Daniel Kalal
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Way back in 1978, while riding in Montana, I took this photograph and later posted it in a trip report (http://www.dankalal.net/1978trip1/trip.html):
Recently, I received this emal:
email received 9/5/2009 11:09 AM
Hi there,
A fellow traveler sent me your account of a trip you took in 1978.
Outside of the Lewis and Clark caves you came upon a four cylinder Enfield. That machine is mine, I built it in '75 and I still have it.
I stopped counting the mileage at 250,000 and that includes a world tour in 86/87 of some 50,000. I have attached a couple of shots of it that I took yesterday. Its basically the same machine but with a bunch of cosmetic upgrades and I changed to a Norton gearbox when Enfield parts got scarce in the '80s.
And you were quite right; its a Hillman Imp engine which was derived from the Coventry Climax. I hope you enjoy the pics.
Peter Dent.
Recently, I received this emal:
email received 9/5/2009 11:09 AM
Hi there,
A fellow traveler sent me your account of a trip you took in 1978.
Outside of the Lewis and Clark caves you came upon a four cylinder Enfield. That machine is mine, I built it in '75 and I still have it.
I stopped counting the mileage at 250,000 and that includes a world tour in 86/87 of some 50,000. I have attached a couple of shots of it that I took yesterday. Its basically the same machine but with a bunch of cosmetic upgrades and I changed to a Norton gearbox when Enfield parts got scarce in the '80s.
And you were quite right; its a Hillman Imp engine which was derived from the Coventry Climax. I hope you enjoy the pics.
Peter Dent.