Re: Sunbeam s7 deluxe 1948

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That is a beautifully maintained motorcycle

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Wow man! She's a beauty!

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Amazingly maintained piece

I can see there are cooling fins on the engine bay as well. Can you please share engine specs?

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Lucky you truly an amazing beauty & very well cared gem of a piece.

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This is the first time I am hearing and seeing such a machine.

She is a beauty indeed,

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Me too seeing & hearing it for the first time

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Just went through wiki to see the machine history. looks like it has a legacy behind it. wowow...I dont know how did it end here or was this photo taken elsewhere.

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it all started one fine day when one of my students told me about an old bike that he had at his home which he had rebuilt. he had already known about my love for automobiles as i had bought his mahindra bolero in the past. i dropped every thing and took a days leave and went to his home. i was thunderstruck by this beast parked in his garage. we talked about it for long and i came back in the evening after riding it for a short distance.
THE HISTORY OF THIS BIKE - This bike is owned by one of our professors. it had been his father's bike. he had bought it from a britisher when he was pursuing his mbbs degree some where in the north. the britisher had ridden it from england to russia and from there into india. the bike was ridden by our professor during his teens. after that it had been standing idle in his ancestral home for the past 40 years. my student chanced to see the bike and it was in a very bad condition. he brought it to payyannur and had it rebuilt it to the present state.
HISTORY OF SUNBEAM -
Sunbeam s7 and s8 were british motorcycles designed by Erling Poppe based on BMW R75 designs that was acquired by BSA at the end of world war II
Manufacturer : Sunbeam Cycles Limited ( subsidiary of BSA )
Prodduction :1946 - 1956
Engine : 487cc parallen twin OHC four stroke which drives a shaft to the rear wheel.
Power : 24 bhp (18 kw ) @ 6000 rpm
Wheel base : 57 inch ( 1400 mm )

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Hats off to the person who rebuild it, marvelous piece of art and science all together [emoji4]

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Wow thats one muscle motorcycle, its beautiful dont you have more pics of this beauty?

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the bike was lying in our professors ancestral home idle for the last 40 odd years and when it came into the hands of my student it was in a pretty bad condition.it was brought to payyannur and stripped down and rebuilt. here are some random pictures of the rebuild

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You are saying that your student manages to get the parts for this beast even in this era , and we are struggling hard to just keep our 2 stroke bikes alive [emoji54]

Need to say that your student did a hell of a job in rebuilding this beast [emoji108] [emoji106]

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yes he is a hell of a guy. he sourced many parts from england on line where there is a dedicated rebuilder for this brand of motorcycles. also there is a an owners forum who helps in sourcing parts. money was not a limitation as the owner wanted to see the beast growling. the happy part of the whole story is that the bike is now is in my garage for keeps as the owner is too old to ride it and wants to see it only once in a while but wouldn't sell it.

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Few more snaps for you mates-