While looking at the website, www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax, I thought I would enter the registration numbers obtained from photographs of my late father’s old bikes. The only one recognised, but untaxed for many years, is PFC 811,
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I have been reading with interest the article by Pete Kelly on the Villiers 2T and saw the picture, in the February edition, of Brian Tilke on his DMW Dolomite II De Luxe. I inherited
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Having just picked up the latest OBM, I was somewhat taken aback to see what I thought was a picture of my first ‘big bike’ on page 6. My Tiger (where are you now WGH
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Some time ago I read an article about the OK Supreme Lighthouse engine. It had a vertical camshaft on which the cams were fixed at the top and therefore worked horizontally. But there was no
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Re OBM issue 404, the unidentified Villiers engine bike on page 42 appears to be a Panther 197 of 1958-1960 vintage. It looks very like the one I rode, but mine had the 250 Twin fitted
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I enclose two more of Colin Clark’s images. I do not know any details of rider or machines, but the first looks like a Norton International (9), and is marked 1950-1951. The second appears to
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Since taking over from Pete Kelly esq at the helm of the good ship OBM, I’ve been fascinated by the directness of the connection that the publication has with its readers, and how so many
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I promised I’d send you a pic of the ’38 overhead valve Norton that came my way at the weekend: its history is unknown but it’s a local (to me) bike and has a tax
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I came across a photo of my dad when he was in the army, sitting on a Calthorpe Ivory (I think), registration DYT187. Looking on the DVLA website, I was surprised to see it still
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I have been a regular subscriber to OBM for the last 25 years and always look forward to the copy dropping on my doormat. I was very much enjoying the excellent article by Pete Kelly
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