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
https://www.stateofspeed.com/2019/02/21/jimmy-who-shine/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.