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Reference: Cammy Norton singles

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23rd May 2013

1949 Norton ‘Garden Gate’ Race-winning pedigree doesn’t come any more comprehensive than that of the ohc Norton; TT wins, GP triumphs, world championships and of course national and club wins for decade after decade – and still ongoing. There were a host of models, but the pedigree is plain to see in them all. Model…
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Reference: Oil pumps explained

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21st May 2013

This Pilgrim delivery only oil pump is fitted to a New Imperial 250cc Mechanical pumps fall into three groups – feed only, scavenge only and duplex pumps, which serve both roles. Many later total loss engines, often in use during the 1920s and early 1930s, along with some sports engines such as speedway motors, were…
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Reference: Oil pumps explained

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21st May 2013

This Pilgrim delivery only oil pump is fitted to a New Imperial 250cc Mechanical pumps fall into three groups – feed only, scavenge only and duplex pumps, which serve both roles. Many later total loss engines, often in use during the 1920s and early 1930s, along with some sports engines such as speedway motors, were…
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Reference: BSA A65 Lightning Clubman

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21st May 2013

1965 BSA A65 Lightning Clubman This A65 Lightning Clubman was not only the top of BSA’s range of unit twins in its day, it also topped the wish list of late BSA enthusiast and restorer Dave Smith. Dave died, age 58, at the end of 2007 of an unexpected illness. He had restored a whole…
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Reference: BSA A65 Lightning Clubman

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21st May 2013

1965 BSA A65 Lightning Clubman This A65 Lightning Clubman was not only the top of BSA’s range of unit twins in its day, it also topped the wish list of late BSA enthusiast and restorer Dave Smith. Dave died, age 58, at the end of 2007 of an unexpected illness. He had restored a whole…
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The next generation

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18th May 2013

Sam and TCM editor James Robinson Sam attends the JCB Academy in Rocester, Staffordshire, a specialist engineering-biased school, where pupils are steered towards a career in industry, with practical lessons using lathes etc, running alongside more traditional subjects. During his week Sam (pictured with editor James Robinson) wrote a couple of features, came on two…
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Reference: Magnat-Debon Poum

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17th May 2013

1938 Magnat-Debon Poum Ace restorer John Guy is well known on the show circuit, for his collection of vintage and post-vintage machines, six of which are SOS two-strokes. Indeed, John is probably the one of the foremost collectors of the Birmingham-built models anywhere in the world with many of the machines having been displayed at…
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Reference: Magnat-Debon Poum

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17th May 2013

1938 Magnat-Debon Poum Ace restorer John Guy is well known on the show circuit, for his collection of vintage and post-vintage machines, six of which are SOS two-strokes. Indeed, John is probably the one of the foremost collectors of the Birmingham-built models anywhere in the world with many of the machines having been displayed at…
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Amberley Museum annual show

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17th May 2013

The display of bikes was an excellent fit among the museum’s restored buildings, workshops and unusual artefacts. The majority of bikes were from the classic era, with no less than 85 BSAs entered, more than double the number of representatives from Meriden. The Small Heath entry was boosted by strong support from the Bantam Owners’…
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Reference: Velocette Venom

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15th May 2013

1970 Velocette Venom By the time this Velocette Venom left the Hall Green works in 1970, time was nearly up for the long running, enduringly popular sporting single. In a motorcycling world that was now welcoming four-cylinder overhead camshaft Honda CB750s and screaming two-stroke Kawasaki H1s into its showrooms, the overhead valve Velo, with its…
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