Nailsea Bike Show

We went to the Nailsea Show on the Sunday and the weather was grey and wet which is never a good start for such an event - Saturday was dry and apparently there were a lot more bikes on display with  a greater number of the general public turning up. - Consequently we didn't stay very long as there wasn't a lot to look at.
  From pic 9 - these were supplied by my friend Fran who was able to go to the show on the Saturday

The French Connection - part 2

My friend Joe who supplied the photographs informs me that the owner Jean Luc
races this Rudge Ulster in Sprints and Hillclimbs

The owner races this Supercharged MG
on the Ramparts of the historic town of Angouleme

This Vincet Grey Flash Outfit is ex John Surtees

This was built as a Bonneville Salt Flats Racer

Little & Large

I've never ridden a Quota before and was pleasantly surprised by it's comfort and handling, except for the buffeting to my head caused by that screen. Positioning myself a little more rearwards on the seat helped a lot.
   I did struggle to comfortably get on the bike and stopping was also a little precarious balancing only on the balls of my feet so being by a kerb was a bonus. I believe the later models have a lower seat height ?
    It needs a gearbox input seal and a problem the owner,Rich,thought was cured by fitting a new fuel filter has actually not gone away when the bike,after approx 35 miles of riding, starts to run badly and if the revs drop to 1000 / 1200 rpm the engine tends to stall. Fuel injection isn't something that I am comfortable with though !

A  toy and a grown ups bike

 

Bristol Bike Show 2015

It was the Bristol Bike Show on Saturday. The event is organised by the local Bristol MAG (Motorcycle Action Group) and held in the same streets as the Auto Italia Day,which is earlier in the year.

Tony's Norton Inter

Do my spokes look big in this !

A work still in progress