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hile nostalgia will always depend upon one’s own particular age and memories, that doesn’t mean that those who were not around at the time cannot enjoy a well-written vision of how things used to be – and this is underlined by two readers’ letters that arrived this month.

If you remember the days of virtually empty roads, you’ll love Eric Turner’s short letter recalling the regular Sunday evening rides on his 1938 350cc Ariel Red Hunter from his Yorkshire home back to RAF Sealand, just across the border in North Wales, where he was stationed as an 18-year-old in 1948.

If any of you have similar memories, we’d love to hear them.

Then, just as we were going to

Braddan opening postponed The trustees of the Joey Dunlop Foundation have postponed the open day and official opening of the new apartments at Braddan House, on the TT course, until the late-summer Festival of Motorcycling, when Gary Dunlop, along with William and Michael, will all be available to officially open the new premises.

press, a great letter came in from Joe Spence of Kells, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, recalling that 1957 TT in which Bob McIntyre finally achieved the first ton lap that had been so cruelly denied to Gilera-mounted Geoff Duke two years earlier, when he lapped at 99.97mph (although Bob must have felt just as gutted when, a mere four years later in 1961, he lapped at 99.58mph on a machine half the size, the 250cc Honda four).

Recalling the howl from the Gilera’s four black megaphones, Joe writes: “For me this has been a sound unforgotten since I was tuned into the race broadcasts on the wee radio at the office, fingers crossed that the boss would stay away for a longer lunch.

“At the switch-over to the Creg

on the last lap (with McIntyre in front of MV Agusta-mounted John Surtees on the road) I remember commentator Murray Walker enthusing ‘Eight cylinders – listen to them!’ What a melody of pure music – open megaphones in perfect harmony accelerating away from the Creg.”

Looking forward to the forthcoming Classic TT Races over the bank holiday weekend of August 25-28, Joe concludes: “It’s just superb that the Kay brothers have built an exotic Gilera replica for the 100mph lap commemoration, and I have no doubt that current TT star Michael Dunlop will do the occasion proud – and in view of all the many course changes since 1957, I just wonder what lap speed he will achieve?”

Keep them coming, readers. It’s always such a pleasure to hear from you all.

Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride builds on 2016 success Building on its inaugural success last year, the Principal Insurance-sponsored Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride weekend at the Santa Pod Raceway on May 20-21 boasted a ‘Run What Ya Brung’ event sponsored

by Fast Bikes magazine, demonstrations by Eric Teboul’s Rocket Bike and the FireForce 3 Jet Car which reached speeds of 246mph and 268mph respectively, round two of the British Stunt Bike Championships won by Lee Bowers, Broke FMX freestyle motocross and a GP paddock with regular start-ups by historic machines.

New for this year, the quarter-mile strip hosted the third round of the ACU Drag Bike Championships, and to top it off, there was a custom bike show in association with Back Street Heroes magazine.

Show organisers Santa Pod Raceway and Mortons Media Group are already making plans for next year’s event.

Getting away to a standing quarter-mile on a wet strip takes lots of bravery and skill.

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Triumph triples to take world stage in Moto2 Triumph will become the sole engine supplier to the FIM Moto2 World Championship from the 2019 season onwards, using dedicated race-tuned 765cc three-cylinder triples.

Based on the highest-spec 765cc powerplant from the latest Street Triple RS, the new engine will feature a modified cylinder head with revised inlet and exhaust ports for the best-possible gas flow, titanium valves and stiffer valve springs to increase the rpm, a low-output race-kit alternator for reduced inertia, a higher first gear ratio, a tunable race-developed slipper clutch, a specific race ECU being developed by Magneti Marelli, revised engine covers to reduce the width, and a different sump for

an improved header run.

Even in road set-up, the new engine has more than 80 new parts compared with its predecessor, and an increased bore and stroke. It has a new crank, new pistons, new connecting rods and balancer shaft, Nikasil-plated aluminium barrels and a revised gearbox.

