Letters

Looking through the magazines at the local shop, I spotted the ‘Supreme Sunbeam’ picture on the cover of the July issue of The Classic MotorCycle, which I immediately purchased. At school in North London in about 1950, our metalwork teacher arrived one day on a new S8. I had little knowledge of motorcycles at the…

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I enjoyed the article ‘Battle of the Bugs’ in the April edition of TCM. I have long thought that the magazine ought to devote a little space to cycle attachments, as I feel sure some of your readers must have started powered two wheeling on one of these. My passion for motorcycles started at grammar…

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With reference to the Vincent Meteors feature in the May 2020 issue. As a Vincent Series C Comet rider for over 50 years, I quite agree with James Robinson that the Comet does feel like it is falling into corners. Corners, that is, not bends. This is most noticeable when turning left at low speed,…

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With reference to the article by Richard Rosenthal on Suzuki 50cc racing motorycles, in the June 2020 issue, I attach a photograph taken in the paddock at the TT in 1962. It show the Suzuki works team and my good friend, the late Sandy Thomas, Avon Tyre Technician, testing the tyre pressures of number four,…

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Hope you’re well in these ‘interesting’ times. What a pity we can’t all be out enjoying this lovely spring weather on our bikes, but it’s a sacrifice we have to make. What we are grateful for is guys like you who continue to provide our monthly magazine fix despite the challenges you talk about in…

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Motorcycle sport has recently lost three of its champions from a golden age of motorcycle racing – legendary road racer and five-times world champion Geoff Duke; Les Archer, the first-ever European (nowadays world) motocross champion and now, sadly, Colin Seeley, the world-class sidecar racer and manufacturer. The VMCC’s Dorset Section were proud to host this…

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Two items in recent copies of The Classic MotorCycle have prompted me to drop you a line; one is the article about the Harley-Davidson VL published in April 2020 and the second your request in the May edition for a bit of sunshine. My father bought a new Harley-Davidson 1290cc Model 80 direct from Harley-Davidson…

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The Harley-Davidson VL feature ‘If at First’ (March 2020), I found very interesting as it seems Harley carry on in the same vein; I will explain. It was 2007 when I purchased a new Harley Softail Custom – being a retired mechanical/ electronics development engineer, I like to research my bikes. I soon realised that…

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When looking at the article about George Beale joining Charterhouse Auctioneers (May 2020) I noticed the registration number of the Gold Star in the photograph, and it rang a bell. After a bit of digging through various books, I ascertained this was the actual one road tested in Motor Cycling magazine in 1955. It was…

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I am always interested to read the very interesting articles in The Classic MotorCycle and Rachael Clegg’s ‘Teenage Dreams’ story about John Weeden’s 1966 BSA Mk.II Spitfire (March 2020) brought back many happy memories for me, as I worked for BSA automotive at the same time, and knew John. The photo on page 60 of…

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