I enjoyed your piece on the project Triumph, well actually the whole magazine, as always. You mentioned the newly refurbished Triumph engine had ‘locked up’. This is something that is quite common on rebuilt engines
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Other Triumph projects
I have been following your Triumph project for a while in The Classic Motorcycle as well as CDB, as the 3TA origins interest me, having owed my own 3TA since I was 17, in 1982.
Read moreRestoring a pair of Pursangs
Not sure if you recall, but we met about a dozen years ago here in the States at Riding into History, you used some of my photos in your subsequent Classic Bike Guide article. Since
Read moreTommy alive and well
Having read the letter about Tommy Reynolds in the last CDB, I wanted to let you know he is alive and well and a mate of Austin Fraser, among others. Dave Younghusband knows him well
Read morePeriod images
When my brother Brian died last year, we found a number of photographs which he took at scrambles he attended in the Fifties. There are some pretty well-known names amongst the riders. Our family (at
Read moreMemories of a golden era
I started scrambling in 1956 with a Royal Enfield 350 comp Bullet, after a teenage period of cycle speedway. The head inlet port was widened to 1 1/16in and inlet valve changed to 1 9/16in
Read moreA commendable legacy
Situated in what most East and West Coast Americans refer to as ‘Fly-Over Country’ discreetly behind the door of a former bakery in south St Louis, Missouri is a wonderful collection of truly classic dirt
Read moreOn the G80 trail
I’m looking for information on reworking a 1953 G80 Matchless to be more of a trail and greenlane capable machine. What I’m looking at is the front and rear suspension improvements and a few things
Read moreBreak over
I have finally got round to getting myself a trials iron to hit the twinshock scene again after a 38-year hiatus from my last ride on my 1975 325 Bultaco. I’ve bought myself a nice,
Read moreHub of the matter
On ‘You need…’ page 16/17 in issue 52, Cecil Pearson says he doesn’t know what the hub fitted to his JAP is, only that it was available and looks right. I can confirm it is
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