1971 Penton Six Days 125cc

By Doug Norman

Here is my 1971 Penton 125 Six Days (serial v4873) restoration project, a joint project between myself and my younger son, Joe. The bike is almost complete and is rideable. We plan on running it as a Classic 125 lassic this coming year. We're both dirt riders (as is my other son, Mike).

A special thanks to Patti and Barry Higgins. I'd been looking for a shop manual for this bike for a while when I found H&H KTM. I ordered a manual from them, but unfortunately they didn't have one for an early Penton with the Sachs motor.

Barry thought he might have an old one buried somewhere in the shop...he went hunting for it, found it, then Patti had it copied and sent along. Hardly a high-margin item, yet they gladly helped.

Being a simple bike, it's been perfect for teaching my sons about the mechanical basics without the complexities found in modern bikes. It's also especially fun letting my sons, who've only ridden modern moto bikes, try "an old one." The limited suspension and weak brakes are real eye-openers to them, and it helps them understand what it was like "in
the day."

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