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A Brief History of 250cc KTT Specials

Year Rider Machine/Constructor Machine Details
1950 Ron Mead Ron Mead 68x68.5 sohc. KTT frame etc
1951 Ron Mead Ron Mead/Doug Beasley

68x68.5 sohc

  Benny Rood Mead Velo

68x68.5 sohc

  Robin Sherry Mead Velo

68x68.5 sohc

  Arthur Wheeler Ron Mead (engine only)

68x68.5 sohc, KTT frame etc

1952 Doug Beasley Beasley

68x68.5 sohc Beasley frame

  Bill Lomas Beasley

Earles frame & forks

  Benny Rood Rood Velo/Benny Rood

68x68.5 sohc. Velo g/box. Rood frame

  Bill Webster No details

No details

1953 Benny Rood Rood Velo

 

  Doug Beasley  

 

Bill Webster No details

No details

  Eric Houseley Mead Velo ( Reg Dearden)

 

  Eric Pantlin Lucas Special / Charlie Lucas

No details. Lucas frame

  Fron Purslow Beasley

ex Lomas/Beasley/Earles

1954 Cecil Sandford Beasley

 

  Percy Tait Beasley

 

  Bill Lomas Beasley

 

  Benny Rood Rood Velo

Now with gear driven dohc

  Geoff Monty GMV/Geoff Monty

74x58 Velo g/box, Norton frame

  Dave Chadwick Velo 1951 ex works (Dearden)

DOHC, 5 Speed

  Eric Houseley Velo 1951 ex works (Dearden)

 

1955 Percy Tait Beasley

 

  Don Whealan Beasley

 

  H. Kirby Beasley

 

  Benny Rood Rood Velo

 

  Dave Chadwick RDS (Dearden)

1951 ex works dohc, in Norton frame

  Geoff Monty GMV/Geoff Monty

Original machine.

  Mike O’Rourke GMV/Geoff Monty

Original machine

  Maurice Henderson Norvel

Beasley engine. Norton frame.

1956 Percy Tait Beasley

 

  Jack Murgatroyd Beasley

 

  Dick Harding GMV/Geoff Monty

New machine

  Peter Chatterton GMV/Geoff Monty

New machine

  Jervis Hyde GMV (prototype)

Original prototype

  Ian Clarke GMV/Geoff Monty

Jervis Hyde machine

  Roy Mayhew Probably ex Dearden

Allegedly 1951 ex works dohc, 5 speed

  George Costain RDS (Dearden)

Ex 1955 Chadwick machine

  Phil Carter RDS (Dearden)

As above

  Maurice Henderson Norvel.
  Eric Tinkler Beasley

 

1957 Percy Tait Beasley

 

  Jack Murgatroyd Beasley

 

  Bill Smith No details

No details

  Dennis Pratt GMV/Geoff Monty

New machine

  Jervis Hyde GMV (prototype)

 

  Dick Harding Rood Velo.

Ex Benny Rood

  Dan Shorey Norvel

Ex Maurice Henderson

  Ian Telfer ITV/Telfer

Velo g/box. Telfer frame.

  George Ewer Beasley

 

  E.S. Chapman Beasley

 

1958 Jack Murgatroyd Beasley

 

  Percy Tait Beasley

 

  Dan Shorey Norvel

 

  Dennis Pratt GMV/Geoff Monty

 

  Ian Telfer ITV/Telfer

 

  John Worthington Mead Norvel

 

  Jack Gooch Beasley

 

  Eric Tinkler Beasley

 

1959 Dan Shorey Norvel

 

  Roy Mayhew Ex Dearden

1951 ex works dohc, 5 speed.

  J. Whitehead Beasley

 

  George Ewer Beasley

 

  Ray Cowles Beasley

 

  John Worthington Mead Norvel

 

Post 59 Ray Cowles Beasley

 

  John Patrick Norvel

Ex Dan Shorey

  Dennis Gallagher ITV/Telfer

Ex Telfer

  Selwyn Griffiths Beasley

Ray Cowles machine



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