The Classic MotorCycle - April 2014 UK, Tygodniki, prasa, magazyny, Tygodniki, prasa, magazyny
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WEIRD, BUT WONDERFUL?
BEARDMORE PRECISION ODDITY
BEAUTIFUL V-TWIN BEESA
MILITARYMIDDLEWEIGHT
Where legends come to life
Where legends come to life
Where legends come to life
April 2014
DOMINATOR 88
DOMINATOR 88
DOMINATOR 88
Top of the terrific
Norton twins
Best of
breed?
INSIDE:
James Hewing at the NMM: “We have many exciting ideas.”
Classic touring in France
BSA’s sidecar racing boys
Rudge Multi restoration
Editor’s
welcome
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It’s funny how certain things determine various choices we
make. We’re not going to veer into a discussion on
anything other than motorcycles, no need to worry, but
what prompted my thoughts were a couple of pieces, both
coincidentally involving Rudges that were on display at the
Bristol show.
The owner of one of them, Kerry Marsh, attributed his
involvement in the marque to a work colleague, while the
owner of the other, Brian Petheram, was supremely
grateful to the help and friendship (and hard work) of a
fellow club member in getting his machine there, where
he won a prize. It underlined the significance of friendship
in the scene. That was further underlined by the fact that
the best in show winning machine was also transported by
friends of the owner.
Around where we live in Lincolnshire, AMC machines
are the marque of choice for many – indeed, I was stood
chewing the fat the other day at the garage across the
road and talk turned to bikes and a man I’d never met
before told me his allegiance to AMC was down to one
prominent local enthusiast who encouraged the ‘young
‘uns.’ And that same fellow was the reason so many are
in to AMC machines around here.
Friendship rather explains why I’ve ended up with
Velocettes. I was never a dyed-in-the-wool Velo man, and
still don’t consider myself such, but I have/look after a
few and a lot of that comes down to people I’ve got to
know and what they have.
Many of the local Velo fellows have taken me on as a
bit of a mascot/project and are forever helping and
encouraging me with my stable. The cammy and the
pushrod racer (featured on page 22) have both seen me
receive help from local enthusiasts – while my dad
always helps me out as well.
And that theme (friendship and comradeship) brings
me back to Bristol (where the picture below was taken).
It is the ‘friendly show’, as someone tagged it, though to
be fair, I do find the vast majority of classic motorcycle
events welcoming – so we’re the friendly scene.
That feeling/sentiment is reiterated by the fact that
when we turn up/ride past on our machines, people
stop, smile and engage us in chat when we stop. People
are pleased we’re there – and it’s just another reason
why classics are the place to be. Everybody likes to be
liked. So, advice to politicians, bankers, tax inspectors et
al, is buy a classic – people will be pleased to see you!
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JAMES ROBINSON
Editor
Contributors
Ian Kerr, Roy Poynting, Jerry
urston, Phillip Tooth, Alan Turner,
Richard Rosenthal, Andy Westlake, Steve Wilson.
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CONTENTS
ISSUE
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APRIL 2014
Archive photograph
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6
News
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8
Diary
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12
Subscribe and save
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14
BRISTOL SHOW
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18
What we did this winter
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22
Letters
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26
Norton Dominator Super Profile
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30
BSA V- twin
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40
Beardmore Precision
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46
Straight from the plate –Thruxton, 1951
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53
Reader’s restoration – Rudge Multi
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58
Touring in France
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62
TedMellors reflections
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68
Closer Look – BSA’s sidecar stars
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72
James Hewing interview
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78
Men who mattered – Georg Meier
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82
Roy Poynting column
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84
Jerry Thurston column
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86
Marque of distinction –Sunbeams
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88
You were asking
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90
Restoration Guide – Gilera lightweights
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94
Technical feature – Ignition
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96
Next month
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112
Classic camera
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114
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