Lot details Registration No: N/A Frame No: 2 Engine No: 2 cc: 80 MOT Expiry Date: N/A
Steve Wicks had built up an enviable reputation with his 125cc and 250cc which had been racing on British circuits prior to the announcement of the 80cc machine in 1984. Rising costs in the larger classes had encouraged the talented Leeds engineer to put the 125 and 250cc products on hold in favour of developing the 80cc single cylinder carbon fibre disc valve equipped engine. Housed in a Spondon frame the and ridden by Neil Tuxworth the first machine took second place at the North West 200, second in the Brands International and first in the Southern 100.For 1985 Jamie Whitham joined the Wicks team and riding the bike offered, which is the second machine built, met with considerable success securing the Wicks first national victory at Mallory Park on the 8th September and finishing second to Ian McConnachie at the Scarborough International Gold Cup meeting.
The vendor describes the machine as being in good condition throughout and "pretty much original" with the correct CMA wheels and Ziegler cylinder, it is presented to the specification that it would have been in when raced by Jamie Whitham in 1985. A fascinating piece of British motorcycling history, it has been raced and paraded by the vendor while in his ownership.
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