Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on September 18, 2021, 01:18:18 PM
Made in Darley Abbey in the past.
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Post by: AshimotoK0 on September 18, 2021, 03:45:49 PM
What sort of bike was he designing in the late 80’s Ash?
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Not so sure he was designing anything at that point specifically, only building a Silk 2-stroke for the magazine prize and acting as a motorcycle design consultant in his spare time. His role when he came to see us was nothing to do whatsoever with bikes but when he presented his business card, I asked him if he was involved with the Silk motorcycle in any way ... it was a bit embarrassing as he said 'I am Silk of Silk bike fame' ... after the meeting finished and most people had cleared off, he tootled off to his car an fetching in a load of drawings of the competition bike to show me. I think Furmanite had bought out his business and when the bike production finished, they employed him as an engineer (they did machinery for machining massive pipelines/flanges on-site). Nice bloke to talk too .. obviously much more passionate about bike design than boring old heavy site engineering.
Post by: Rozabikes Tim on September 18, 2021, 05:02:01 PM
Everyone thought he was mad in the 70’s. Making a 2-stroke (whatever next]
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I have in mind the Silk was a reworked Scott??
Yes the Silks were made in Darley Abbey. I spent many a happy hour white water canoeing in the river there.
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on September 18, 2021, 05:12:38 PM
Everyone thought he was mad in the 70’s. Making a 2-stroke (whatever next]
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I have in mind the Silk was a reworked Scott??
Yes the Silks were made in Darley Abbey. I spent many a happy hour white water canoeing in the river there.
Yes the first Silks used the Scott engine - I believe they went on to design their own engines based in part of the original Scott ones the firm stopped production in late 1979 it was a local frame builder in Spondon who built the frames. For some reason I thought they also used the J.A.P. engine probably as I have seen Spondon Framed specials with such engines in my youth with a Silk badged tank.
https://www.silk-motorcycles.org/silk-company-history.html