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Reference: Vincent Comet/LE sidecar
Vincent Comet and LE sidecar Every Vincent Comet/Meteor owner will be fed up with the old chestnut ‘It’s only half a twin.’ Reintroduced for the 1948 season, the stock 499cc Comet pushed out a healthy 28bhp/5800rpm measured at the crankshaft, which compares favourably with 23bhp delivered by the AJS Model 18/Matchless G80, 24.6bhp from an…
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The Scottish Show
Scottish Show approaches… Star guests at the show will be father and son Scots racing champions Bill and Ian Simpson. A wide selection of trade stands will also be offering motorcycling parts and merchandise for sale and there will be both private motorcycle exhibitors and club stands. Gates open 9am both days, pre-booked one-day tickets…
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Reference: BSA Bantam D1
1951 BSA D1 Bantam 125cc I’m always wary when people have dogmatic opinions about motorcycles, and that applies whether they are unreasonably critical of other riders’ mounts, or unquestioningly convinced that the sun shines out of their chosen model’s exhaust pipe. So when someone informs me that BSA Bantams are the best things since sliced…
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Reference: BSA Bantam D1
1951 BSA D1 Bantam 125cc I’m always wary when people have dogmatic opinions about motorcycles, and that applies whether they are unreasonably critical of other riders’ mounts, or unquestioningly convinced that the sun shines out of their chosen model’s exhaust pipe. So when someone informs me that BSA Bantams are the best things since sliced…
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The way we were: August 1963
Brian Martin Peter Stirland (246cc Greeves) was runner-up and Alex Wright (246cc Greeves s/c) relegating Langston to the sidecar class runner’s-up spot. Class awards were 150cc: R Weston (James), 250cc: Eric Adcock (Dot), 350cc: Don Smith (252cc Greeves) and Sammy Miller took the 500cc award. Having launched a 60mm vibration resistant speedometer at last November’s…
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Reference: DMW Dolomite 11
1958 DMW Dolomite 11 Retired HGV driver Brian Tilke has a long association with DMWs. Brian explained: “In 1958, I owned this exact model. I was a teenager then and thought it was fab. Mine was in these colours; I had to pay an extra £4-17s-6d for that. I’d passed my test in 1955 and…
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Reference: DMW Dolomite 11
1958 DMW Dolomite 11 Retired HGV driver Brian Tilke has a long association with DMWs. Brian explained: “In 1958, I owned this exact model. I was a teenager then and thought it was fab. Mine was in these colours; I had to pay an extra £4-17s-6d for that. I’d passed my test in 1955 and…
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The way we were: August 1938
Eric Fernihough Having started racing in the 1920s, during the early 1930s Eric established a garage at premises on the Byfleet Road near Brooklands. In 1935 he built a normally aspirated 996cc ohv V-twin Brough Superior JAP for racing and record attempts. Soon he was lapping at over 113mph and on July 23, 1935, took…
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Road Test: Ariel Leader
1959 Ariel Leader Hampshireman Neil Redley is (to put it mildly) a Velocette enthusiast, and he needs to explain why I can see a lone Ariel lurking in his collection. “Well, I had a Leader when I was a lad,” he grins, “so when this very complete one became available five years ago, and I…
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Road Test: Ariel Leader
1959 Ariel Leader Hampshireman Neil Redley is (to put it mildly) a Velocette enthusiast, and he needs to explain why I can see a lone Ariel lurking in his collection. “Well, I had a Leader when I was a lad,” he grins, “so when this very complete one became available five years ago, and I…
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