The first Greeves was built in 1951 by Oscar Bertrum (Bert) Greeves. Two prototypes were produced, a roadster and an off-roadster. This lead to an announcement in September 1953 that Greeves motorcycles were going into production of road, trials and scrambles machines. Through the 1950's Greeves established a reputation in the off-road market, with Dave Bickers taking the 250cc European Motocross championship in 1960 and 1961.

During the 1962 road racing season Reg Everett competed on a modified scrambles machine in both club and national races with a degree of success. This inspired Bert Greeves to make a purpose built road racer himself.

In 1963 Bert introduced the 250cc Greeves Silverstone 24RAS racer, for the price of £285. This machine was powered by the Villiers 36A engine. In its first year of production a rider called Tom Phillips won the ACU (British) championship on a Silverstone. In 1964 the Mk II version of the Silverstone appeared, the 24RBS. A new Greeves power unit was manufactured to replace the Villiers item. Both the Silverstone and the new Challenger motocross model benefited from this new engine. Gordon Keith won the 1964 Lightweight Manx Grand Prix with this version of the Silverstone at an average speed of 86.19 Mph. In this year also the Silverstone was voted Motor cycle news 'machine of the year'.

In 1965 the Greeves Silverstone again won the Lightweight Manx Grand Prix, this time with Manxman Dennis Craine in the saddle, at an average speed of 88.37 Mph. Peter Williams completed the podium with third place on another Silverstone at 87.05 Mph. Production of the Silverstone continued through until the end of 1967, when they were being outclassed by machines such as the Yamaha TD1C.

A Decision was made by Greeves to produce a larger capacity machine for the 1968 season, and thus was born the 344cc 35RFS Oulton. Sadly this machine failed to match the success of the Silverstone, and only 21 were sold. Unfortunately other Greeves racers based on the Silverstone and Oulton, with larger capacity engines of 410cc and 498cc never left their prototype stages.

Bert Greeves partially retired from the company in 1968 and with him so did Greeves production of road racers. Motocross machines continued to be produced into the 1970's.

This website aims to celebrate and provide you with an overview of the Greeves road racing machines still in use today. Plus information and results on some of the riders who race them.