Bill Nilsson/Bison
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"Buffalo Bill" in California by Kenneth Olausson from Racing-sport magazine November 1968
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The story about Bill Nilssons prototype Bison from the Swedish magazine Allt om mc March 1979
Bill was very convinced about a new era for four strokers and built this bike in 1979.
And he was ahead of everyone else as usual!
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Lindstrom-mx very sadly have to announce that Bill has left us!
We will alvays remember you with many pleasant memories!
Ride in Paradise Bill!
Updated 121217 with an interesting article from MC Folket Magazine
Congratulations Bill 80 year!
Thank you Magnus Klys, Birger Tommos and Göran Petersson
Updated 120922 with 25 "New" photos from Austrian GP last on this page
Bill who was Sweden's first individual World Champion of mx in 1957. Bill is also a very skilled motorcycle builder, during the years he has made himself many nice and fast bikes.
Here he is with his winning mx bike from 1957, an rebuilt road racing AJS 7R bike.
Here they are again some 40 years later.
Photo's Nisse Wedin
This is a 500cc fourstroker that Bill builth in the late seventhies with the HVA twostroke engine in "the bottom" and CCM/Weslake topend.
This was several years before HVA released their 510cc fourstroker in 1983.
Bison
article from MC nytt february 1979
Bison in a later version with Hedlund topend
photo's Nisse Wedin
Bill at Knutstorp
Another "Bison" is this Petite Metisse with Eso engine that Bill builth in 1964
Rolf Mårtensson posing with Bill's Bison
Next 3 Photo's Nisse Wedin
Bison or Billson from 1962
from MC nytt
The same bike from year 2000 with another engine
Bill still got the OHC engine
This is Nisse Wedin's own Bison
I'ts a bike that Bill originally built for 1965 season
Here from 1965
Next 2 pic's Bill testing Hägglund bike for Swedish Army in 1973
25 Fantastic photos from Austrian GP Sittendorf 1958 - 1964
Many thanks to
Erwin Jelinek and Technisches Museum Wien for collecting over 20000 old MX photos!
Photo Erwin Jelinek
1958
Bill and Gunnar Johansson unloading
1959
1960
1961
Bill in front of Sten Lundin
1962
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