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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:25 am
by Weyland
Cheers!
I just found out I need to spend the day doing motorbike maintainence, so someone else had better take it.
EDIT: Turns out it didn't take that long after all, so here's a (quite easy) question:
Which is the current oldest surviving motorcycle manufacturer?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:37 pm
by Istenem
another subject i know nothing about so: kawasaki?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:09 pm
by Scott
Harley?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:21 pm
by Northern Monkey
Norton?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:38 pm
by mr lugsy
harley davidson u.k had their hundred and fiftieth birthday weekender at butlins minehead a couple of years ago.
They brought their own security lol.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:06 pm
by Weyland
Not Kawasaki and not Harley-Davidson. Norton (founded in 189
, while a few years older than the company I'm looking for, have not been in continuous production.
Clue: It's a British company.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:13 pm
by gambogaz1
There was a fire at a motorbike museum not too far from me a few years back. So this is my thought process behind my answer
They lost quite a few
Triumphs ???
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:15 pm
by Northern Monkey
Where was the bit about continuous production in the question?
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:19 pm
by Istenem
didn't singer, the sewing machine lot make motorbikes?
that is my next desperate guess.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:20 pm
by Weyland
Triumph is the one.
(Sorry NM,
ops: I didn't say that and I should have, you're right. But Triumph is the generally accepted answer to the question "Worlds oldest manufacturer," at least by
What Bike.
).
Founded in 1902, it went into receivership in 1983. The name and manufacturing rights were bought by a man called John Bloor from the Official Receiver. He contracted Les Harris Spares to continue production of the Bonneville for five years until the new factory was ready, which meant production was uninterupted.
The fire in 2002 nearly destroyed the main factory, but they were up and running again the same year, and built another factory in Thailand the following year so they could compete with the Japanese manus.
Soon as my restriction is over, I'm getting a Bonny.
Over to gambogaz1.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:45 pm
by gambogaz1
Yey!!! Well it's been a while
This week has marked the 10th Anniversary of which famous English persons Death ??
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:48 pm
by Istenem
read abot this in the paper, stanley matthews?
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:04 am
by gambogaz1
Got it in 1 Istenem, I'd got loads of clues lined up aswell :x
Over to you sir.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:53 am
by Istenem
cheers, i read the story in my paper on the way home.
which artist designed the logo for chupa chups?
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:39 am
by Northern Monkey
Warhol?