyran. Most likely made between 72 and 74. Without a picture or more info I can't say for sure. Good luck with your project.

Dennis Jones

[Johnno]

Thanks for the reply Denis.

I looked on the web and found a picture of a Tyran and it does look pretty similar.

I've posted a few pictures on the blog I set up at http://wassell-sachs.blogspot.com The bike is as I bought it many years ago except the seat is fire damaged from when we had a fire in the workshop.

jd

jd

[Johnno]

Has anyone else got any images or links to images for Antelope or Tyran bikes. The bike I bought has always been in pieces so I could do with some images to reference against.



jd

[Dennis Jones]

Johnno, try the search button in the top right corner of the page, I think there is some info there. From your pictures your bike is either a Tyran or an Antelope.VMX magazine issue #19 2003 had a feature on the Tyran,very cool bike.

Dennis Jones

[Knute]

Mark Holloway, a regular on this site, also has a Tyran 125 that can be seen on his web site under "In My Collection".

//http://www.calvmx.com/guestbook/

Kent

[desmond197]

Your bike looks to be complete which is good. If the fork tubes are rusty you may need to have them rechromed as they are very hard to find. I have three Wassel MX bikes at the moment.

Steve Metz

[Johnno]

Steve

I have only found one image so far of a Wassell MX so could do with a couple more from different sides of the bike. Do you have any you could email me please.

I do know that the air filter cover is missing and also the exhaust heat guard so I will need to source both of these.



jd

[Johnno]

Dalesman49

many thanks for the photos. I now realise that I was wrong about missing a heat guard from the exhaust. The photos show that the exhaust takes a completely different root from where I thought it went. For some reason I thought the exhaust came around the side.

cheers

jd

[Lew Mayer]

Hey Dennis! Know where there are any trials bike seats?

Lew Mayer

[Dennis Jones]

Lew, They are impossible to find. I have a pattern for the base whitch is easy to make. Teddy's friend in Westplains was working on making repacement covers from an old one I sent him. He sent me a couple and the fabric looked great but the fit was not quite right. I never heard back so I guess he decided it was not worth the trouble. If I could get good covers at a resonable cost I would reproduce the seats. Sargents in Florida made one for me that looked great but cost a fortune.

Dennis Jones

[Glenn Berry]

Dennis, I am a friend of Lew Mayer's, I meet you at Ohio at the POG meeting at the AMA musuem. I recently bought a wassell that looks to be complete except a seat. I'm sure I find other parts missing as I get involved in putting it together. I have one leade on a seat but might be interested in a seat pan from you. We have a friend that got Lew's seat recovered and hope I can get him to make a cover for mine, and can find out if he can make more.                            Thanks, Glenn Berry  PS the beer you gave us was excellent.

Glenn Berry

[Dennis Jones]

Glen, I'm glad you got to race your Piner. They are a lot of fun to ride.Congratulations on finding the trialer, with a little tweeking they can be made to work real well. Let me know if I can help. I hope to see you and Iron Lew at a race soon to find out how you did at those *special* Daytona contests.

Dennis Jones