Registration Dates

wheel_nut · 12 January 2012 10:19

I am trying to date an old motorcycle that has just been acquired from a house clearance.

It is a London registration from 1960 but can I be any more precise? I have managed to put it between 1959 and 1961 by the type of brakes and the fuel tank, but would like to find out the original registration office and possibly the dealer who originally sold it.

There is no log book, or at least it hasn’t been discovered yet. Here’s hoping!

Any suggestions welcome.

night_shift_bri · 12 January 2012 11:39

Try the Vintage Motorcycle Club,they hold factory records for all the major manufacturers and should be able to date it from the frame number and also tell you whether its the original engine. They could also help you to retain the number and sort out the paperwork to get a log book.

jarvy · 12 January 2012 13:08

I have 2 photos from the early 30’s of my grandparents on a motorbike and we couldn’t work out the make or model. I went on the vintage bike forum and within hours I had not only the make and model but where and when it was registered.

ramone · 12 January 2012 20:25

Wheel Nut:
I am trying to date an old motorcycle that has just been acquired from a house clearance.

It is a London registration from 1960 but can I be any more precise? I have managed to put it between 1959 and 1961 by the type of brakes and the fuel tank, but would like to find out the original registration office and possibly the dealer who originally sold it.

There is no log book, or at least it hasn’t been discovered yet. Here’s hoping!

Any suggestions welcome.

Do you have the registration number ? If you do try this website oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/ku.htm

wheel_nut · 12 January 2012 21:04

ramone:

Wheel Nut:
I am trying to date an old motorcycle that has just been acquired from a house clearance.

It is a London registration from 1960 but can I be any more precise? I have managed to put it between 1959 and 1961 by the type of brakes and the fuel tank, but would like to find out the original registration office and possibly the dealer who originally sold it.

There is no log book, or at least it hasn’t been discovered yet. Here’s hoping!

Any suggestions welcome.

Do you have the registration number ? If you do try this website oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/ku.htm

Great, that is what I was after. Found out the model number and have emailed the historic motor vehicle club

This is not the bike, but this is the model found on ebay.

thanks for the help.

It is a 1960 Raleigh RM1C fitted with a Sturmey Archer engine and bicycle seat. Predecessor to the Raleigh Runabout and Raleigh Wisp

fodenway · 13 January 2012 21:43

Wheel Nut:

ramone:

Wheel Nut:
I am trying to date an old motorcycle that has just been acquired from a house clearance.

It is a London registration from 1960 but can I be any more precise? I have managed to put it between 1959 and 1961 by the type of brakes and the fuel tank, but would like to find out the original registration office and possibly the dealer who originally sold it.

There is no log book, or at least it hasn’t been discovered yet. Here’s hoping!

Any suggestions welcome.

Do you have the registration number ? If you do try this website oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/ku.htm

Great, that is what I was after. Found out the model number and have emailed the historic motor vehicle club

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This is not the bike, but this is the model found on ebay.

thanks for the help.

It is a 1960 Raleigh RM1C fitted with a Sturmey Archer engine and bicycle seat. Predecessor to the Raleigh Runabout and Raleigh Wisp

Might just be room in there for a Gardner 240 !!!

dave_the_renegade · 13 January 2012 21:50

Wheel Nut:

ramone:

Wheel Nut:
I am trying to date an old motorcycle that has just been acquired from a house clearance.

It is a London registration from 1960 but can I be any more precise? I have managed to put it between 1959 and 1961 by the type of brakes and the fuel tank, but would like to find out the original registration office and possibly the dealer who originally sold it.

There is no log book, or at least it hasn’t been discovered yet. Here’s hoping!

Any suggestions welcome.

Do you have the registration number ? If you do try this website oldclassiccar.co.uk/registrations/ku.htm

Great, that is what I was after. Found out the model number and have emailed the historic motor vehicle club

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This is not the bike, but this is the model found on ebay.

thanks for the help.

It is a 1960 Raleigh RM1C fitted with a Sturmey Archer engine and bicycle seat. Predecessor to the Raleigh Runabout and Raleigh Wisp

When I was a kid in the 50’s there was a retired bank manager that lived here that had a moped similar to that one.As kids we thought it was a laugh seeing this bloke pedaling away on the banks to assist the engine,but now I think how cheap that thing must have been to run.
Cheers Dave.