A monthly publication of The Vintage Motorcycle ClubJohannesburg, South Africa.

Volume 24. No 10 October, 2011.

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEWe were greatly saddened to learn that Theo Van Rooyen had suddenly passed away on 14th August. Theo had not joined us in any riding events but he regularly attended and enjoyed our Club Nights.

We also learned that past member Bill Lockhart had died, aged about 82. Bill had retired to Belfast some years ago and where he was able to enjoy his hobby of Astronomy.

Members who attended the funeral, in November last, of our dear friend Ian Brodie, will remember well the eulogy given at the service by Terry Barson. We are grateful to Terry for copying this eulogy to us and which is included in this issue.

Our congratulations go to the organizing team of the 2011 Magnum on what many have said was the Best Magnum ever. Full results are listed in this issue.

Yours, in good riding,

MICHAEL MS

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Things coming up

Sept 30/Oct 1st Velocette Owners Fouriesburg October 9th CMC Winter Run CMC

(The Regs and Entry Forms are on the CMC website)November 12-13th Fairest Cape Motorcycle Tour CVMC

August Club Night

The normal Monday meeting had been preceded by the club’s Annual General Meeting. The minutes of that meeting will be distributed separately.

A special welcome was given to Chris Lewis who had been newly elected an Honorary Life Member of VMC. And we were also glad to welcome Gus Heinze and Yvonne who, after some years living in Natal, were now back with us. Gus is also an Honorary Life Member and in the 1990s was Club Chairman as well as being events organizer and writing news articles for Kick Start.

The Club Night meeting then started with a moment’s silence in memory of Theo van Rooyen who passed away suddenly and whose funeral had taken place on the Monday of the meeting and for Bill Lockhart, a past member who had died the week before.. The results of the 2011Magnum rally were reviewed and it was noted that VMC members had done particularly well. Adrian Hollis had achieved the best overall score and was accordingly awarded Motorcyclist of the Month.

The Chairman advised that he and Steven Helm would be representing the Club in the African Concours d’Elegance in Nairobi at the end of September. They will be entering a 1963 BMW R50 and the club’s 1911 Precision. The organizers had expressed their excitement at having a 100-year-old machine for the first time.

This was followed by the undersigned who showed slides taken during a recent visit to England. The trip started with two days at the Goodwood Festival of Speed followed by a detour past the famous Brooklands track and museum.

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Also included was a visit to the Festival of a Thousand Bikes at Mallory Park where greats like Agostini, Kenny Roberts, Sammy Miller, Jim Redman and many others were in attendance. This was followed by a brief visit to the Museum at RAF, East Kirkby, (a must-see if you are ever in Lincolnshire) and finally a day at the Cholmondely Pageant of Power.

The headcount was 62.

IAN HOLMES.

A J S Notes by Titch Allen

Titch Allen MBE, who passed away last year, was a Founder Member of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club in the UK and he regularly wrote most interesting articles on the history of motorcycling. Here is a story he wrote which traces an interesting thread from Minerva in Belgium, through AJS, the Big Port, HRD, OK and Vincent.

The recently reported painstaking rebuild of a “big-port” AJS, regardless of time or cost, is typical of the great changes in our hobby. In the early days, if we found the remains of a vintage machine we were desperate to get it running and on the road so we could join the small number of members who were already taking part in events. When I was able to find a more or less complete 1925 Small Port AJS, it took me all of a fortnight to get on the road.

Things were easier in those early days. Certainly parts were cheaper; 21 x 2 ¾ Dunlop Universal studded tyres (ex-WD) which had been used on handcarts could be bought for 10 shillings each. I was lucky that some earlier owner had fitted on wired-edge rims. The original magneto functioned for a while and then gave up and was replaced by an ex-WD BTH, off a charging engine. It needed a manual end plate from a scrap old BTH and so it went on. It proved to be probably the most hard-working machine I have ever had.

Long after, I was fortunate to become friendly with Howard Davies (immortal for winning the 1921 Senior TT on a Junior AJS). It was the same engine but was fitted in new cycle parts because the makers feared the Junior frame might suffer from fatigue.

