Job done!

The RALWS project is now at an end as the little C110 has gone to a new home.  The sale price has been added to the sponsorship total bringing it to almost £6.5k.  Just as important as the money raised has been the opportunity to increase the awareness of prostate cancer, and the response to this has been great throughout the project.

This success wouldn't have been possible without the support of others though.  So a big thank you to all of you who have donated sponsorship or contributed to the project.  It is really appreciated.

A particular mention needs to go to V-Ten motorcycles for their advice and help during the restoration and with selling the bike.  Piston Broke Engineering and Griff's Reality Motorworks also gave much appreciated support during the restoration.  David Silver Spares helped me with publicity, as did Bertie Simmons at Classic Motorcycle Mechanics. Bertie edited together a three page article on the bike from the information I sent him.  It has made a huge difference to raising awareness and really helped with selling the bike.

Garry and Scott Clark kindly assisted in getting some of the important spares shipped over to the UK from the US. Achieving the standard of finish that the project deserved wouldn't have been possible without their help in sourcing the exhaust parts.

The ACU National Road Rally organisers helped in publicising my project (thanks to Alison in particular).  I've been confirmed as achieving a Silver award and have also been kindly awarded the Spirit of the Rally award.  It's a great event and a lot of fun to partake in.  It'll be held on the first weekend in July during 2015, so give them a follow on Facebook or Twitter and get your entry in early when they start accepting them next year.  I've got it in the calendar already and will be entering on my '67 BSA.  In 2015 Gold will be mine!

Bristol and Avon Roadrunners MCC manned the Chipping Sodbury control on the National Road Rally, which was my start point.  When they realised that I was doing the run for charity they kindly decided to collect for Prostate Cancer UK during the rally, ending up making a contribution of over £70 to the sponsorship total.

Covent Garden Laminates made up the number plate logos for the front of the bike and did a really nice job of it too.

David Casper at the National Autocycle and Cyclemotor Club was very helpful in liaising with the DVLA to regain a V5 for the bike.  They're a large club with some very helpful and knowledgeable members.

Adam Beaumont came up with the logo, based on a photo of my Dad taken during the 1964 rally, and that helped with creating a bit of an 'identity' for the project. It was important to me to have that link back to Dad's efforts all those years ago.  Thanks Adam.

And finally, my very patient wife!  She's been extremely understanding and supportive during this project and for that I'm extremely grateful.

If you happen to have a C110, or one of the related models, and require any spares then please get in touch with me as I have quite a few left over which are for sale.

For sale!

With the rally over, and having had a few weeks off to recover, I've now given the little Honda a good service.  With the points readjusted it's now running as well as it ever has, and I quite enjoyed the commute to work on it one day this week.

So now comes the hard part.  It was always the intention to sell the bike when the rally was completed, with me donating the sale price to the sponsorship total (~£3100 so far!).  It will be hard to part with it, after having put so much effort into restoring it, but I'm sticking to the original plan.

It is difficult to peg it's worth, as they don't come up for sale often in a restored state.  Project bikes, like this was at the start, usually go for ~£500 which is what I paid.  The only restored bike for sale which I'm aware of was originally sold at auction for £2000, although it is currently listed on Ebay for £5000!

I know what I think the bike is worth, and I'm open to offers.  It has been thoroughly restored, as the story on this blog and the article in this months Classic Motorcycle Mechanics will testify.  It is not a concurs restoration, but it has been restored to what I feel is a high standard.

V-Ten motorcycles in Thornbury have very kindly offered to display the bike in their shop, so if you are local you can have a look at it in the flesh.  Alternatively if you would like any other information on the bike, or additional photos to support the ones on the blog, then please get in touch with me here.

Finally, who ever does buy the bike will know that through their purchase a sizeable donation will have been made to a charity that are working very hard to reduce the numbers of men that die from prostate cancer each year (~10,000 at the moment).

C110 post-rally

C110 ready for the rally 

Freshly restored 

 Freshly restored 

Freshly restored