Signature identify

[Chug4life]

This signature was on it when i bought it but i have no idea on origin, tried a few bike shops but no answers does anyone have any idea?

 

[02GF74]

Jimmy Shine, quotes around the surname because that ain't his real name, probably worth more than your bike!!!

Here

Jimmy Who? The Jimmy Shine Story • STATE OF SPEED

Jimmy Shine? That can’t possibly be his real name? Actually, no. His real name is Jimmy Falschlehner but nobody can pronounce let alone spell it. An...

www.stateofspeed.com

This look familiar?



Be grateful it wasn't Jimmy Saville.

 

[Chug4life]

WOW!! Been asking around since I bought it, ( I'm 3rd owner) not even youtube could help but all of you answered in less than 15 min! Maybe i will pick up the phone and try to call so cal speed shop. Thank you for the info!

 

[ga_max]

That's why this forum rocks.

 

[Fire-medic]

A good reply.

Going to the stateofspeed.com site for the Jimmy Shine article, I bet I'm the only person on here who recognizes the yellow car, without googling it. I never saw the Discovery show they spoke of.



This was a literal, 'garage-built' car, which put it to the foreign competition for many years, from a very-humble mish-mash of parts, backyard engineering at its best.

 

[desert_max]

Don't know what that car is, but it is fugly.

 

[Fire-medic]

Form follows function. Allan Girdler wrote about this car, and others like it, 'back-yard specials.' One of the great motorsports/motorcycle writers. He toured Europe on his own Harley-Davidson XR-750, which had to be a lengthy experiment in masochism.