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Howard told me how the big-port AJS came into being. In 1919 the Stevens Brothers realised they needed an OHV engine. Their very successful side-valve singles and v-twins had actually been copies of the Belgian Minerva. But Minerva did not make an OHV, so a consultant designer was brought in and a prototype was built to his design.

Howard and mechanic were dispatched to Brooklands to try it out. They arrived to be horror struck by what they saw. It had a 2 inch exhaust pipe, which was unique, but it came out the back of the cylinder head. The carburettor faced forward. I am sure many schoolboys have thought that having the carburetor facing forward would give a supercharged effect but it does not, because of the very disturbed air behind the front wheel.

The consultant designer was not a motorcycle man, I am sure, although later he was known in the car world. His name was Louis Mantell. His engine was disappointing until Howard and his mechanic turned the cylinder head around. It then performed well and was eventually developed to do 80 mph which was, in 1921, good enough to give Howard his TT success. As a matter of fact, that was just about the limit of a big-port engine and the consistent successes were largely due not to maximum speed but to light weight and very good acceleration.

Howard Davies went on to produce his own HRD machines with JAP engines and pulled off another historic success by winning the 1925 Senior and coming second in the Junior. One would have thought that this would have ensured the success of his small HRD company but, alas, sports motorcycles had been viciously attacked by the sensational press after young aristocrat Cecil Birkin was killed in an Isle of Man practice run in 1926.

Howard was forced into liquidation. Humphries of OK Supreme bought the name and remaining parts and made a few look-alikes before selling the name to Phillip Vincent.

Believe it or not, H R Davies and Phil Vincent had never met until I arranged it in the 1960s. Davies had been so disillusioned by his business failure that he had no more to do with motorcycles until I persuaded him to ride a big-port provided by Ivan Rhodes and a 500 HRD JAP provided by Phil Heath, at the first of our Mallory Park Historic Festivals.

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Ian Brodie – a tributeI met Ian some 34 years ago, which in fact represents only 1/3 rd of his life- span. The first 2/3rds of his life I am not qualified to speak personally about. In fact, before I was even born Ian was fighting for the allied forces in North Africa and later in Sicily for the invasion of Italy. The reason I mention this is that he would tell the most lovely stories of his time there – these stories were not of the hardships or horrors of war, but the opposite – he would tell humorous stories of the good times and the fun things they did. Such was the way Ian only saw the good things in life and the funny side of a situation.

I met Ian through Doug, due to our common interest in motorbikes. Right from the start Ian was never just Doug’s Father but he was my friend and he always remained so. His encyclopedic knowledge of motorcycles was of great help to me and he always used to amuse me with the stories of how each of his motorbikes were acquired. He would say – oh I bought that one in a scrapyard for 2/6d per cwt or – those (pointing to two Vincents) I bought in 2 boxes for 5 shillings a box. The 1926 Indian was bought at an auction when nobody bid for it and the auctioneer begged him to take it away for £5. He then thought he had been really ripped off when he paid £50 for the Brough Superior.

Ian did not only collect bikes, he rode them as well. From 1964 he competed in the annual Rand Daily Mail event, usually on his 1926 Indian. He entered the very first DJ run in 1970 and competed in every one until he finally stopped in 2002 aged 89. This is a total of 32 consecutive events – a record that most probably will never be equaled. He then still did one more, this time in a sidecar with Doug riding. Ian also held the record for the oldest DJ competitor.

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Paddy Driver meets up with Doug and Ian at a fuel stop on the DJ.When Ian came back from the war he returned to his original trade as a printer with the Star newspaper where he stayed until his retirement in the mid-seventies. His retirement was from printing only, for together with Doug Tarr and Ted Forrest they started painting white lines in the middle of the road under the name of “National Highway Markings”. During all this time he and Doris were also running the produce shop in Florida where Ian spent most of his time making wooden budgie boxes. National Highway Markings grew and Doug joined in the early 80’s and it continued to grow to the size we know it today. Ian was always up at 5.30, would be at work before 7 and not leave until after 5. He drove himself to work until a few years ago, after which Geraldine would collect him and take him home. To my knowledge he never missed a day and was at work until the Thursday before he passed away. Ian was a worker, not ‘a sit behind the desk’ type. How many of us have passed the NHM team on the road and seen Ian working with the rest of the team – other passing motorists would probably see him and think ‘poor old man having to work like that all day’ – little did they know!

