well here she is.my r2.

well here she is as i picked it from the seller.parted with my cash off we went home another 2.30 hour trip back home.nearly got hit with a bloody french lorry driver the plank couldent even shout any thoing in english as i shouted at the the plank.he looked down & waved.owell im home safe.hope the pics are ok for you guys & my special little stalker big kev.lol.

Hi there!

Thats a nice little stuart!

Ive had one or 2 but they have been complete utter dogs but i managed to get my money back on them when i sold them on.

Hopefully i will get a nice one sometime

Adam

That looks nice and tiny to move about, thanks for posting photos
Jonesey

That looks a tidy little engine, is it very heavy?

Stu.

it lighter than the r3m & the r3mcill get some more pics up later as iv been polishing the brass work on it.give the paint work a wipe over with cloth looking good so far.

Oooh, lots of brass That looks like a sweet engine.

it is dan runs like a clock.when its got plenty of fuel.its got the original copper petrol tank as well.will polish up nice.

Dave, looks like a nice little engine there, cheap to run as well i should imagine, will look nice when its polished,
Ian

dave were do you keep getting these engines from????
looks a nice little engine mate..well done..
mike..

just a case of offering the rite price for the engines at the time.the r2 engines dont come that often.so i bought.

I wonder how the market will change over the next few years? I have two opposing theories.
1) As more engines get discovered and restored the price of unrestored engines will rocket.
2) The more restored engines that are available the lower the price. (supply and demand)
Any body got any other ideas?

I don't think it has anything to do with what's found/restored it's a case of more people thinking of a cheap rally ticket for the small engines as the price of them just seems to go up and up. In the past 5 years all small and medium size engines have gone up but the big engines are struggling due to having to have bigger transport needs to move them about. I think it's the price of fuel that governs what engine prices make as people don't have the spare cash to go to rallies etc.

My opinion only,

Stu.

what about the private collector with a bit of land and has a crankup of these big engines then i know a few like that have over 60 i would of though and a few are big rustons and blackstone etc ...But it shocks me sometimes how cheap they can be !

matt

i think matt its down to the size like.bigger transport more fuel to get them to shows & to run them for a weekend or evend nearly a week.
iv gone for smaller stuff due to health issues.but it seams the smaller the engine the bigger the price.

Diddy wrote:i think matt its down to the size like.bigger transport more fuel to get them to shows & to run them for a weekend or evend nearly a week.
iv gone for smaller stuff due to health issues.but it seams the smaller the engine the bigger the price.

Dave you have hit the nail on the head !

There is not the market for the bigger engines ....one day i will have a big engine but that would be mounted on a trailer . not too big something along the lines of blackstone etc That would be a nice thing to have though .

But for now smaller engines are the way for me as go in the shed fine and around the back of the house etc .

matt

the biggest of my engines waigh 56kilo.s. with the petrol & warter tank.on.

dave..try not to smash this one up with a hammer...lol.lol...

Have you got her cleaned up yet Dave? I'm waiting to see some pics of her shining and all the brass work gleaming.

Stu.

ill have to go take some pics as iv got all the brass on it done butt not happy with the carb think it needs more work.so will do that then take more pics.

sadly nore pics of yet guys hopefully get some take at a rally if thay ent called off.

If your talking about Ducklington then its been called off mate

Diddy wrote:sadly nore pics of yet guys hopefully get some take at a rally if thay ent called off.

iv 3 others after ducklington.south cerney.fairford.7 whitehorse show..i got banded from ducklington m8.due to some one els not turning up with no engine & that was my fult then was told that it was the i spoke to other peaple ther.owell ill try again next year.