We’ve covered some of the fascinating early 80s Armstrong GP bikes before – our former contributor Tim Huber once explained that Armstrong was the first firm to bring carbon fiber frames/swingarms to the GP grid in 1984 with bikes like this. This was one of the privateer race machines and it’s one of two bikes bought by Svend Andersson to compete in the 1984 Scandinavian series.
Per the seller, “Svend owned the machine until 2010 when it was bought by Richard Tracy of Rave Engineering who restored it for use in his planned re-launch of Armstrong. It has since been paraded and raced. Donnie Macleod paraded it a few times , also Alan Carter. Mark Parrett raced it in 2011 in Lightweight Manx DNF, then Dave Moffitt in 2012 to 5th. Place. No knowledge of 83 season activity but could have been a Randle machine, hence the livery.”
The 250cc liquid-cooled twin Rotax engine was paired with Marzocchi forks, Campagnolo wheels, Brembo brakes, Dell’orto magnesium carbs, an endurance tank, Scitsu tach, and more. The seller notes that the “engine has had a top end refresh with new pistons, rings, small ends and gudgeon pins along with the barrels replated at Langcourts. Comes with spare long-range tank and spare exhaust. Also have most of the Rave Motorsport race fairing.” This would definitely require more mechanical knowledge than I have but it is a cool piece of 80s two-stroke engineering – buy it and then come race AHRMA with me in the Open Two Stroke class…there’ll be a purse at the final race in Barber!
Find this Armstrong for sale in Walsall, England for 9,000 pounds (roughly $11,929) here on Facebook Marketplace.