Letters – The Classic Motorcycle

Looking for track layouts

8th November 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

Recently a friend and I have been looking for information on the scrambles (motocross) at Brands Hatch. Today, I got round to opening the September 2019 issue of The Classic Motorcycle and, surprise, surprise, was

Route maps sought

7th November 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

A friend and I would like to ride our BSAs around some parts of the 1954 ISDT that was based in Llandrindod Wells as part of our ‘bucket list’ of things we want to do.

Meddling about

6th November 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

I enjoyed the ‘Men who mattered’ piece in the November 2019 issue, regarding H G Tyrell Smith. One small fact missing from the article was that Tyrell competed in the first 1930 Pioneer Run (copy

A Dandy bearing

27th October 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

I note with interest your feature on the BSA Dandy (TCM, August 2019) and the points issue. Working for a BSA dealer in Nottinghamshire, a Dandy was not giving the service expected, and it was

Another Duggie

26th October 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

I read with interest the article on the Douglas 350cc Mark III Sports in The Classic MotorCycle, September 2019. Although I do not know of the whereabouts of the bike featured in the piece (JYT

SAINTly coincidence

25th October 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

For the last few months I have meant to email you regarding your article about Police Triumphs (The Classic MotorCycle, April 2019), in particular ELA-registered Saints. My brother Nick and I bought two of them

Is the ECW an Elk?

22nd October 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

I am writing reference the article on the machine above in your September 2019 issue. I have no information concerning the machine as a whole, but my attention was immediately drawn by two unusual features

You’ve featured my Daytona!

20th October 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

Well, not quite my machine but on opening my October 2019 copy of The Classic MotorCycle, I was amazed to see a 1972 Daytona looking just like mine – almost. I was aware of most

Knock-out Yamaha

9th October 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

I really appreciated the letter from Nigel Megson regarding the great article by Andy Westlake on my Greeves 197cc Scottish in the September 2019 issue of The Classic MotorCycle. In answer to his question concerning

My own two Eglis: The same but different

26th September 2019 Nigel Devereux Letters

I was very interested in your Egli-Vincents article, and the heading ‘The same but different’ was appropriate. It is also appropriate to my Egli-Vincents as I have a single (Egli-Vincent Comet Special) and a twin