New acquisition.

[ren531]

I have been given this Royal Enfield Club, 60s maybe,

by

a local farmer, its been in a hedge for a few decades, so what do you think guys just a quick oily rag resto, like the head of the Mathewsons family in Bangers and Cash says "a bit of weekend work required".

 

[HMS_Dave]

Not in bad nick. A bit of a t-cut and you're away.

 

[biggs682]

In my mind get it mobile and try it then go from there with some fine tuning and general maintenance

 

[TissoT]

Plastic mud guards and the seat are salvageable.

The rest well you have a job on your hands.

 

[Drago]

Slap an add on Retrobikes advertising it as New Old Stock, seeing as that pretty much what the RB crew seem to think it means.

 

[ren531]

In my mind get it mobile and try it then go from there with some fine tuning and general maintenance

Just what I thought really . Update on the age ,pulled the front brake apart and it has a date of November 77 on it ,it has a 5 speed derailleur set up with Huret mec and changer and very little is usable spare part wise ,it has got a reasonable pair of Bluemells mud guards that are still flexible but faded though even the metalwork on those has dissolved , the head badge is good and the paint and frame at least externally seems ok ,though everything movable is seized solid .

 

[Cycleops]

Joking aside that's a serious amount of work.
Have you tried to move that quill stem and seat post? I don't reckon your chances.

 

[gavroche]

I think it has seen better days. Good luck with it. Show us when you have restored it, in about 2026.

 

[Specialeyes]

Hate admitting defeat, but life's too short imo...
Stick it on eBay 'showing some signs of age' and remember to include 'Eroica' in the title, then some idiot like me will snap it up

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I'd work on the basis of salvaging the frame, and anything extra is a bonus.

 

[BalkanExpress]

Is the chain in there somewhere, or has it actually rusted away?

 

[rockyroller]

lol the saddle is good!

 

[ren531]

Ha ha, yep no sign of the chain or wheel rims they dissolved a while back, i will just rob it of what bits I can, which isn't much, I would not trust the frame internal rust could mean a dangerously weak spot somewhere, head badge is nice though.