The photo attached is courtesy of Sunbeam stalwart Geoff Morris, and it shows Edwin Cook with his 1903 BSA motorcycle fitted with a 2HP Minerva engine. The machine is now in Geoff Morris’s ownership, and
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At the pub gate?
An interesting article in your last issue – the photo on page 23 caught my eye. In the picture at the cottage gate, I noticed there was a shovel above the lady’s head.Could this perhaps be
Read moreA resting Dougie?
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,
Read moreThe DMW network
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
Read moreRemembering dear old James…
If we could turn back time to our teenage years, would we? Mike Hornegold gave it a try! I wonder if you would like to include my account of an old boy’s dream, or is
Read moreNot just a Flash in the pan
Martin Spicer’s life with his BSA Golden Flash not only spans 55 years, but also involved it going halfway around the world with him… My story starts in 1948 when I was born in South
Read moreMeriden’s best
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
Read moreDread not the Bamburgh Run!
Making its debut at this year’s Bamburgh Run, held in the beautiful village of Etal in Northumberland, is the Vintage Motorcycle Club’s iconic Dreadnought. Regular readers of Old Bike Mart will know of the Dreadnought’s
Read moreMecum’s record breaker
As part of the 235 bikes that had been part of the MC Collection in Sweden that were sold at the Mecum auction in Las Vegas back in January, this ‘Big Tank’ Crocker sold for
Read moreMuseum Live!
Another date for your diary, as the National Motorcycle Museum has released the date for its annual Museum Live event, which is Saturday, October 26 this year. As in previous years, the museum will have
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