OBM dropped through the letterbox this morning, and I quickly became absorbed in the Great War tribute article – finding the photos fascinating. The two centre right photos on page 37 are of unidentified bikes
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Category: Letters
Camier’s
Having read Steve Brown’s recent letter in last month’s OBM, I wondered if that would be retired Sgt. Brown, who would caution us on our old Brit bikes back in the ’70s then later own
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Brands Hatch in 1946. You will see that Bernie Ecclestone did a bit of racing in his early days! He would have been aged 16 here, and is lining up with Bill O’Rourke and James
Read moreIn defence of the Banbury Run
In the September issue of OBM Arthur Pentney had a letter published titled ‘Intimidated by modern traffic’ in which he gave some inaccurate details about the Banbury Run. As clerk of the course, and therefore
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Somebody gave me this insurance document, which was being thrown out. It is for an EMC 350cc 1948, as owned by an AW Picknell of Eastleigh. I have never heard of one, but have found
Read moreHigh tech or low tech? Tech yer pick!
Do you really need to go to the trouble of obtaining and fitting a gizmo for such a simple thing as remembering to turn on the oil flow to your engine? If so, then go
Read moreAnother Arrow in the quiver
I first started motorcycling on the road in 1959 aged 17 with a 20 quid BSA Bantam, of 125cc capacity, in green and with a plunger frame. Before then I had two years around the
Read moreRose Hill climb, and sledges
Your October 2018 edition shows a picture of Birmingham Club members at Rose Hill. Rose Hill is an iconic location in motoring and motorcycling history, and is part of the Lickey Hills area situated just
Read moreThe correct hill-climbing attire
Looking at the photos in OBM of riders taken before the advent of the “rocker generation” (mine) the one common denominator is TIES! All the riders of the generation before us are almost always wearing
Read moreA head in a bag
As usual, the story in the September issue of OBM of Peter Gray’s Sunbeam S8 prompted me to dig out this old photo of my S7 with a Monza sidecar. I had it around 1967,
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