Letters

I wanted to say how much I enjoyed the article in OBM about the wonderfully talented technical illustrators who graced the pages of the motorcycle and motoring press in pre-computer generated days. My particular favourite was the great Lawrie Watts, whose career was captured in the book Watts My Line. I was introduced to Lawrie’s…

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This is a photo I took at a park in Horsham, Sussex on Whit Monday, 1951 of grasstrack racing where the machines were towing surfboard riders. As I have never seen this activity either before or since, I wondered whether Mortons Archive contains any similar records and whether it still takes place at grasstrack meetings…

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This is a picture of my late mum and dad on their motorcycle – registration number EGX 724, taken in the early to mid Forties. I recently found it in a box of old photos, and I was wondering if any of your readers could identify the make of bike or indeed knew of its…

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Thanks for publishing my piece and photos of horizontal-engined motorcycles in the August edition of OBM. The letter from George Simpson in Angus with the photo of a racerised water-cooled Adler MB250 taken back in the Sixties, prompted these photos of my 1955 Adler RS250 water-cooled factory racer. Adlers have always been a favourite of…

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This was seen at the ever-popular ASI Motor Show which is held at the Autodrome di Varano de’ Melegari (Palma) in Italy each May. Hundreds of classic and vintage machines parade, race and generally show off to the delight of huge crowds of spectators, for whom entry is free. Tony Page Read more Letters, Opinion,…

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I was just looking through some old negatives, and thought this may be of interest to fans of the Bit on the Side, feature. There are three ‘bits on the side’ here but l am afraid l do not remember who they are. The photo was taken in the early Sixties at Snetterton. I am…

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Neil Cairns’ article in the September edition, The Autumn of a 1946 BSA C11, brought back some happy memories because my first bike was also a C11 and had an interesting tale attached to its purchase. It was back in 1956 and the bike was a 1950 model with tele forks and solid rear end.…

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I am a subscriber to Real Classic magazine and do not usually get to see Old Bike Mart. However, recently a friend showed me an article from your August edition by Mick Payne about sidecars, as he saw that I was mentioned in the article and it concerned my sidecar outfit, which has always been…

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I am probably the last person in the world to find out about this but, just in case there is one other person that is struggling, here is something I have recently found out regarding the chasing of the source of oil leaks and using UV lights and UV dye to find it. I have…

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Regarding the letter in the June issue of OBM from Mr Wildsmith, I can inform him in some detail about the modified Scott he pictured. The bike was owned for over 50 years by a close friend of mine, and a true Scott enthusiast, Mr Arthur Fogg. Arthur bought the bike in the early 1950s…

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