headquarters petersfield hampshire united kingdom key people eric cheney founder simon cheney barry hall products motorcycles and frame kits website official web site cheney racing is a british motorcycle manufacturer founded by eric cheney based in petersfield hampshire which builds complete specialist high performance motocross motorcycles rolling chassis or frame kits to individual customer specifications . 1 contents 1 development 2 cheney isdt team 3 model range 4 references 5 external links development edit 1973 cheney 500 cc bsa b50 victor 1973 engineer eric cheney developed a lightweight competition for a bsa gold star in the 1960s which saw success in the 1970s when john banks won the british motocross championship on a cheney framed bsa motorcycle . 2 he never worked for any of the major manufacturers but maintained a productive relationship with bsa in its heyday . after the demise of bsa in 1972 cheney joined with former bsa factory rider john banks to develop and ride successful bsa powered motocross bikes . his company was originally known as eric cheney designs then changed to inter moto and is now known as cheney racing . eric handed on his ideas to his son simon cheney who is also an experienced competition rider . each of the hand built motorcycles takes over 400 man hours to complete . 3 cheney isdt team edit in the late 1960s the british motorcycle industry was unable to support a national isdt team so eric cheney hand built a limited number of isdt cheney triumphs using his own design of twin down tube frame with a specially tuned triumph 5ta engine . fitted with tapered conical hubs special motocross forks and large alloy fuel tanks a cheney triumph was first used in the 1968 british trophy team . 4 in 1970 and 1971 three 504cc cheney triumphs were used by the british team in the international six days trial isdt . 5 replicas were built but production was short lived due to a shortage of engines model range edit although each cheney motorcycle is different many are based on the bsa c15 250 cc engine or the larger 500 cc unit version . the company also manufacture black powder coated frame kits for bsa c15 b25 b40 b44 and b50 engines as well as nickel plated frame kits for triumph 500 cc or 350 cc unit engines . 3 references edit cheney racing history . retrieved 3 october 2010 . melling frank 1 january 2002 . eric cheney obituary . the guardian . retrieved 19 september 2010 . a b cheney racing . retrieved 3 october 2010 . british trophy team . archived from the original on march 8 2012 . retrieved 3 october 2010 . cheney . graces guide . retrieved 3 october 2010 . external links edit picture of a cheney bsa b44 v t e british motorcycle manufacturers manufacturing in the united kingdom current ajs ariel ccm cheney greeves hesketh megelli m tisse norton triumph wasp defunct abc 1919 1923 abingdon akd 1903 1925 advance 1905 1947 aer 1937 1940 ajw 1928 1976 ajs motorcycles ltd 1909 2000 alldays & onions 1903 1915 ambassador 1946 1964 ariel 1902 1970 armstrong 1980 1987 ascot pullin 1928 1930 amc 1937 1966 baker 1927 1930 bat 1902 1926 baughan 1920 1936 beardmore precision 1914 1930 blackburne 1913 1922 bradbury 1902 1924 brough 1908 1926 brough superior 1919 1940 bsa 1919 1972 calthorpe 1909 1939 chater lea 1900 1936 clyno 1909 1923 corgi 1946 1954 cotton 1918 1980 coventry eagle 1901 1939 coventry victor 1919 1936 dmw 1945 1971 dot 1908 1978 douglas 1907 1957 dunelt 1919 1935 duzmo 1919 1923 emc 1947 1977 excelsior 1896 1964 francis barnett 1919 1966 greeves 1953 1976 haden 1912 1924 hazlewoods limited 1895 1923 healey 1971 1977 hesketh 1981 1988 humber 1898 1930 hrd 1922 1928 ivy 1911 1934 james 1902 1966 jap 1903 1939 levis 1911 1939 martinsyde 1919 1923 matchless 1899 1966 1988 90 mcevoy 1926 1929 montgomery 1902 1939 ner a car 1921 1926 new hudson 1903 1958 new imperial 1901 1939 norman 1935 1963 norton villiers 1966 1972 norton villiers triumph 1972 1978 nut 1912 1933 oec 1901 1954 ok supreme 1882 1940 p & p 1922 1930 premier 1908 1921 panther 1904 1967 quasar 1975 1982 quadrant 1901 1928 raleigh 1899 1967 rex acme 1899 1933 rickman 1960 1975 rover 1902 1924 royal enfield 1893 1971 ruby 1909 1932 rudge 1911 1946 scott 1908 1965 silk 1976 1979 singer 1900 1915 sprite 1964 1974 sun 1911 1961 triumph 1885 1983 tandon 1947 59 sunbeam 1912 1964 velocette 1904 1971 villiers 1898 1966 vincent hrd 1928 1959 wilkinson 1911 1916 wooler 1909 1954 zenith 1905 1950 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cheney racing & oldid 739226411 categories motorcycle manufacturers of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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