When did Ian stop driving? – the answer is he didn’t - although his licence expired in September this year he still drove to church every Sunday morning, although we were not supposed to know that! The church was a very special part of his life – he never missed a Sunday morning service and was, of course, their oldest parishioner.

Ian was not in any way a materialistic person – he know what was of value in life and stuck to those principles. He loved his motorbikes and cars, but for what they were and not for their commercial value. The day before he passed away he was asking me where he could find a cylinder barrel for his 1913 Rover motorcycle. On the top of his list of values was to give Heather and Doug the best education possible and he was very proud of the success they and his two grandchildren have made of their lives.

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Ian passed away in the way he would have wanted. He would say ‘one day you will knock on my door and I won’t be there’. He had no intention of becoming ill, frail, or a burden to anyone and wanted to keep his dignity intact. How many of us envy his ability to live to 97 years of age and go to work until the last and never spend more than a couple of days in hospital. In motorcycle terms – his pump was good, there were no problems with the filters, the mixture was never too rich or too weak, air intake was perfect and air pressure was good.

The only time I knew him to go to hospital was when a high pressure hose pipe broke and covered him from head to foot in yellow road marking paint – but that was only for a few hours to get his eyes washed out. At least he shone well in the dark. In the past few months, when in conversation with Ian, he would get very cross with himself if he could not remember somebody’s name, but then I would have to remind him that he was 30 years older than me and I cannot remember people’s names.

Finally. How many of us have seen Ian in long trousers. He wore shorts every day winter or summer. The only time you saw Ian in long trousers was at church, weddings and funerals. I wonder what he has got on now.

My thanks to Heather, Mary, Nick and Toni Jo for giving me this opportunity to say a few words about one remarkable man and a good friend.

TERRY BARSON

Tom SilverPioneer motorcyclist extraordinary

Continuing Ken McLeod’s story of Tom Silver and his incredible 6000 mile ride through the South Africa of 1903.

Tom Silver had lived in Cape Town in the late 1890s and served on Lord Roberts's staff during the South African War (1899-1902). He had decided to retrace his steps with the aid of a 3hp Quadrant motorcycle.

Silver set off from Cape Town on 21 September, 1903, and had his first experience of pioneering African travel at Stellenbosch when he arrived at a drift across a spruit. Deciding to rush the obstacle, he shot down the bank into the water in "a swish and a swirl", the water in midstream covering his

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engine and he emerged wetter than before with water pouring from the holes in his exhaust box.

Then he became the first motorcyclist to negotiate the 11km Bains Kloof Pass, although he had to take the tight gravel bends carefully. "Financial pressure" helped him persuade two farm workers to carry his machine across the Breede River by tying it to a pole. The Karoo had been struck by drought for three years. "I had a terrible time of it" he wrote in The Motor Cycle of 8 March, 1904. He had great difficulty even finding dirty water or food in any kraals, many of which were uninhabited because of the drought. The road in many places was nothing but deep sand, which almost cost him his life.

Silver was making for a railway siding near the Orange River when he was overtaken by darkness. The road became 'an expanse of shifting sand' ten inches deep, forcing him to push his machine. Overcome by exhaustion Tom tried to shout, only to find his mouth and tongue had become so cracked and swollen from the intense heat and he was unable to utter a sound. Eventually he let his machine drop onto the sand and walked on a few yards before collapsing.

He was awoken by the sensation of water trickling over his face and found a white man, accompanied by some black men and a mule wagon, bending over him with a lantern. His Good Samaritan poured brandy down his throat and let him sleep in his wagon. He gave Silver a bowl of biscuits soaked in coffee and brandy, which revived him further, before theman, an Irishman named O’Grady, gave him a water bottle containing weak coffee and went on his way.

Silver eventually reached the small village at the railway where, after a meal of lager beer, tinned sardines and biscuits, he collapsed into a bed. The next morning, still sore and weak, he borrowed a cape cart and mules and set off in search of the Quadrant. He loaded the motorcycle into the cart and returned to the siding, before making his way along a better road to the Orange River.