Triumph’s chief commercial officer Paul Stroud said this was a significant moment for Triumph that brings an exciting new chapter to the marque’s 110-year racing history, and ExternPro technical director Trevor Morris, who’ll be responsible for the final preparation of the engines for the race series, said: “It’s incredibly exciting to be working in conjunction with Triumph in

supplying engines for the Moto2 world championship. I’ve been a fan of the triple for a long time, and its unique characteristics and performance will enhance the future success of the championship."

Julian Simon, the 2009 125cc world champion, a Moto2 runner-up and experienced Moto2 test rider, who’s been involved with the engine development testing at Aragon, said: “The engine feels strong, and in particular the mid-range is very impressive. The feel between the throttle and the rear wheel is very direct and controllable. The general feeling is very good, and the engine already shows great potential.”

Ernest Jackson’s Challenger gifted to Sammy Miller Museum Trust The family of Ernest Jackson, who sadly passed away recently, has gifted his 1967 360 Greeves Challenger to the Sammy Miller Museum Trust.

After retiring from motocross, Ernest restored the bike and kept it as the main attraction in his lounge, and his three daughters, Anita Withers, Susan Bolton and Pamela Boyd, thought that his beloved bike should join the collection of off-roaders at the museum.

It is now displayed with another great Jackson bike, the AJS on which Gordon Jackson famously won the Scottish Six Days’ Trial with a single dab in 1961.

Still looking brutally purposeful, this 1967 360 Greeves Challenger took pride of place in Ernest Jackson’s front room until he sadly passed away, and his three daughters gifted it to the Sammy Miller Museum Trust.

Ernest Jackson is seen in typical storming action on The Greeves at Padworth in 1967.

“We are very proud to have Ernest’s fantastic bike in our off-road section,” said Sam. Open daily to visitors from 10am until

4.30pm, the Sammy Miller Museum displays nearly 400 fully restored motorcycles, many of them icons from the world of motorcycle sport.

Steve Spencer, who finished third on a Steve Lancefield Norton in the nail-biting 1967 Senior TT, passed away in May, just before the 50th anniversary of his superb achievement.

Making his effort in coming home only behind Mike Hailwood (Honda) and Peter Williams (Matchless) even more impressive was the fact that it was his debut TT. It was the year when Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini fought neck-and-neck for the lead, with laps at over 108mph, until Ago’s chain broke at Windy Corner and he had to coast back to the pits.

Spencer had made his Senior Manx Grand Prix debut in 1964, when he retired, but in 1965 he finished fifth and in 1966 third, before his TT bow.

He ended his career in 1970 with a Production TT seventh and Senior TT 10th before making a comeback in the 1991 Classic Manx GP. He qualified a Norton twin on his first lap, but it expired early on in the race.

During the 1967 TT Spencer, who was employed as a tester by

Triumph, also finished eighth in the Junior race on another Lancefield Norton despite crashing out of third place in the Production TT on a Triumph Bonneville.

His 1967 Senior and Junior efforts won him the Joe Craig Trophy for the best aggregate performance by a British rider on a British machine.

His funeral took place in the Warwickshire village of Piccadilly on June 6, just 10 days before the anniversary of his most glorious ride.

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Farewell to TT legend Steve Spencer

Inset and above: Steve Spencer, who passed away just before the 50th anniversary of his magnificent 1967 TT ride.

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Speed trials that started 112 years ago Considered to be the longest-running motor sport event in the world, the Brighton Speed Trials first ran in 1905, and this year’s event, run by the Brighton and Hove Motor Club, will take place along the resort’s seafront Madeira Drive on Saturday, September 2.

Nowadays the trials take the form of a singlelane, standing-start quarter-mile sprint, and the motorcycle entries are organised by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Sprint Section under an AutoCycle Union competition permit.

The bikes entered often range from those of the 1920s right up to the present day, and the spectator entry fee includes a programme and access to the paddock area, where the machines can be seen at close quarters and the riders, drivers and mechanics are available to chat to.

This year’s main sponsor is Frost’s Cars Ltd of Brighton, and CTA Fire of Sittingbourne is paying the prize money for first, second and third in each motorcycle class.

Fearsome machines like these often reach speeds of 160mph by the end of a standing-start quarter.

A fine reminder of days gone by in the shape of a JAP-engined contender from a bygone era sporting a superb Brooklands-style can.

