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<\/a><\/p>\nThe bike was originally registered to the Marston factory before being sold on two years later. It has webb-type forks fitted rather than druids which would suggest late 1930 to\u00a01931 but it was common practice to fit the later, improved forks to earlier models.<\/p>\n
The bike has been in the same ownership for the last 50 years before John rescued it from a shed and I am delighted to say that he plans to get it going with only the minimal necessary work. New tyres might just be required but the bike has many of the original fittings and fasteners that are so difficult to find or replicate.<\/p>\n
There\u00a0is currently little paperwork but of course\u00a0being a UK registered Marston bike we all want to know what racing history the bike has. The engine number of the bike is only 2 digits different from my own saddle tank 90 (shown below)\u00a0which has TT and MGP history, so is it possible that this bike is from the same\u00a01930 team?<\/p>\n Although the frame numbers of the two bikes are further apart, the two bikes\u00a0share\u00a0left hand filler oil tanks, foot-change box, tulip shaped frame lugs, lack of sidecar lugs\u00a0and the unusually absent gearbox drawbolt adjuster.<\/p>\n If anyone can shed any light on the history of John’s bike, please get in touch and let us know.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t describe how excited I was to make contact with John Rooney from north of the border who has acquired this stunning and impossibly original\u00a0Sunbeam Model 90. The bike was originally registered to the Marston factory before being sold … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n