He visited the three South African War battlefields near Kimberley before heading for Bloemfontein. After visiting more battlefields, he was again overtaken by darkness and slept in a burnt-out farmhouse. He was robbed of what little money he had by some black youths. But in what today would be deemed a politically incorrect move, he retrieved most of it, and though

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he had planned to ride through the Orange River Colony to Pretoria, he had to abandon this idea because his agents in the Cape Colony refused to send on any petrol supplies unless he declared them.

He was unable to do so as he planned to forward them by passenger train in boxes, so Silver returned to Cape Town, by a different route, but this time the Karoo left memories of skeletons, ruined blockhouses, sheep and oxen lying on the veld and two children dead of starvation in a kraal...

Tom arrived back in Cape Town with blistered face and tongue, cracked ears and lips, torn clothes and boots almost devoid of soles. After a few days rest, he set off again, this time along what is now the Garden Route and headed for Port Elizabeth, but his machine had no brakes and he crashed heavily while negotiating the Krakeel River, badly damaging his Quadrant.

It took two days to find a blacksmith to carry out repairs – a broken oil pipe was the most serious as he was unable to find any oil - except salad oil. With no alternative he had to fill the crank chamber with the salad oil and set off with his engine leaving "a smell as of culinary operations in a cheap restaurant".

From Port Elizabeth Silver headed north, but developed enteric fever and was rescued by two black youths who found him wandering about in a light-headed state. They took him and his motorcycle to a local farmer who looked after him for some time while he recovered.

Then it was on to Johannesburg, where Silver enjoyed some days rest before reaching Pretoria, the farthest point of his journey north, from where he headed south to Durban, surviving another bad crash near what appears to have been Inchanga. He took a long time to recover from that one, but made several trips in the area before sailing back to Cape Town.

Having survived all that, it’s no wonder that Tom Silver was confident about the great race, the 1904 International Cup Race in France. But the French saboteurs put paid his effort and he retired on the first lap after a series of punctures, a fate that also befell his teammates. Leon Demester (Griffon) won for France at 64 km/h.

While the race was hailed as a success, not everyone was happy. William Priest, Managing Director of the Quadrant Cycle Company, certainly didn't like what he saw and asked Silver to withdraw from the British eliminating

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trials on the Isle of Man for the 1905 race. In a letter to The Motor Cycle, he explained: "we do not approve of such races, regarding them as not of the slightest use to the public in the choice of a machine, and entailing risks, which we could only wish our worst enemy to undertake."

But in 1907, Silver competed in the single cylinder category of the first Isle of Man TT, on a home-built Thomas Silver, retiring after seven laps of the St John’s course used at that time.

We notice that the initials “TS” are cast on the crankcase of the bike in this picture. So perhaps this is the Tom Silver machine that the article mentions him preparing for the 1907 Tourist Trophy race.

Handy Websites

Think Bike www.thinkbike.co.za

Commemorative DJ Run www.djrun.co.z a

Vintage Motorcycle Club www.vintagemotorcycleclub.co.z a

Classic Motorcycle Club www.classicmotorcycleclub.co.z a

Classic Motorcycle Club of Natal www.ncmc.org za

Crankhandle Club www.crankhandleclub.co.za

Pretoria Old Motor Club www.pomc.co.za

Vintage & Veteran Club www.vintageandveteranclub.co.za

S A V V A www.savva. org.za

The Piston Ring www.pistonring.org.z a

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VMC Library – Video Collection

We have, over the last few years, been given a number of racing videos, all in VHS format and in excellent condition. Very few of our recordings are yet in CD or DVD format. As a service to members we will make the VHS collection available at Club Nights for lending out. The lending is free of charge but each tape must be returned at the next Club Night. If you borrow a tape and decide to make a DVD copy, it would be nice if you made an extra DVD copy for our collection.

Jens Brehm has given us his collection of 10 VHS tapes of his recordings of European Motorcycle GPs over the period 1988 t0 1992. We are looking for a member with a VHS player who is prepared to go through these tapes, commenting on quality and indexing/labeling the events. Anyone who can help is asked to contact Roly Tilman on 082 737 4303.

