Paul Miles

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@anair70 9 күн бұрын

Love that it's so original! Please don't restore it!

@aumkar2 24 күн бұрын

Nothing beats a 2 stroke triple.

@CathyPetrilli-x8z 25 күн бұрын

How much?

@alexanderhikel2350 Ай бұрын

I’m picking up my restored 69 today most excited I’ve been in my life !

@paulmiles Ай бұрын

@@alexanderhikel2350 oh wow! Enjoy.

@twinpotracer Ай бұрын

Am I right in saying 125 only built? In 1999, I used to go to the factory window and look at the bike in the window...one day, Shaun who works in there came outside and invited me inside to have a look. To the left of the entrance was a candy apple red Norton Fastback. He was shocked I knew what it was because I was only 11yrs old at the time. He gave me a magazine (which I still have) and some pictures and posters. I then jumped on my little BMX and rode home pretending I was on the bsa. I'm still looking to purchase one now. It seems silly, but that bike is the most significant of all bikes to me

@paulmiles Ай бұрын

Great story! Thanks for sharing. I believe they made 100 for the Japan only market and sold them all in advance. Enthused, another 100 500cc versions were commissioned and built (maximum). So yes, under 200 in total

@duanetrivett750 Ай бұрын

I have always wanted one of these GTs but the first thing I would do is month ball the exhaust and go for expansion Chambers and wake up the neighbors .

@grega985 2 ай бұрын

Great sound💪 where did you get silencer?

@carolmiles7474 2 ай бұрын

Hi paul cant find you ,love you happy birthday fading fast your sister ,congratulations to your beautiful daughter xxxxxc❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢

@petergibbon3400 2 ай бұрын

The front brake is from the 1968 model.

@stewartsackerson3646 3 ай бұрын

If you ever consider selling..:)

@paulmiles 3 ай бұрын

@@stewartsackerson3646 thank you, but I’ve no plans to!

@gixxerman0016 3 ай бұрын

US version so standard bores as opposed to the chromed bores the UK got (with a little more power from the motor) from the 1975 'M' model....great if the bores are in good nick (they last very well as the rings & piston are supposed to be the part that wears). Lovely looking bikes, but as you say always in the 750s shadow.

@giovannitermite9854 3 ай бұрын

Il cruscotto porta strumento lucido è brutto,il collettore di scarico così arroventato è sintomo di carburazione magra , le scritte sui cassettini portatrezzi son posticce ,

@rainbowmat8204 3 ай бұрын

excellent bike and excellent sound sir

@philmuskett265 4 ай бұрын

Really nice machine. Just a shame they didn't make more of 'em, I'm sure they would have sold 'em all.

@renestuder79255 4 ай бұрын

leider veraltete Motorentechnik. Alles noch mit Ketten!

@enricolessanutti4988 4 ай бұрын

R 69 S: la migliore motocicletta da turismo di ogni tempo. Tuttora insuperata sia per tecnica, sia per stile. Dico: la migliore, perché la Vincent è la Brough Superior non raggiunsero la maturità. La BMW di Monaco cessò la produzione di motociclette dopo aver prodotto questo modello

@K777John 4 ай бұрын

Lovely bike, I recently bought its older brother-mine has the square barrel generator engine-starts first kick every time.

@christopherwhipps9474 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful bike better looking than a 60s Norton or a A65 Beeza, as far as your opinion on build quality they were no different to any other British bike of that era and a damn sight more reliable.

@ianwright3971 5 ай бұрын

I bought the last one Harris sold to the public..Also in red....It's an unburstable engine and I tuned mine to around 50BHP...With that sort of power and the light weight and good handling it was a match for any other single then in production and better than many....

@alfred-vz8ti 5 ай бұрын

I had an r80, my best road bike, by far. they'gotten grossly fat since then, maybe to appeal to the harley market.. looking back, they probably had it right with the r69s.

@frederickbowdler8169 5 ай бұрын

Logo was FBC Francis Barnett of Coventry (where it was made).

@KenMcKinnon-c4r 5 ай бұрын

I bought an SF3 new and it remains my favorite bike. I've owned various Jap bikes, Moto Morini and Moto Guzzies but the Laverda beats them hands down.

@jeffhildreth9244 5 ай бұрын

I owned a 1965 and a 1968 R69s. The motor on yours does not look like an S motor. Oh, and I also owned a very rare R69US.

@paulmiles 5 ай бұрын

I’m afraid you’re mistaken.

@jeffhildreth9244 5 ай бұрын

@@paulmiles I do not see the "bulge" at the lower front of the motor where the harmonic balancer resides. Were they not used in 1962 ?

@paulmiles 5 ай бұрын

No, they didn’t appear until 1963 second half , so realistically 1964 onwards.

@jeffhildreth9244 5 ай бұрын

@@paulmiles Thanks. My 65 and 68 and my 69 R69US have the balancer.

