Feature Articles
how to... potter, productively in the shed.
9 January 2012
In a month where we’re told that having a shed is an important part of the modern human existence... the OBM guide to shed life.
out and about: A bit on the side – the early years
9 January 2012
In column three of our regular sidecar spot, Mick Payne has a look back at the early years of sidecars, and trells the story of some of the more unusual variations available.
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News
The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic Show
5 January 2012
A CLASSIC BIKE SHOW KNOCK-OUT AT NEWARK!
The winter blues were well and truly kicked into touch at the first major event of the classic bike show season. Launched for the very first time and held at Newark Showground over the weekend of January 7-8 – The Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Show proved an enormous success.
MoT discussion
19 December 2011
The possibility of certain categories of classic vehicles not needing to pass an annual MoT test is currently under discussion.
Other News
Competitions
Win! tickets to the Bristol Show!
CLOSING DATE: Saturday, 11th February 2012
Traditionally the first of the year's big bike shows, the 32nd Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show is back with a bang... and a whole new attraction. As always, the event at the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet on February 18 and 19 is a must, packed with bikes and things to buy for your winter project, and it's where the latest restorations make their first appearance.
Unearthed
9 January 2012
Michael Swain sends me a photograph of a little bike which he acquired about 40 years ago and on which his children learnt to ride on his good friend Peter Harris’s farm in Trawsmawr just north of Carmarthen and not a million miles from where this is being written. The children graduated to Yamaha TY80s and then TY175s, and the bike was barn-stored for 30 years. He’d now like to restore it but doesn’t know what make it is! It bears frame number SLS 57447 and engine number PX 32B 7095/1. Can anyone identify it?
M20
9 January 2012
Andrew Honychurch has a fairly extensive collection of bikes which includes this ex-military BSA M20. It’s registered 498 NAU, a 1961 Nottingham series, and this is obviously a number allocated when it was released from military service since the bike is clearly earlier than this. Andrew doesn’t want an age-related number but unfortunately has no logbook for the bike. Nevertheless I think I can recover the number for him, and have offered to do this.
Other Unearthed
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