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Hello again, France calling! I saw this contraption in Marciac in south-west France yesterday.

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This could be useful to readers who, like me, own a James Comet or one of its many guises from the early Fifties.

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Rather than have these Colin Clark pictures just stored away, I am sending another set for inclusion in OBM.

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I’ve just received my March copy of Old Bike Mart, and was delighted to see the Panther two-stroke photo on the front page. For your information I thought I’d let you know that the Panther models with Earles forks and twin cylinder engines were the Model 35, which was powered by the Villiers 2T 250cc…

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How nice to see a couple of pages devoted to my old TriBSA scrambles bike which I built in 2003/2004. My good friend, Garry Bowden, in Patchway, built a new oil bearing frame including new yokes, engine box plates, air box, etc., the remainder was used from my old TriBSA. The wheels were built by…

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In the current issue of OBM, you have published a super first part article on Charlie Bruce and it has jolted me to put pen to paper, giving some further background to Charlie’s early career in the early ’50s, which is when I saw him race. I have been in touch with one of Charlie’s…

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I very much enjoyed the article on the Ariel Leader and the various letters. Enclosed is something readers may enjoy. After 52,000 miles on the Leader, I have many tales to tell but will hold back so as not to start a book! The Ariel Leader – often the comments made are derogatory regarding the…

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John Dalton, a Tiger Cub owner on the Isle of Man, sends me the attached pic from 1964 wondering if the Cub (554 UPO?) in the foreground might have survived. Apart from that, I thought OBM readers might be interested in the photo, which shows a lovely selection of bikes and riders from the day…

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The photo attached is courtesy of Sunbeam stalwart Geoff Morris, and it shows Edwin Cook with his 1903 BSA motorcycle fitted with a 2HP Minerva engine. The machine is now in Geoff Morris’s ownership, and is ridden on many Sunbeam MCC Pioneer Runs. Julie Diplock, Sunbeam MCC Read more Letters, Opinion, News and Views in…

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An interesting article in your last issue – the photo on page 23 caught my eye. In the picture at the cottage gate, I noticed there was a shovel above the lady’s head.Could this perhaps be a pub called the Malt Shovel? Maybe near Selly Oak? Richard Wilkinson, Ditton, Kent Read more Letters, Opinion, News and…

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