The Classic MotorCycle
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Fine French frolics
The GP Rétro du Puy Notre-Dame, held over the weekend of July 20-21, saw a fine, eclectic collection gathered for what is an increasingly prestigious event. Words and photographs: MICHAEL DAVIS Among all the French historic motorcycling events, le Puy Notre-Dame is considered special. Which perhaps explains why this year saw the greatest number of…
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Cullen and the 1971 ISDT
Being a trials man myself I enjoyed the Greeves Scottish story featuring Chris Cullen in the September 2019 issue. The last time I saw Chris Cullen was on a Steam Packet ferry, bound for Douglas and the ISDT in September 1971. I was 17 and on my way to the IoM for my first time,…
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Road trim Jimmy
I enjoyed your article on lightweight military motorcycles (June 2019 issue) and thought readers may be interested in the civilian version of the James Military Lightweight (ML). After the Second Word War ended, James continued to manufacture a civilian version of the ML until 1948, at which point they were able to start developing new…
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Swinging arm conversions
There were quite a few observations about aftermarket rear suspension in your September 2019 magazine. It should be noted conversions were not just confined to off-road machines. Here are some photos of my late father outside the De Havilland factory at Hatfield, on his Hartley Ariel, with a McCandless rear suspension conversion. In those days,…
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David Beckett
After a long period of illness, David Beckett passed away recently. An agricultural engineer by trade, David was constantly using his skills to mend or restore just about anything, including a number of cars and bikes. He started car racing while working in Kenya and built on his success after returning to the UK. Read…
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Plane game
On pages 6/7 of the September 2019 issue of TCM, the aeroplane is a French-built SNCASE SE 161 Languedoc, powered by four 900HP Gnome Rhone engines. Air France used 40 of them – 100 were built. It was able to carry 33 to 40 passengers. This one, registered F-BCUN, was number 61. Alas, I don’t…
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Strong price for a Triumph
At the Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions sale at Henstridge Airfield on July 11, this handsome 1938 Triumph Model 6S realised £9020. Bought by the seller at auction in 1982, as a project when showing just 11,000 miles recorded, the full restoration took until 1990 and the sparing use since then had only brought the…
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Book Review
Peter Williams – Designed to Race Revised edition Author: Peter Williams Designed and published by: Redline Books Available only from Peter Williams, who will supply signed copies if requested. Email: [email protected] Hardback, 225 x 285mm, 286 pages, with over 250 photographs and illustrations ISBN: 978-0-9555278-8-3 £35 plus p&p Peter Williams was, in his day, one…
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Grafty Green grasstrack
For some years, the Kent Kracker has been a premier event for its organising club, the Maidstone Aces MCC, and this year’s Kracker took place at Grafty Green, appropriately situated in the heart of the Kent countryside. While the events for modern machinery offered entertainment enough, the club endeavoured to fill out the entry with…
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Traditional day out
Club stands, ice cream, silly games, autojumble treasure and a happy, diverse crowd, give Founders’ Day its enduring popularity. Words and photographs: James Robinson That it is unashamedly traditional is the beauty of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Founders’ Day event, held this year, as every year, in the grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire.…
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