With a slight ease in lockdown open air markets are
back this week although quite how Tony and I will be able to manage social
distancing at Kempton is still work in progress.
I took a walk down at the Beach on Saturday evening and it was still far too busy, whilst a few miles down the coast at a normally busy resort I was told it was empty. I remembered the phrase “If you’re in traffic, you are traffic” so we had a quick walk and returned home.
Planning for the Brooklands Virtual Motorcycle Day continues and thanks for the emails and phone calls. I will do an update via email and there is no trailer film yet.
15 June is the next big date when non-essential shops can open and the next key stage will be 1 July when if all goes well more things will be able to start opening up. I Just hope things don’t go backwards!
I took a walk down at the Beach on Saturday evening and it was still far too busy, whilst a few miles down the coast at a normally busy resort I was told it was empty. I remembered the phrase “If you’re in traffic, you are traffic” so we had a quick walk and returned home.
Planning for the Brooklands Virtual Motorcycle Day continues and thanks for the emails and phone calls. I will do an update via email and there is no trailer film yet.
15 June is the next big date when non-essential shops can open and the next key stage will be 1 July when if all goes well more things will be able to start opening up. I Just hope things don’t go backwards!
Had lots of good feedback from last weeks Humber
film, and I am still in my 2013 archive with more activity around the museum. Don’t
forget you can open all the films to full screen by clicking the box icon in
the bottom right corner
In the first film we are back to the workshop of Allen Millyard to find out how he is getting on with his multi-cylinder Kawasaki Z1.
Allen Millyard
In the first film we are back to the workshop of Allen Millyard to find out how he is getting on with his multi-cylinder Kawasaki Z1. Part 3 Barrels
Part 4 Gaskets
Brooklands Demo Area 2013
Still so much in the 2013 archive and here are a couple of films of the action at Brooklands. The first is one Thursday in the Demonstration Area.The BP Petrol Pump Restoration
The next is a compilation showing work on the BP Petrol Pump Restoration nearing completion.Salt Fever
This week is Speed Week so we are off to Bonneville to experience a bit of salt. By way of introduction I have made a compilation of trailers featuring Chris Ireland aka Desperate Dan.
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| Chris Ireland AKA Desperate Dan receives a prize for his bike at the EPE Southern Off Road Show, Kempton Park |
Ex Chopper man Tony Baxter, yes I’ve seen the pictures knew Chris as part of the Chopper scene and tells me that one day on the forum he posed the question of what should be the next evolution of his 500cc Indian Scout. Fast forward to 2012 and Chris had built a straightliner and set a speed record at Bonneville. The ticket speed I have seen was a modest 81.511 mph however, you have to consider that this was an unmodified engine without streamlining. In December 2013 he was receiving a prize for the bike at the Kempton Off Road Show.
Eric Patterson
Next up is the man I like to call the worlds fastest Patterson. Regular supporter of our Brooklands events, Eric has had a mixture of good and bad luck on the Salt. Here he is talking to Henry Cole about his Viscount Motorcycle.Burt Munro
The legend that is Burt Munro was immortalised in
the Film “The worlds Fastest Indian” starring Anthony Hopkins. I was looking
for some extracts of the film to feature in this blog when I discovered three amazing films which are the story in his own words.
PART1
PART 2
PART3
The Spirit of Munro
Next is a publicity film from Indian
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