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
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High 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,
Read moreI’ve found my Triumph
OBM published my account of my introduction to motorcycling in June. Now I’ve found the bike my dad went to war on, or one very like it, thanks to OBM. A military Triumph 3HW was
Read moreAn alternative classic
In the September 2018 OBM, readers were invited to submit details of “What’s your hidden pleasure?” and, prompted by this request, Arthur Pentney penned the following … A couple of years ago I decided to
Read moreScouting for walls
With a long-term obsession with the wall of death, Alan Mercer found himself immersed neck-deep in the dangerous world of the rider! After four years researching the wall of death and meeting, with two exceptions,
Read moreThe fastest air-cooled 250?
Following on from last issue’s focus on the Suzuki X7 on the Japanese pages, it’s been brought to our attention that, while the X7 was a hugely popular machine with learner riders of the time,
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