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My 1939 bike, EON 59, was first registered on 22/12/1938 in Birmingham. The first owner, Frank Biddle kept meticulous
records of every journey, all repairs & adjustments, fuel costs etc from 1939 until 1964, when he stopped riding
it. The recorded and documented mileage was then 27,800. The bike remained in storage until he sold it in 1988 to his
nephew Roger Barlow, also in Birmingham, who started a gradual recomissioning process which eventually took him almost
20 years, during which time it was never ridden. Health problems meant that he was unfortunately never able to take to
the road, and he decided to sell the bike in 2008, when I became the fortunate third owner. Before he sold it, the "Classic
Motorcycle" magazine in the UK published a comprehensive feature article on the bike and its previous owner, Roger Barlow,
which can be found in the November 2007 issue.
Since acquiring the bike, I have found it a delight to ride, and
have comfortably topped 85mph on the GP circuit at Dijon. It has been trouble-free besides a minor clutch slip problem.
I will again be bringing it to the Coupes Moto Legendes at Dijon in May, and it will be on Display on the Gold Star Owners
Club stand at the April 2010 Stafford International Classic Motorcycle Show.
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| Coupes Moto Legende 2009 |
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| JM24 259 as purchased Sept 2010 |
I bought JM24 259 in September 2010 in Belgium. It was
originally exported to Denmark in 1938, where it had spent its entire life, but I do not have any details of its history.
Engine & frame numbers match those in the BSA despatch records.I have brought it back to original specification,
and it is now UK registered and back on the road.
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| JM24 259 in May 2011..fully restored |
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