Letters

Hope all’s safe and well with everyone, keep up the good work with your brilliant magazine. Have just finished reading the September issue and really enjoyed the article on the Kawasaki H1. The article really brought back some memories for me. In the late 1960s and early 70s, while serving an apprenticeship at the local…

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Hubby’s brother had this in a shed in their parents’ back garden, and they said they wanted rid. So, my husband gave his brother a tenner for it as he hadn’t looked at it for 20 years and didn’t want it! He emptied the tank, filled it with fresh petrol and after a few kicks…

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I’ve just read your article on the RAID MV Agusta in the September issue. It brought a smile to my face as a few years ago my mate, Graham Salter, and I encountered similar bureaucracy. We were riding the Moto Giro D’Italia; Graham on an old Trident and me on a 650 Matchless. Riding along…

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Thirty years ago I bought a Tribsa complete with sidecar. I did this because I thought it would be great fun taking my mates out and about in the sunshine. I tried it out on the farm where I lived at the time and soon discovered that talking it out on the road would result…

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On page 59 of the July edition you had a picture of two police officers giving the halt sign and the caption said an A65. I have had a good look and think it is an A10.Ray Hewitt …and again… I have just started a subscription to your magazine and have been reasonably impressed; that…

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Here are a couple of my bikes that I have rebuilt. 1960 BSA with a 1954 bb34gs engine, café racer and my 1972 Daytona t100r. The Triumph had a full nut and bolt rebuild last year. The BSA is great fun to ride on the road!! Paul Rees Matt: Paul, they look fantastic – I’m…

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Steve Cooper is concerned about a number of problems with old bikes as investments, but does, I feel , overlook a few points. Firstly, old vehicles in general are not subject to Capital Gains Tax on sale. Sell an old picture or ‘antique’ collectable, and our government takes its slice. Ok, they are not bothered…

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ROYAL ENFIELD’S INTERCEPTOR 650 hit a significant target when it became the best-selling motorcycle in the UK in June. Royal Enfield is emerging as the fastest growing brand among the top 10 motorcycle manufacturers in the UK over the past five years. A series of attractive finance offers, aimed at reducing as many barriers to…

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As an AMC anorak I was pleased to see you had included the Matchless G15/45 in your British Bike Guide in the June issue, these are indeed very nice bikes to ride and I have one from each batch of 1962/63 model years, but some of the rest of the AMC guide left a little…

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I have a 1958 Norton Dominator 99 which I have owned since purchasing it from Pride and Clarke in 1962. In the late 1960s I converted it to a ‘café racer’ but due to family commitments and lifestyle changes (two children and four-wheel transport), the bike has not been on the road since 1970. Over…

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