Mean, light and low, a Triumph twin-powered sprinter gets off the line.

1928 Indian is star of H&H Classics’ NMM sale H&H Classics’ first auction of cars and motorcycles to be held at the National Motorcycle Museum on Friday, June 2 made a total of £872,000 and included a single-owner collection of pre-war vehicles found on a farm in Berkshire.

The highest price paid for a motorcycle was the £52,000 bid for a red and cream 1928 Indian Model 401 with matching numbers and a fully documented restoration from 1995. The motorcycle is eligible for the Banbury Run. The 148 bikes in the sale made a total of £472,000.

This restored 1928 Indian Model 401 was the top motorcycle to be sold in the H&H auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on Friday, June 2.

Tortoises, hares and snails in Wells Club’s hardy annual Although a poor weather forecast put off some last-minute entries, around 130 motorcyclists descended on Wells Market Place on the morning of Sunday, June 4 to take part in the seventh annual Tortoise and Hare Run, organised

by Wells Classic Motorcycle Club to raise funds for the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance.

The riding groups were flagged away in bright sunshine by the Mayor of Wells, assisted by the Town Crier, but this all changed as the entrants made their way over the Mendip Hills on their way to Shipham Village Hall, where everyone from the three run sections met for coffee.

Different routes were again taken as the riders returned to Wells Football Club for lunch, followed by more scenic routes, this time over the east Mendips, for the ‘tortoise’ and ‘hare’ contingents while the well-attended ‘snail group’ took in a local route over fairly level ground.

All groups then returned to the club for refreshments as the class awards were presented and raffle tickets drawn, and a sizeable donation will again be made to the air ambulance.

Entrants in the Wells Classic Motorcycle Club’s annual Tortoise and Hare Run gather in picturesque Wells Market Place on Sunday, June 4.

AWARDS Best-Attended Club Shield, Taunton British and Classic Motorcycle Club; Mayor’s Choice Salver, 1947 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet, Norman Foster, Evercreech; Best Tortoise, Chris Biddlecombe, Yeovil (1954 MV Agusta Disco Volante); Best Snail, The Classic MotorCycle subscription, Rich Kinsley, Trowbridge (1929 Scott Squirrel); Best Hare, Classic Bike Guide subscription, Brian Chandler, Langford (1977 Suzuki); Marshals’ Choice, Tortoise, Peter Manley, Bristol (1966 Greeves Sports Twin); Marshals’

Choice, Hare, Ray Whitcombe (1950 Vincent HRD Rapide); Oldest bike to complete run, Rich Kinsley (1929 Scott Squirrel); Most Interesting Bike, James Thompson, Bath (1955 NSU Max); Marshals’ Choice of Marshals’ Bike, Norman Foster (1947 Royal Enfield Bullet); Best Non-British Bike, Real Classic subscription, Neil Bishop, Street (1983 Honda CB900); Best Modern, Real Classic subscription, Robert Winkworth (2017 Triumph Bobber); Youngest Person Entered as Pillion Passenger, gift voucher, Jack Ward aged 11, Langport.

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90th anniversary grass track display planned This year marks the 90th anniversary of the first grass track event to be held in the UK, which took place near Croydon on Whit Sunday 1927 – and to celebrate the occasion there will be a get-together at the National Motorcycle Museum on Friday, October 14.

The organisers are trying to arrange a display of grass track machines, both solo and sidecar, from as many eras as possible, and offers have already come from enthusiastic collectors.

It’s also hoped to have as many former grass track riders as possible, along with present competitors, officials, club members and sponsors – in fact anyone who enjoyed a great sport that has produced world and European champions in both speedway and long track racing.

If you want to take part, please let Rob Lidgate know at rob.lidgate@btconnect.com

Boston Bike Night A ride-in classic and custom show will be one of the attractions at the 21st Boston Bike Night in the Lincolnshire town on Thursday, July 6.

Several local companies will be supporting the event, and this year there will be a proper stage, some biking celebrities, manufacturer and retail stands and a good catering area.

More details can be found at www.bostonbikenight.co.uk

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NMM gears up for its fourth free Museum Live open day Three years ago, the National Motorcycle Museum allowed visitors to view its huge collection of British motorcycles for free when it staged the first of its Museum Live open days.

