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The Alfer project page 1

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August 2011. Just arrived back from Spain after a 3500 mile round trip through France.
There are 4 bikes in there !

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I bought this Alfer in the knowledge that it did not run. The dealer who started it , didnt mention it to me when I I spoke with him prior to my journey - git x 10 !.

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This is the only Alfer Trials bike in the UK. I had a hard enough time sourcing Mecatecno spares. This will certainly  be tougher .

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Alfer motorcycles are very hard to come by. They didnt build many of them in the first place so 20 years later you can imagine how rare they are !

The Alfer in the garage prior to the strip down

The relatively unmarked sump shield showed it hadnt done a lot of work.

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Its unabused and fairly original.

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The spacer attached to the brake caliper wont clear the hub , therefore the rear brake pistons and pads have to be pushed back in to allow the rear wheel to be removed !
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The Moto Villia engine. It was fitted to early GasGas trials bikes , but with a different capacity
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The Alfer has some nice personalisations to it - like this ....
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Asso have confirmed that pistons are no longer available , however KTM360 pistons can be made to work -phew !
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.....and this
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......this also
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