Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

Rick · Last edited by Rick on Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:30 am; edited 1 time in total

From time to time motorcycle and bicycle-related things get added to the main site. I know some forum users only visit the category that interests them, so may miss the main updates thread. From now on, anything new to the main site that relates to old power- and pedal-cycles will also get a mention here.

To kick things off then:

A photo of a chap on his Norton, does anyone know the model?
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/norton.htm

RJ
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RotaryBri · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 377 Location: Warwick

This is a 1946 model as it has a fuill cradle frame with girder forks. telescopic were fitted from 1947. Pre war frames were of the open diamond type where the front down tube finished at the crankcase.

It could be a model 18 (490cc).
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Rick · Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

Thanks Rotarybri!

New to the misc collectables section, a luncheon menu from 1959 for the (Isle of Man) TT Riders Association, president Graham Walker.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/tt-riders.htm

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Rick · Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject:

16/11/09 Amongst a selection of new mystery photos added to the site, one picture (#235) featuring an unidentified motorcycle.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/mysterycars.htm#latestphotos

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Rick · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject:

30/11/09 Some old pics of sidecars now added in.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/sidecars.htm

RJ
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Rick · Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject:

10/12/09 A couple more sidecar photos now added to this page.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/sidecars.htm

RJ
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Rick · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:13 am Post subject:

19/1/10 New to the cycling section of the main site, a photo of a De Dion Bouton powered tricycle, and an early Forecar.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/de-dion-tricycle.htm

RJ
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Rick · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:22 pm Post subject:

22/1/10 A photo of 1920s motorcycles and sidecars now added to this page (photo #4).
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/sidecars.htm

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RotaryBri · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 377 Location: Warwick

Rick,

I have posted a reply to this in interesting links.

You may want to move it here.
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Ashley · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 172 Location: Glos

Here's one for you Rick. It was taken in about 1923 and it's my grandfather and great aunt on a Triumph in front of my great grandfather's model T.
He was a Doctor in Fulborn near Cambridge and they were on a picnic.

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Rick · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:43 am Post subject:

That's a cracking photo Ashley! thanks for posting it.

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11/2/10 A brand new 98cc Bown motorcycle photographed mid-1952 with its owner.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/bown.htm

RJ
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roverdriver · Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:24 am Post subject:

Ashley, if the photo is 1923, then certainly the car, and probably the motorcycle are getting a bit long in the tooth. The T would be at least 10 years old by '23.
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Rick · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:15 am Post subject:

19/4/10 A story recalling a European tour on a classic Velocette, now added in.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/velocette-mac.htm

RJ
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Rick · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:53 am Post subject:

28/4/10 Two original photos of motorcycle & sidecar combinations added in, WW1 era.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/sidecars.htm

RJ
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RotaryBri · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 377 Location: Warwick

The sidecar racing outfit is a Norton Manx Model 30.

Watsonian were famous for their racing sidecars and sponsored the World Champion, Eric Oliver (Norton Watsonian) whose passenger was Denis Jenkinson. Denis was the navigator to Stirling Moss when they won the 1955 Mille Miglia race in Italy in a Mercedes.
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