Since then, the popularity of the event has grown rapidly, and the fourth Museum Live will take

Freddie and Alex Spencer will both appear on stage at the Museum Live event in November.

place at the museum on Saturday, November 4.

Free attractions will include updated Stars on Stage sessions hosted by Steve Parrish and featuring multiple world champions Freddie Spencer and Carl Fogarty, and their partners will join in a fun Riders’ Wives questions-andanswers session.

Other motorcycling personalities from the past and present will be there, and visitors will have the chance to ‘Meet the Experts’. The event will also include an indoor autojumble and trade area, and some of the museum’s most precious exhibits will roar again in the ever-popular bike start-ups.

The climax will come during the afternoon when the winning ticket from the NMM’s Summer Raffle will be drawn by a celebrity guest live on stage, and someone will become the lucky winner of a 1960 500cc BSA Gold Star worth

The winning raffle ticket for this immaculate 1960 500cc BSA Gold Star, worth more than £20,000, will be drawn live on stage during the NMM’s Museum Live open day on Saturday, November 4.

more than £20,000.

Raffle tickets are available to buy on-line from www.thenmm.co.uk or by calling the museum on 01675 444140.

More details of the event will be announced next month, and on the dedicated event page www. nationalmotorcyclemuseumco.uk/ event-directory/museum-live/

More than 200 motorcycles Silver anniversary for Raby Castle classic show at Cirencester airfield show The 25th anniversary of the Raby Castle Classic Vehicle Show will be celebrated at the picturesque Co Durham venue at Staindrop, near Darlington, on Sunday, August 13, when plenty of classic cars and bikes will be present.

The entry fee of £7 in advance for adults and £2.50 for children includes entry to the deer park’s grounds, tea room, gift shop and horse carriage museum, and from 1pm visitors can pay separately for admission to the 14th century castle itself. Well-behaved dogs are also welcomed.

The grounds of Raby Castle are an ideal location for a family day out.

To find out more, go to http:// www.rabycastle.com or www. markwoodwardclassicevents.com

The Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza, organised by the Stroud Vintage Transport & Engine Club at South Cerney Airfield, Cirencester, from August 4-6 will boast a strong two-wheel entry of 230 motorcycles and scooters, and the show will also host the Cotton Motorcycle Club’s national meeting.

The event, one of the biggest in the calendar, raises thousands of pounds for national and regional charities each year, and features historic vehicles of every kind.

Other highlights will include a

150th anniversary R A Lister & Co display, a Battle of Britain Memorial flypast on the Saturday and Sunday, a vintage fun fair, a countryside arena featuring dog agility, ferret racing, rare breeds, shire horses and falconry, lots of refreshment outlets and vintage tea rooms with regular music and 1940s-inspired Lindy Hop dancing.

For more information, or to buy tickets in advance, visit www. glosvintageextravaganza.co.uk.

The show will open daily at 10am, finishing at 5pm.

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Vincents invade Brands for Bill Hancock Riders’ Rally Since the Vincent Owners’ Club was founded in 1947, the focus has been on the use of Vincent machines whether in touring or sporting mode, and each year it stages a wide range of rallies and meetings including the UK’s one-day Bill Hancock Riders’ Rally, writes Tony Page.

It’s named after the late VOC stalwart who once organised the rallies, choosing country houses and stately homes as destinations.

This year’s event was organised by the South London and North Kent sections of the VOC, with Brands Hatch the venue.

Thanks to the efforts of John Sayer and Dick Wheeldon, South London and North Kent section organisers respectively, and the club’s information officer Paul Adam, 42 Vincent HRD machines took part, proving that these motorcycles are not just for polishing, and to emphasise the point Ernie and Gill Lowenger called in on their Black Shadows while on their way to Dover and the club’s Scandinavian Rally in Sweden.

Examples of almost every Vincent HRD variant could be seen at the Kent

gathering, from the oldest, a 1926 HRD ‘80’, to a 150-mile-old Egli Vincent sporting a modern Hinckley Bonneville front end, dispelling the myth that the VOC considers non-standard bikes heresy.

