Video from the Missenden Flyer

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More Questions.

Like most interesting things more information is uncovered the further you dig. Some thing I had not considered was that there was more than one style to the Seeley frames. I only thought there was one however soon to be proved lacking Pete comes up with an article referencing Seeley frames. 

During the years of production different styles had evolved beginning with the Mark one and two where I could see no obvious differences to the three and four which ca easily be identified by the position of the top rear suspension mount. The Mark three has a short bracket close to the rear triangle and the Mark four has an extended bracket. Now down to a bit more interesting information the Sanby, Seeley, Khun, Commando in the Museum has a Mark three frame.

I like reading but I am not sure I will have the stamina to read Colin Seeley Racer and the rest volumes one and two but if I do receive them at some point I'll do my best to get through them.

There have been some interesting Mondays with a video being made with the Missenden Flyer and Geoff doing a grand job of presenting it for us. It was too long for one Youtube video and it was split in two. See them through the following links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU4UjQVZjpk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6bwOWZE6jk

These were all about Triumph the next one may be about the rest.

We have had more international visitors from South America, Australia and just around the corner where they have finally found us.

I am always surprised when I see motorcycles in adverts. I think the most memorable one is the lady on a Ducati having used some perfume other than WD40 to attract her fella. Then there are the car ads were a young lady is rushing off with no helmet and wind in her hair. Is it to high light the rebellious nature of motorcycling that the powers that be want us off the roads? Then there is the One Show that is so squeaky clean! However where I going is to a lesser know postage retailer that has used a Mondial racer for its rebellious individuality that, dressed well, will pull the lady. 

John Lewis used a Triumph for last Christmas but it did not appear many times. Keep an eye on the ads for what is symbolised by a motorcycle being there. I think we are missing a trick by not making something of these ads particularly when nearly all our relations who lived in the fifties there only form of transport was a motorcycle and no one complained too much about how they were ridden even thought they were much noisier than today. Just a thought it is believed that the EMC split single we have in the Museum was the loudest and in the fifties you could hear it miles away. I can't hear much now as the continual white noise of traffic dulls the senses with the swish of cars and the rumble from the tyres from the main road. The nostalgia of dad leaving work with the steady beat of the old single ever coming closer to home is now lost in history and a fading memory of what was freedom.