Anstey's
Winner.
As
a regular Monday Volunteer I get the chance to look through he
magazines that are lying around and over the past few weeks I have
found a couple of interest. From a 1984 Motorcycle there was a test
report on a Triumph TRW, notably logged for future reference and an
intriguing picture of a 1926 Panther TT that had been suitably
modified for sprinting published by the VMCC 1969.
We have a Panther
650cc model in the Museum attached to a Watsonian sidecar. The modern
version still retains the distinctive style that Phelon and Moore
came up with so many years ago.
Continuing with the magazines the
latest Nacelle, Triumph Owners Club magazine, March 2016 featured the
2003 Triumph Daytona. The 600cc four that Bruce Anstey raced so
successfully at the Isle of Man that year and winning. Nacelle have
done a feature on this bike with a full page of pictures. If you want
to see the real thing it is in the “Home of Triumph” hall at the
Museum.
This last Monday with the weather forecast to be dry I rode
the Valiant to the Museum to give it an airing and find out what lack
of use has done this year. Battery charged and it fired up after a
few kicks, much better than I expected which was a push start. It was
fortunate that this Monday had visitors that were interested in
Velocettes in the late morning but the surprise of the day was early
afternoon when a family arrived straight off the plane from Heathrow
with luggage in tow. Our shop area was full of bags and Chris had
nowhere to sit. There was Mum Dad and four daughters. They had flown
in from Mexico! The daughters could all speak very good English and
with my modest vocabulary of foreign technical terms we managed to
have an entertaining afternoon. Dad has a collection of vintage
motorcycles and with the daughters translating the salient details of
the bikes and the stories that go with them. I think that they had a
good time too because I certainly did and wish them an enjoyable stay
in the UK.
I have sped my way through another book "Full Circle" as I hibernate from the cold. I did manage to do just under a hundred miles the other day visiting an old friend at Chieveley. The book encompassed the world of climates and was the trip made by Richard and Mopsa English on their four and a half year marathon covering over 90,000 miles in their quest to see interesting places and people. No back up only their own determination to see it through and keep their Triumph 650cc Thunderbird pulling their coffin shaped sidecar. Needless to say we have this one at the Museum too!
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