VMC LIBRARY – VHS VIDEOS OF MOTORCYCLE RACING

Castrol History of Motorcycle Racing -Vol 1How it all began & The TT

Castrol History of Motorcycle Racing-Vol 11Birth of the GP & The Japanese Arrival

Castrol History of Motorcycle Racing-Vol 111The Other Champions

The Ultimate LapThe Story of the TT Races 1907 – 1990

Motorcycle Racing Greats of 1951Commentary by Murray Walker

Golden MountainThe 1961 TT Races, plus 1963 Senior TT

TT 98

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Official coverage of the 1998 IoM TTLegends of Southern African Racing

Ken McLeod’s racing shots and Interviews

VMC LIBRARY – VHS VIDEOS OF MOTOR RACING

Murray’s Magic MomentsFormula One’s Greatest Moments

SuperchargedThe Grand Prix Car 1924 - 1939

For the Record31st Magnum Motorcycle Rally, 18-20 August 2011.

Pretoria Old Motor Club.

CLASS A. Motorcycles up to 1960. 1 Adrian Hollis* 1960 BMW R60 68 Leader Days 1 & 2. Lowest average BMW score. 2 Neil Stander 1958 BMW R60 97 Leader Day 3. 3 Ric Lewis* 1929 Sunbeam Model 5 166

Best Vintage machine 4 Kevin Walton* 1952 Ariel VHA 250

Best Post War machine 5 Arcas Van Rooyen* 1960 BMW R50 271 Best rider 70 years and older. Best Continental machine. 6 Les Sim* 1952 Triumph Tiger 100 391 Best rider 60 years and older 7 Steven Helm* 1941 Harley-Davidson WL45 680 Best American machine 8 Iain Howie 1943 BMW R75 Combination 755 Best Post Vintage machine 9 Brandon Madgwick* & Amanda 1936 Panther M100 Comb. 2463

Best Younger rider/ Older motorcycle award. Best combination.10 Gavin Hollis 1952 BSA Golden Flash 2706

Best British machine

BEST TEAM PERFORMANCE TEAM A.B.S.Kevin Walton, Neil Stander and Ric Lewis.

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CLASS B. Motorcycles of 1961 onwards. 1 Gavin Walton* 1965 AJS Model 9 95

Leader Day 2. 2 Kevin Robertson* 1965 Honda Black Bomber 103 Leader Day1. 3 Gavin Lumley* 1964 AJS R18 178 4 Tarryn Rice* 1975 Honda CB400P 214

Leader Day3. Best Lady Rider. Best First-Time Rider. 5 Neville Smith* 1982 BMW R65LS 231

Best rider 70 years and older 6 Rikki Maizey* 1972 Honda CB450 234 Best performance of the 10 youngest riders 7 Mike Lester* 1969 BMW R60/2 265 8 Gawie Nienaber* 1964 BMW R50/2 267 9 Fritz Kraehmer* 1978 BMW 27310 Braney Barnes 1963 BMW 30411 Albert Heigers 1975 BMW 38512 Ian Wright* 1983 Honda CB650 38613 Gary Edwards 1980 Honda CBX 510

Longest distance ridden to the Start14 Mike Milner-Smyth* 1969 BMW R60/2 70215 Johann Nel* 1961 BMW R50S 76316 Dick Maizey 1964 BMW R27 4968

BEST TEAM PERFORMANCE TEAM R.K.G.

Rilli Maizey, Gavin Walton and Kevin Robertson.

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Edgar Bradley’s Bike Crossword No. 5.

Clues Across

1 Short for Advertising Man (5)

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4 A taxi driver (two words, 3,6) (9)

9 Family members are ------- to each other (7)

10 British horizontally opposed twin (7)

11 "H" when you spell it out (5)

13 Normally we eat at it (5)

15 Ministry of Trade and Industry (3)

16 Italian supplier of motorcycle electrical components (3)

17 The clutch is usually actuated by one of these on the handlebars (5)

19 German maker of sparkplugs and other electrical equipment (5)

21 Italian racing track (5)

23 Former English spark plug maker (5)

24 Initials of the German Triumph company (3)

25 Biblical word for "your" (3)

26 German sidecar maker (5)

28 Ducati model name, signifying superior status (5)

29 Three German companies combined to form the Zweirad Union - DKW, