Yamaha Majesty 250 replica frames
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:20 pm
After quite a few years searching I have finally bought a Yamaha Godden 250 Majesty frame kit and am in the process of making up a bike with it.
These frames are very rare in Australia due to the high cost of importation from the UK and popularity of the bikes there.
When made up into a bike using the mechanicals from a donor TY250 twinshock, are a competitive bike for Twinshock competition with the durability and reliability associated with Yamaha trials bikes.
The Majesty frame kits and whole bikes were made in the late 1970s and early 1980s as part of a business venture intended to make use of hundreds of unsold TY250 Yamahas from the late 1970s. The Majesty frames and bikes were developed by well known UK riders John Shirt and Mick Andrews, capitalising on the knowledge gained during Mick's years developing his works Yamaha trials bikes. When the first monoshock Yamaha trials bikes came out, John Shirt's development activity turned to the mono Yamahas and the Majesty saga came to a close. The first range of Majestys used a modified TY250 frame and the later ones had a completely new frame. The Godden frames are the completely new type.
The popularity of Twinshock trials has soared over the past 10 years and with that popularity has come some riders wanting to ride the best bikes available.
Anyway the point of all this is to find out if anyone is interested in having replica frames made of the Godden Majesty. I'm willing to lend my frame to a frame builder so a construction jig can be made for people to have replica frames made. Note that being an exact replica the bike would be eligible for twinshock class competition in Australia even though it would have been manufactured in 2007.
Before the frame builder would have any interest in making replica frames, they would need to be sure that they would be able to sell enough frames to cover the cost of developing the jig. An indicative retail price for an Australian frame maunfacturer making this type of frame (including swingarm) would be somewhere between $2000 and $3000 each.
I expect that there would be very few people in Australia willing to spend that sort of money for a bike frame but a few people have asked me already about getting replicas copied from my frame so it is probably worth asking.
Please let me know ASAP if you have a fair dinkum interest in getting a replica Godden Majesty frame.
I've attached a photo of a 250 Godden framed Majesty for your reference. It has been fitted with TY250N (monoshock TY) forks and wheels.
These frames are very rare in Australia due to the high cost of importation from the UK and popularity of the bikes there.
When made up into a bike using the mechanicals from a donor TY250 twinshock, are a competitive bike for Twinshock competition with the durability and reliability associated with Yamaha trials bikes.
The Majesty frame kits and whole bikes were made in the late 1970s and early 1980s as part of a business venture intended to make use of hundreds of unsold TY250 Yamahas from the late 1970s. The Majesty frames and bikes were developed by well known UK riders John Shirt and Mick Andrews, capitalising on the knowledge gained during Mick's years developing his works Yamaha trials bikes. When the first monoshock Yamaha trials bikes came out, John Shirt's development activity turned to the mono Yamahas and the Majesty saga came to a close. The first range of Majestys used a modified TY250 frame and the later ones had a completely new frame. The Godden frames are the completely new type.
The popularity of Twinshock trials has soared over the past 10 years and with that popularity has come some riders wanting to ride the best bikes available.
Anyway the point of all this is to find out if anyone is interested in having replica frames made of the Godden Majesty. I'm willing to lend my frame to a frame builder so a construction jig can be made for people to have replica frames made. Note that being an exact replica the bike would be eligible for twinshock class competition in Australia even though it would have been manufactured in 2007.
Before the frame builder would have any interest in making replica frames, they would need to be sure that they would be able to sell enough frames to cover the cost of developing the jig. An indicative retail price for an Australian frame maunfacturer making this type of frame (including swingarm) would be somewhere between $2000 and $3000 each.
I expect that there would be very few people in Australia willing to spend that sort of money for a bike frame but a few people have asked me already about getting replicas copied from my frame so it is probably worth asking.
Please let me know ASAP if you have a fair dinkum interest in getting a replica Godden Majesty frame.
I've attached a photo of a 250 Godden framed Majesty for your reference. It has been fitted with TY250N (monoshock TY) forks and wheels.