Pre '81 Falcon Majorca

[averagebiker]

Morning all,
When stripping down my falcon Majorca yesterday I thought I really ought to do a rebuild thread here.

If you are a catalog build fan or like things completely repainted and polished to within an inch of their lives this will not be the build for you

The great thing with this 40+ year old steed is that it has been updated throughout its life so nothing was welded in after 40 years of staying put!

I will set about listing the starting components soon in the meantime here is a photo of her in her stripped glory....

 

[averagebiker]

To keep things together here is my initial thread seeking help with the age and model.....

What model is my Falcon project?

Afternoon all, I took a punt on 2 old road bikes on the basis of a couple of poor pictures and put in an offer which was accepted. One is a Falcon and one is a British Eagle Touristique (well actually it turns out it isn't but that's a story for another day and thread!). The Falcon is destined...

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[averagebiker]

Somehow it seems that I have agreed to buy another Falcon road bike at the weekend. I need therapy lol

 

[Midlife]

What have you bought this time lol

 

[averagebiker]

I am not entirely sure

 

[averagebiker]

But it won't likely be exotic

 

[Midlife]

With Falcon it's like Forrest Gump box of chocolates, never know what you are going to get lol.

 

[averagebiker]

The other one is here.....

Oh no, another flippin' what Falcon is this thread? 😁

As noted on my other Falcon thread I somehow managed to agree to buy another Falcon. Whoops! I picked it up this am and thought I would get some photos on quick to see if anyone can help identify the model whilst I scour the forum and internet for details. Looking at her, I think it must be a...

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