Letters

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, and the pic is taken in Sulby Glen parking area in the Isle of Man. The three nice girls are,…

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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 posted for sale in the August edition. I discussed it with the seller who was clearly a genuine enthusiast with…

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You know how it is – you agonise about acquiring a ‘new’ bike (in my case a 1973 Triumph Adventurer TR5T) and eventually succumb and push the ‘Buy it Now’ (or whatever) button, convincing yourself: “That is it; no more. I’ve got everything I’d ever need/desire/covet,” and…the very next day there’s another ‘must have’ morsel…

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Recently I travelled from the north east to Lancashire to visit my cousin, Laura Yates, who is not in the best of health, and during the visit her daughter got some old photos out. Among the photos was one of her late husband on a motorcycle and, like myself, he was a keen motorcyclist. Anyway,…

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I read with interest, in OBM recently, the excellent article about the Moto Guzzi museum in Mandello del Lario on Lake Como. I have been a keen admirer of the Guzzi motorcycles since the ’50s, especially the racing machines that had many original features that appealed to me. My first motorcycle was a Moto Guzzi…

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I read with interest the article by Ian Kerr on page 37 of the August OBM and would like to add to it. Michel Lucani, the owner of ‘Musee de la Moto Entrevaux’, in the ‘good old days’ when old motorcycles were two a penny, was following a lorry which was heading for the rubbish…

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My son found an old photograph album and in it were the enclosed photos of people on motorbikes. I wonder if the readers can identify the makes of the bikes and where the letter ‘A’ registrations area was? Ted, Sunny Scarborough The accompanying newspaper clipping, marked as being from 1907 (which, to my eye, seems…

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The bike requiring an ID on page 20 (OBM Readers’ Letters, September), featuring the parents of Hugh MacKenzie, is a 1926 Triumph Model Q. The Model Q was the up-market Model P, with additional nickel plating and polished carb, crankcase and gearbox, plus an aluminium piston instead of the cast-iron piston of the standard Model…

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I read with interest Arthur Pentney’s letter (OBM September). There is no doubt that there are changing attitudes towards old bikes on our roads. One in particular concerning riders of two stroke machines. I am finding that the smoke trail left by my Greeves is causing annoyance to other drivers. Last year I was subjected…

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I have noticed in motorbike advertisements, elderly men are seeking to sell them because of difficulties brought on by age. My sympathies are with them and I parted with my BSA Shooting Star when pulling up on the centre stand and kick starting became a problem. The good news is that we can extend our…

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