@4thinternational283 5 ай бұрын

Nice looking bike, very unusual

@BLUESBOYBENFIELD 6 ай бұрын

Forks are Paioli

@FerdinandoCeccato 6 ай бұрын

GORGEOUS motorbike. I add a small observation. I can't stand mirrors attached to the outside edge of the grips. And I love the English accent.

@georgetrakadas8595 6 ай бұрын

I had one R25 and one R67 but the R69 is King

@deangdmppajj4692 6 ай бұрын

I like the look of this more than the new goldie

@paulmiles 3 ай бұрын

I think the supply of engines dried up, Dean.

@gkgzj9999 6 ай бұрын

68 model not 69. Front brake.

@gkgzj9999 6 ай бұрын

Going by the front brake cable routing its a 68 model mate not a 69. Cheers Rog

@suzukin-jiji2206 6 ай бұрын

SR500 Wow!

@dereklmcguire 6 ай бұрын

Loved it Thanks ! I had an MSS in 60s , just bought one last month , MSS with electric starter, alloy rims , 12volt electrics , twin leading front brake .

@ap4709pk 6 ай бұрын

This is absolutely gorgeous 😮

@veritasvincit2745 6 ай бұрын

I considered one along with a Honda VT500, XBR500 and Yamaha SRX600 in 1987 but ended up buying an F2 Gauloises blue YPVS 350 because I was 18 years old and all my mates had fairly fast bikes. Looking back I think that the 350 was the wise choice but I missed out on not getting the Matchless. If my mate's had not had bikes I'd have probably bought one.

@robertbruce1887 6 ай бұрын

I love Triumph Bonnevilles, especially that year range he is talking about, but he has a point about some of their odd poor quality details, the one l laugh about is how sometimes they would have one foot peg ahead of the other!

@muckle8 6 ай бұрын

I remember looking at these bikes in a shopfront in Southampton back in late 90’s with my late father . We didn’t realise then the motor was a Yamaha.

@paulmiles 6 ай бұрын

It’s a great-looking motor, in truth.

@muckle8 6 ай бұрын

@paulmiles a good strong unit too - I’d love one now tbh!

@limyrob1383 6 ай бұрын

Yes I recall that too. Were they assembled in Southampton? That's the only time I've seen one.

@muckle8 6 ай бұрын

@limyrob1383 I believe it was a workshop of sorts who were building these specials , jap motors in old BSA frames, I think I did talk to a guy there briefly one time but it was a long time ago now ! Good to see their creations are still around though.

@AshleyPomeroy 6 ай бұрын

The transparent mobile phone holder is a clever piece of future-proofing!

@4thinternational283 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting, not heard of these bikes before.

@MarkPearce-u7m 6 ай бұрын

I've owned 14 kawasaki triples in my time, never had a centre cylinder seize, Elvis isn't on the moon either. 😂😂

@gren509 6 ай бұрын

They are about 50lb lighter than a Jota ! Superb bike though. I recall the original test in Bike magazine where the guy almost crashed it due to the not so SF brakes ;)

@bananabrooks3836 Ай бұрын

Yes thanks, l did wonder about his stats there.

@JackTheSkunk 6 ай бұрын

I love the classic look, but I think they should have punched it out to 650CC and made the fins much larger to approximate the look of the old Gold Star.

@paulmiles 6 ай бұрын

There would have been issues with type-approval then. Lots of tuning parts for the SR and it doesn’t need to be 650cc, a 535 big-bore and better cam makes a world of difference and keeps it rideable on the road. Big fins? Nah, it’s a nod to the DBD amd not a copy imho. Cheers P

@markdoolan7282 7 ай бұрын

I don’t mind the clocks. I’ve got similar ones on my bike. They suit the look and if you get the originals from the states they aren’t that cheap either. I think it looks great. Can’t go wrong with that engine. How much do they go for?

@paulmiles 6 ай бұрын

That’s a tricky one to answer. Being so rare, prices range between ‘HOW much? It’s just a tarted up SR” and “go and find another one for sale!” In the U.K. they are currently somewhere between 6 and 12 thousand pounds; I’d suggest the lower price to be the correct one.

@craig6119 7 ай бұрын

Think I'd prefer the newer one.

@paulmiles 7 ай бұрын

We’re lucky to have so much choice 👍🏻

@gitaneVYS491R 7 ай бұрын

Always liked the look of these. I've never seen one though.

@kdsowen2882 7 ай бұрын

Great-looking Machine , I haven't seen one in-the-flesh and they probably never made it to NZ . I sold my SR500 2-years ago , I've regretted-it ever-since , it was 'properly' Cafe'd ,Imola-seat, clip-ons,rear-sets etc 565cc, stroked steel-crank, forged-rod and piston, worked-head etc 40mm-flatslide , heavy-flywheel 11:1 compression . The only person who could start-it apart from me , rode a manx-Norton . It was a beast , running the same wheels as yours and very-fast . My mates T140 couldn't touch it , selling it was one of the stupider-things I've ever done . Dave nz

@paulmiles 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like a fantastic machine. We’ve all sold stuff we should have kept though.