EGLI 750

if it has a frame number, then all bikes built by Graham Binnion have the prefix letters EVLGB
the EV is Egli Vincent, the L is Laverda, the GB is Great Britain, or Graham Binnion take your choice

Swiss built Eglis all have the EV prefix and then the next letter is the engine make, D= Ducati, H=Honda etc

my own Binnion built bike, has the phone number of my previous house as the chassis number, it came without anything and something was required for registration, times have changed
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
if it has a frame number, then all bikes built by Graham Binnion have the prefix letters EVLGB
the EV is Egli Vincent, the L is Laverda, the GB is Great Britain, or Graham Binnion take your choice

Swiss built Eglis all have the EV prefix and then the next letter is the engine make, D= Ducati, H=Honda etc
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Hi Clem, slight correction, the Swiss frames had the EVL prefix. As far as I know, the Binnion frames only had the GB prefix.
 
I agree Marnix, I just didnt use the L when telling about EVD's and EVH's D or H being first letter of engine manufacturer, a Swiss bult Egli Laverda would indeed be EVL, but they are very few and far between, a handfull of twins, (three maybe four?) and no triples ASAIK. I am sure that it was part of the licensing agreement that the chassis number started EV, and that GB needed to be there for clear reason of non swiss manufacture, but Graham has not had any interest in these things for years (as you know) and when I last heard he was not at all well. When he made the rudiments of my chassis, he had recinded the license, due to the cut and shut in the top tube (a big no no for Fritz) the last frame built by Graham may have been the one he did for a BSA A10 650cc twin, or possibly a not finished 500 Suzuki a/c twin, that might have got sold on unfinished or scrapped, but the A10 was up and running.
CLEM
 
martymoose said:
What are the bolts in the centre of the tappet covers for?
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I’m all over this..... I think.

My 89 Jota was ex-race bike, it had the inside webs of the primary drive cover filled with resin, in, what I can only surmise was an attempt to increase the flow of oil to the crankcase return holes.

I’m thinking, what we are looking at are studs that hold deflectors, which is an attempt to keep more oil where it is needed, at/closer the valve train.

The exhaust side doesn’t have them, so perhaps the angle of the barrels/head meant the recesses remained somewhat full, unlike the inlet side.

Just a thought that popped into my head while in the shower......
 
I always assumed that the Slater Binnion racer and the BR-AM bike was one and the same bike. Having looked at pics I deem it very possible that 2 Binnion machines were raced.
 
could this have been the seat on it at 74 TT time
363313173771 OK, no logo and a stripe showing but the colour.............
CLEM
 
seller is Riacambi66
and he has other Laverda SFC bits, including a pair of shin shavers for £150, which seems fair, but other stuff does not!
CLEM
 
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