Letters – Old Bike Mart

Classic style, modern mechanics. Is this the future for us all?

13th October 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

I have noticed in motorbike advertisements, elderly men are seeking to sell them because of difficulties brought on by age. My sympathies are with them and I parted with my BSA Shooting Star when pulling

Don’t show this to Health & Safety

13th October 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

I thought that this print might give the health and safety brigade a few challenging moments. The venue is a garden fete being held in the grounds of a hospital situated between Blackheath and Woolwich,

Intimidated by modern traffic

29th September 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

Referring to your June editorial, one has only to look at the picture on the front of the July issue, and another on page 37 taken in Banbury itself, to see the reasons for the

Thank you, David Hailwood

29th September 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

Through your columns, I’d like to say a big thank you to David Hailwood. He took time out to chat to me at the recent Withernsea Bikefest, then to my amazement invited me to sit

Ariel Leader’s 60th anniversary sparks more debate on British bike industry

22nd September 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

The Ariel Leader celebrated its 60th anniversary in July, but unfortunately I didn’t hear much about what was being done to celebrate the fact. The Arrow/Leader Club had a year-by-year line-up at Stafford, and a

Good reasons for not riding as often as we’d like

22nd September 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

I’ve finally managed to catch up with the June issue of OBM and your request for thoughts about unused machines. For me it’s like this: I’ve had a 1964 Triumph Thunderbird with a slightly modified

Sterling surprise at a Norfolk cafe

8th September 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

While on holiday on the North Norfolk coast, my wife and I visited a small cafe/tea shop in East Runton and were sitting enjoying the break when a rider turned up on a Sterling motorcycle.

Another ‘mystery motorcycle’

28th August 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

I’m a great fan of Old Bike Mart, and particularly enjoy the ‘mystery bike’ items. Here is a shot of my parents looking very fashionable one day around 1935 on their mystery motorcycle. They lived

The uplifting tale of a Moto Guzzi Lodola

28th August 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

Friends are wonderful – including those you might not actually have met. Readers may recall that I bought a pair of 1957 Moto Guzzi Lodolas for restoration which were featured in ‘Unearthed’ in an autumn

Bill Lomas ohc Royal Enfield story goes right back to 1950

25th August 2018 Nigel Devereux Letters

In reply to Mr Fred Dawes’ letter about the overhead-camshaft Royal Enfield in OBM (July), the answer lies here. In those far-off days I always looked for Cyril May’s magazines because they had such good