There were four sidecar outfits, four Egli Vincents, a pre-war Series-A twin and single, Series-B and D twins, Comets and even a 1934 HRD Python Sports.

Both the Series-A single and Python Sports were gifted to the VOC, the Series-A

by Nigel Seymour Smith and the Python by

the late North Kent member John Lumley.

Both bikes are made available for VOC members to use – indeed the youngest rider at the rally, John Kennedy, 44, rode in on Nigel’s Series-A. The long-distance award was won by Wilf Dennison, who’d ridden his twin 217 miles to the event, and the oldest rider was 86-year-old Paul Packman.

For membership details, contact VOC information officer and active rider Paul Adams on 01322 666355 or email info998@ voc.uk.com .

Dave and Yvonne Johnson’s Black Shadow outfit was bought for just £70!

Rakish or what? This 1934 HRD Python Sports was gifted to the Vincent Owners’ Club by the late John Lumley.

This brand new Egli-Vincent sported a Hinckley Bonneville front end and had been ridden for just 150 miles.

GP Bianchi is back in action After its recent rebuild by the Sammy Miller Museum, the 1964 500cc GP Bianchi made its public debut at the June 29-July 2 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Sam will also be taking it to Jurby for the Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling from August 19 to September 1.

Bianchis were ridden in the TT by Bob McIntyre and Alistair King, and at the festival the sleek-looking machine will join the museum’s fully faired Gilera four to celebrate Bob’s first 100mph lap on the Gillie in 1957.

Vincents gather at the Brands Hatch circuit on Sunday June 4.

Sammy Miller stands on the right during a recent successful test session for the newly rebuilt Bianchi.

The Gilera will also be in action to celebrate a diamond occasion.

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Orlando’s Ace Cafe now open

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The Ace Cafe brand has spread to Florida, USA, with the opening of Ace Cafe Orlando in a building that was formerly a boiler plant next to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

In 1926 Harry P Leu bought the land and built one of the largest industrial supply businesses in the state on it, and during the 1990s the site became home to a famous rock and roll venue called The Edge where virtually every rock band from the era performed – and the same buildings, which are more than 100 years old, are now home to Ace Cafe Orlando.

Close to Orlando’s many attractions, it’s just off Interstate 4, and just as in London there will be bike and car meets throughout the week, and weekend music festivals.

Named after Harry P Leu, the prohibition era-inspired Harry’s Bar features craft cocktails with house-made mixes, and by the autumn there will be a backyard beer garden, Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ and a mixed-use facility called the Blue Cap Shack.

The address is 100 W Livingston Street, Orlando, Florida 32801, and there’s a www.acecafeusa.com website to look at.

The Ace Café Orlando is the latest attraction in the sunshine state of Florida.

At the original Ace Cafe in London, July’s remaining Ace Cafe events will be a Victory & Indian Bike Day on the 9th, a 1970s Bike Day on the 16th, a Flat Track, Off-Road, MX, Supermoto and Scramblers Day on the 23rd and a Sports Bike Special event on the 30th.

In August there will be a Suzuki Bike Day on the 6th, a VMCC & Classic Bike Day on the 13th, a Ladies’ ‘Bring What Ya Run’ Day on the 20th, and a Harley Day with Warr’s, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1957 Sportster, on the 27th.

Charity bike show at the Bronte Hotel A record-breaking classic bike show, along with other events last year, enabled the Yorkshire Classic Motorcycle Club to donate £2000 to Manorlands Hospice, Howarth, and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance – and this year’s event will start at The Bronte Hotel, Lees Lane, Howarth BD22 8RA, at 7pm on Wednesday, July 19, with entrants arriving from 5pm onwards. The entry fee is just £3.

Last year, after committee members had judged each class, John Wood won best in show with his 1925 flat-tank BSA. With classes for all bikes, from girder fork, ex-military and British competition to 1970, British and foreign classics, scooters and mopeds to 1980 and today’s reproduction and customised machines, there will be something of interest for everyone.

John Wood was last year’s best in show winner at the Haworth event with his 1925 flat-tank BSA.

David Emmott shows how to ride a Triumph in a Pre‘65 Scottish trial. Sadly, David died earlier this year, and the Yorkshire Classic Motorcycle Club will be holding a charity memorial trial in his name.

