Letters

What a surprise to see a photo of me and my 1938 Ariel RH 500 on page 37 of the April OBM. I am pictured descending a ‘medium’ steep hill at a practice day near Meopham in Kent. The organising club were the Double Five. This must have been circa 1995. My very first Pre-’65…

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My wife and I moved to the Isle of Man 27 years ago, having been travelling to the TT, Manx Grand Prix and Southern 100 since the ’70s, so we thought why not! And we’re glad we did so! I have been getting OBM since it was a free mag given out at autojumbles – it’s…

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Hello again, France calling! I saw this contraption in Marciac in south-west France yesterday.

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This could be useful to readers who, like me, own a James Comet or one of its many guises from the early Fifties.

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Rather than have these Colin Clark pictures just stored away, I am sending another set for inclusion in OBM.

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I’ve just received my March copy of Old Bike Mart, and was delighted to see the Panther two-stroke photo on the front page. For your information I thought I’d let you know that the Panther models with Earles forks and twin cylinder engines were the Model 35, which was powered by the Villiers 2T 250cc…

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How nice to see a couple of pages devoted to my old TriBSA scrambles bike which I built in 2003/2004. My good friend, Garry Bowden, in Patchway, built a new oil bearing frame including new yokes, engine box plates, air box, etc., the remainder was used from my old TriBSA. The wheels were built by…

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In the current issue of OBM, you have published a super first part article on Charlie Bruce and it has jolted me to put pen to paper, giving some further background to Charlie’s early career in the early ’50s, which is when I saw him race. I have been in touch with one of Charlie’s…

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I very much enjoyed the article on the Ariel Leader and the various letters. Enclosed is something readers may enjoy. After 52,000 miles on the Leader, I have many tales to tell but will hold back so as not to start a book! The Ariel Leader – often the comments made are derogatory regarding the…

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John Dalton, a Tiger Cub owner on the Isle of Man, sends me the attached pic from 1964 wondering if the Cub (554 UPO?) in the foreground might have survived. Apart from that, I thought OBM readers might be interested in the photo, which shows a lovely selection of bikes and riders from the day…

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