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Ironhead
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| either a ES2,or a 19S Rick.hard to tell which,as they were near-identical. |
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Churchill Johnson
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| You may or may not that a 125 Bantam did over 100mph on the isle of man yrs ago tuned of course i have the details somewhere. |
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RotaryBri
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Rick,
My parents were on they way home to Birmingham from a holiday in North Devon and were very short of money for petrol and Dad had to weaken the mixture and drive more sedately than normal (his nickname was 'speedy'). He told me that it then did over 80 mpg and they just had enough money for some fish and chips for their supper.
The photographer, Billy Homer, was his best man at his wedding and started Aston Auto Motorcycles in Birmingham.
Dad worked at Norton Motors from 1919 to 1963 when it moved to the AJS factory at Plumstead. He moved to the James factory in Greet, Birmingham.
He never owned a Norton and when I asked him why he said that by riding a Sunbeam he could never be accused of stealing any Norton parts!
I owned a 1929 Sunbeam model 90 with the saddle tank and like an idiot sold it in 1968. I also had a 1931 model 9 the less sporty model as well.
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Jim.Walker
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| Churchill Johnson wrote: | | You may or may not that a 125 Bantam did over 100mph on the isle of man yrs ago tuned of course i have the details somewhere. |
I could have done with that tuner around my Bantam. It could not push itself through the bow-wave of a double decker bus when such buses could only manage 30 mph.
Jim.
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