This year, the club is extending charitable events in memory of long-serving member David Emmott, club treasurer for many years and an irreplaceable member, who sadly passed away earlier this year.

A memorial trial will be held in his name, with all proceeds going to The Cellar Trust in Shipley.

The July 19 show will include a raffle, with prizes donated by local businesses and club members, and an autojumble stall, and Gary Bailey at the Bronte will be serving food and drink.

For more information, contact Ian Livingstone on 01484 852184 or email ianhilary@btinternet.com

Spoke nipples sought for Rudge Multi rebuild Vintage & Veteran, which is rebuilding a 1912 Rudge Multi, is struggling to buy the right spoke nipples (12g .20in body and .30 head diameter). Although 140 of them are needed for the bike, the restorers would like to buy more for future projects.

“All the usual sources seem to have sold out, unfortunately,” says Phil Haywood, “so has anyone got some new old stock nipples please?”

Vin & Vet also needs a front mudguard and some clutch parts to finish the Rudge and put it back on the road, and any help would be appreciated.

Phil can be contacted at vinandvet@aol. com or on 01283 509562.

These are the dimensions of the Rudge spoke nipples sought by Phil Haywood of Vintage & Veteran.

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Another sizzling Banbury Run Martin Gegg sends these first photos from The Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s 69th Banbury Run, which took place in scorching weather on Sunday, June 18. A full report, more pictures and all the results will appear in the next issue.

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he last few years have seen some pretty hot Banbury Runs, but as riders gathered early at The British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire, they were prepared for a challenging ride because 30-degree temperatures had been forecast.

As usual, the run consisted of a gentle 30-mile amble for pre-1915 machines, a 50-mile route via Knightcote, Cropredy and Upper

Tysoe for 1915-1924 machines and a 60-mile marathon through Arlescote, Sutford and Lower Brailes for 19251930 machines.

Competitors were sent off in batches at one-minute intervals, but even some of the better prepared found themselves making adjustments just outside the main gate, with one rider encountering an oiled plug and another a fuel starvation problem, although they

were soon back on their way.

Small groups gathered with picnics around the course to see the bikes go by, and at Kinerton a large group of cyclists sensibly decided that watching motorcycles was more enjoyable than pedalling in such high temperatures.

After leaving the grounds of the museum, I caught up with some of the riders in and around the village of Upper Tysoe.

Jason Hoden (1926 Triumph) leads a batch of riders away from the starting area at The British Motor Museum at Gaydon.

Brendan Walsh is the rider of this 1928 BSA S28 Sloper.

Out on the road, David Jones (1929 Ariel Model F) leads a group of riders including Keith Sams and Glyn Garland.

Back at the assembly area, John Emmanuel’s prize-winning 1914 6hp Humber poses in the bright sunshine.

Back at the finish, a beautiful Rex shows off its prize-winning rosette.

Andrew Luckman drove this prize-winning Hotchkiss-engined 1930 10hp BSA TW1, a fine example of the first mass-produced front-wheel-drive vehicle, and the oldest-surviving BSA three-wheeler.

“What a lovely day – let’s give the old outfit a spin.” Norman Mugleston from Nuneaton looks well satisfied as he sets off on his 1930 Sunbeam Model 9 combination.

It’s that man again! Mortons’ very own James Robinson rides the National Motorcycle Museum’s 1928 Sunbeam Model 90 away from the start, which this year was untidily overshadowed by building work.

Looks a tight squeeze in the chair! Returning to the Banbury Run after a twoyear break, Martin Hillier applies a bit of throttle as he approaches a left-hander on his 1929 Ariel Model A combination.

The British Motorcycle Charitable Trust’s newly restored 1928 Humber OCS was making its first outing in the hands of Nick Jeffery.

The fishtail silencer gleams in the sun as the rider of this beautifully-turnedout lightweight BSA presses on around the course.

Graham Nye’s 1926 225cc Royal Enfield Model 201 was another worthy prize-winner.

Norman Lorton from Bedford is only the third owner of this 1923 16H Norton which competed in grass track events before the Second World War.