Letters

The motorcycles on page 61 of your July issue are not Welsh registered, but London i.e. Met. On plates of this era the last two letters, not the first two, indicate the relevant licensing authority. The motorcycles are CYM reg. CY seems to have been taken to indicate Swansea, but actually it’s YM that’s relevant,…

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The article by Owen Howells was great reading and reminds me of similar rides covering long days and dashes for ferries. The old boxer just purred on no matter what. Simple to maintain and giving that feeling of confidence that you will get to your destination with as little effort as a motorcycle can demand.…

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Just a quick note to thank you for a great magazine! As a motorcyclist I look forward to every edition of CBG and enjoy it so much from cover to cover. As a motorcycling physicist I was even more overjoyed to find in the May edition the usual array of interesting subjects plus in the…

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Thanks for the great article on Triumph Cubs. My 66 T20M Mountain Cub is tuned for top speed and horsepower on dirt roads, however I admire the trials scene. It looks like it would be loads of fun! Andy Read more Letters, Opinion, News and Features online at www.classicbikeguide.com and in the June 2020 issue…

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As a reader of your magazine, I loved the April issue, mainly the ‘My Green Dream’. Two years ago, a friend of mine gave me a Bullet 500 from 1955. Well, okay, only the engine, frame, forks and wheels. So instead of rebuilding it as standard, I used the parts catalogue from Hitchcocks to build…

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I never thought I’d be saying this, but I’m becoming more and more disillusioned with the classic biking scene, and it’s nothing to do with losing the love for all that marvellous old machinery out there. No, it’s just that everything is so increasingly focused on value now. I have been riding bikes since the…

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I bought Classic Bike Guide as I thought it was a very good idea to have a lightweight guide; i.e. 125cc bikes. I started riding in May 1977 on an SS50ZB2 Honda. In the 1990s I rode a Norton Rotary followed by a 1991 Trophy 900 triple, which I have not ridden in 15 years!…

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These photos were taken two months in on my latest project, to build a TriBSA from scratch. The frame is a 1956 A7 S/S, the tank is a Manx Norton, cut and welded to fit the BSA frame. For the engine I sourced and purchased 85 parts and built what you see here. I sometimes…

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I enjoyed the recent article about the Suzuki B120, I have owned one for three years and love it. I had the engine rebuilt by Martin at Slipstream Tuning and have bought many items on eBay, including NOS hubs, carb covers and wing mirrors. Over the winter I will rebuild the wheels with stainless steel…

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I have just read the August issue of CBG, and found the wheel building section of particular interest. I have built and repaired wheels for many years, learning from my brother Arthur back in the Fifties. He was a wheelbuilder at Brown Brothers in north London but at weekends he would do his private jobs…

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