After
the show
It
was a busy week with the LE club meeting on the Tuesday then off to
Newby Hall in Yorkshire for a couple of days then to Bristol for a
wedding and home for Monday and a day at the Museum. Pete has just
had a star letter published in the MCN 25th May and in the
distant past when 750cc fours ruled and Ducati with their twin was
allowed to have a larger capacity engine Honda claimed that Ducati
won because they had a bigger sized engine! However the main part of
Pete's letter was about engines running backwards to compensate for
the gyroscopic effect of the wheels running forward making the
handling of the bike easier by having less momentum to work against
when changing direction and that a 90 degree V4 with firing each bank
together gave a better delivery of power that was more manageable and
would help to keep the front wheel on the ground. Well done to Pete
and his new Tee shirt. In the same issue there was a photo of the
Imme as a bike to look out for. Interesting how things come around at
the same time.
I
have been running through the photos again from the show and I
remembered a few years ago at Croxley green the appearance of not one
but two Neeracars. There was a collection at the show this year and
when I mentioned about Croxley green it was father and son who had
turned up. What a machine with beam frame forward controls and
hub-centre steering. Croxley Green is where the Watford Car Club
have their annual show with all welcome either to show or just visit.
It is on the first Wednesday of August. This year the 5th.
A
little piece of nostalgia in that a few weeks ago there was a re-run
of the Great Escape and I tuned into it just as Steve was on the run
and getting ready for his bike ride. I put forward a challenge in how
many Triumph motorcycles were in the film? I did notice a left side
chair on one of them and in the scene at the station there was a 250
BMW single and a much later DKW. Is there more to see? Just to give
you an idea of how old most of the Volunteers are we watched it the
first time around in a cinema!
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