Reading Pete Kelly’s ‘Skimming Flatties’ feature, and his comments on Geoff Duke’s BMW’s small megaphone sound took me back to 1963/4. At that time I worked as a mechanic at Henleys, Star Inn in Oldham,
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Jack Plowright continued
I have been an OBM subscriber for many years, but was taken aback to read ‘Jack Plowright Motorcycles’ in large print on your letters page in the June edition. I was born and grew up
Read moreRemembering Jack Plowright
Jack was a gentleman, very ‘old school’. The motorcycle shop was the bigger of two in Trowbridge though I have no photographs of it. The lads used to go in there. I remember one ordering
Read moreFrom Barregarrow to Snetterton
Being unable to get out on my Velo recently, l was looking at some of the old negatives l have of the Sixties motor bike races. With the Classic TT/Manx Grand Prix now being announced
Read moreGrasstracker reborn
Whilst reading your article ‘Images from the past’ in this month’s OBM, I was pleasantly surprised to see my dad’s old Velocette featured in one of the photos. I can hopefully shine some light on
Read moreAn M20 adventure
I thought your readers may be interested to see these pictures, taken 50 years ago, in August 1970. I graduated from teenage bicycle-rebuilding to the joys of motorcycle ownership when, at the age of 15,
Read moreMotorcycling memories and connections
Hunting through my study in the search for an item I never found, I came across this photograph (right). In the 1980s I was a founder member of the motorcycle section of Bedfordshire Police Sports &
Read moreMore on Chic Parr – pilgrimages and invoices
In reply to Jamie Allium’s letter in OBM May 2020 regarding Chic Parr. In my late teens and back in the late ’60s, I bought a battered old Velocette MAC GPP 201, which had had
Read moreLittle Kwacker cracker
Further to the letter from Tony Colman about his Kawasaki Z200 in issue 420. His letter was a reminder of my own experience. I have, over the years, had an eclectic mix of bikes, starting
Read moreBig wattage for small iron
This may be a useful company to mention, who I dealt with a week ago. Finding a disappointing leak on my Honda VT 500 petrol tank (June issue) which could be soldered, I searched the
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