John Louis Racing ? ?

markus

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#3
what is the plate or decal just in front of the seat on the top engine mount plate? the wheels have a later 1970's/80's style to them. it is very cool and alot of the parts looks very salvageable/savable could do a pretty light "resto" make for a killer display bike!! I looked in the mini bike guide mags, They pushed speedway racing for a couple months, the bikes they featured were Carablela and Jawa though, and they were more competition oriented.

I hope you can find more info out, and maybe get some more detailed photo's up when you start working on it, very cool to see oddities like that!!
 
#4
With reference to the two smaller decals, They address that this is a John Louis Bike, and manufactured by WoodhouseCornish, with an address of Station Hill Bury St. Edmunds, 67951, and designed by P. Cornish. I googling John Louis I get a lot on the individual as a racer but can find nothing about this bike.
 
#7
Thank you so much Markus, That was what I was looking for. From reading all, I think I have a Mark4 but with a padded seat. The front headset and two forks have standard zikr fittings, seems that maybe I should leave the bike as is rather then mess with it with about 1,300 having been made. I guess it will be a wall hanger.
 

markus

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#8
Thank you so much Markus, That was what I was looking for. From reading all, I think I have a Mark4 but with a padded seat. The front headset and two forks have standard zikr fittings, seems that maybe I should leave the bike as is rather then mess with it with about 1,300 having been made. I guess it will be a wall hanger.
No problem, ezy-breezy once that manufacturers info was was found. Never seen anything like it so it was fun to learn something new this morning about them :thumbsup: I agree it would make a really good collectible.... Looks more complete than the one that in the museum :thumbsup:
 
#9
The upside is that I still have the decals and seat cover, downside is someone in the past has painted over the original blue with a rattle can that was darker. Thank you again Markus. I will take more pictures of what I consider the oddities of the Bike and post them.
 
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