Please forgive the tardiness of this little missive but with mounting concern I reread Neil AC Wyatt’s ‘It’s Time To Wake Up’ in February’s Readers’ Letters, page 14. Among other concerns, the excitable Mr Wyatt’s
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With reference to the Jones racer, in the April 2019 issue of TCM, Dennis Jones did indeed make his own front wheel but it was not a disc. The front wheel he made is in
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I read the April 2019 edition of The Classic MotorCycle with interest, particularly the article about the Post Office Bantam. I started as a Post Office Telegram boy in 1966 and after a brief spell
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Just to set the record straight in Tim Britton’s 1927 Ariel story in the April issue. ‘KO 1097’ was never mine; she belonged to my mate Miles, but I was always very jealous! We were
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With regards to EJJ 64 (March issue, p6) I bought it from a Michael Collins (killed in the Junior TT, 1970) for £3 in the mid-1960s. The story was it was owned by the factory
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I do not usually get to see The Classic MotorCycle, but a member of my congregation has donated me a copy of your April edition. The reason being that although I am now a Methodist
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As always, I am thoroughly enjoying the November 2018 issue. However, one caption on page 15 mentioning Chris Tullet on his 1938 Panther Redwing outfit is why I’m bothering you. To me, it looks more
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Memories came flooding back when I read the feature ‘Triumphant lives’ about Jock and Don Hitchcock in the September edition of The Classic Motor Cycle. In the mid-1960s I worked for a specialised engineering company
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Brightly coloured Ajay info sought Once again, congratulations on another great issue with the July number. Although I have never owned one of the AJS or Matchless twins they have always interested me. I was particularly
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Three remarkable women were awarded Gold Stars for lapping the Brooklands circuit at over 100mph – two were mentioned in ‘The Rugged Road’ book review (TCM, February 2018). Just by chance, I came across a
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