Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tues 24th March from 1pm
Auction: Wed 25th March from 10am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
Registration No: OBU 957PChassis No: T140VXN66341MOT: Exempt
650cc pre-unit engine, belt-driven primary drive and dry clutch
Fully balanced motor with high compression pistons and racing camshafts
Inspired by the ‘Mighty Monard’ special built by tuner Geoff Monty
Supplied with a current V5C document
Geoff Monty was an English professional motorcycle racer, constructor, sponsor and retail dealer. In the mid-1950s he produced and campaigned his own brand of racing motorcycle known as the “Geoff Monty Special” (GMS), based on his own design of semi-spine frame with rectangular-section swinging-arm and a 350cc BSA Gold Star engine. In 1964 AMC announced their brands would be no longer produce any race machines – the 500cc Manx Norton and Matchless G50 or the 350cc AJS 7R. Monty, in conjunction with his business partner Allen Dudley-Ward, a renowned Triumph tuner and ex-racer, recognised a business opportunity and developed a new machine initially named Monward, based on his proven GMS frame and swinging-arm. The name Monward derived from their surnames Monty and Dudley-Ward. When track-testing the 500, Motorcycle Mechanics editor John Houslander reported that the engine would safely rev to 9, 000 rpm making a potential 50 bhp and – with Isle of Man gearing and a four-speed gearbox – a top speed of 145 mph was likely. Concurrent with Monty’s Monward, Allen Dudley-Ward was developing his own 500cc race bike, basically a Triumph-engined Manx Norton, which he called DW Special leaving Monty’s Monward renamed as Monard.
Based on a 1958 T140 frame, this pre-unit Triumph Cafe Racer, inspired by the ‘Mighty Monard’, is powered by a fully balanced 650cc pre-unit engine with high compression pistons and racing camshafts, belt-driven primary drive and dry clutch. Road registered under a 1976 ‘P’ registration mark, it is supplied with a current V5C document.
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