Description
Please note: This bike is NOT available to buy before the Auction. We offer Commission bids, telephone bids and Internet bidding.
This, and many other Classic bikes, and related spares will be offered for auction on 9 April 2022 at our new venue Showell Farm, near Chippenham, SN15 2NU. Fully illustrated catalogue at Richard Edmonds Auctions website, with more added as they are consigned.
Rare Cheney Ossa 250cc Trials Bike
Reg. no. Q882 VAM
Frame no. H1640744
Engine no. 1640744
Cliff Holden, the OSSA importer in the mid-seventies asked Eric Cheney (renowned in off road circles for high quality specialist frame designs) to develop a cantilever mono-shock frame fabricated from Reynolds 531 tubing for the UK OSSA Trials Team. Three frames were initially built and then a further seven were made. This is believed to be one of the seven. These Cheney cantilever frames achieved many successes, so Cliff Holden commissioned 30 more although they were heavier as they were modified standard OSSA frames made from mild steel, not Reynolds 531 tubing. The ten Reynolds 531 frames were not stamped but this frame was so it could be road registered in the mid-1980s.
This bike was first registered November 1985 and underwent a total strip down restoration 2012/ 13, including all the nickel/ chrome plating, it received an engine rebuild, the wheels were rebuilt, the paintwork restored etc. Sparingly used since, this bike is still today in excellent condition and has to be one of the best examples of these rare Cheney OSSA trials bikes.
Comes with – a current V5C, restoration receipts and hand written restoration lists, and copies of magazine articles.
