Velocette
Day at Brooklands.
One
of our guys from the LE Club contacted me about going to the
Velocette Day at Brooklands, I thought about about it for a
millisecond and agreed to meet up at Brooklands on the day. His LE is
sick with a poorly clutch that needs stripping apart. For this event
I had a choice, LE or Valiant. I decide that after my cold and wet
experience on the LE I thought something warm would be nice. Checked
over and it was at the front of the garage I set out early on this
Sunday morning with strict instructions to be back by one! If you
have ever been with us at Wey Valley for a “Back by One Run” it
never is and back by two is a better description. It was a pleasant
run with only a few “silly” drivers on the way. There journey was
some 20 miles and took me over an hour from Hayes to Weybridge.
No
sooner I had arrived Paul from the LE club was there too. He had seen
me go by as he walked up from the station. My LE was the only one
there and as it is a bit special it generated quite a bit of
interest. There were some very nice big Velocettes there with KTTs,
KSSs, MSSs, MACs and a very special vee twin with a couple of MACs
strung together. I did like the green Vee Line with the full fairing.
I
left a whole load of fliers at the reception and handed out loads
more as people went by viewing the bikes. Today I had a bottle of
water with me and I didn't loose my voice. I also had the foresight
to put on sun tan cream to not look like a lobster as I was using an
open face helmet. I know I look manic wearing Halcyon goggles! I had
to leave by twelve but that went by the board as, meeting up with
Denis Frost, club historian and out and out Velocette man, he
introduced me to Geoff Dodkin, Velocette dealer for many years and
now retired knew of the dealer I had used at Brislington in Bristol.
He was interested in what I had done to my LE.
With a couple more
photos taken and my bottle of water refreshed from a tap to top up
the LE radiator before setting off for home I said goodbye to Paul
and then raced off up the hill to the exit only changing into second
gear at the top buzzing the engine quite hard. Another pleasant and
even warmer trip home I arrived only 40 minutes late. About right for
a “Back By One”
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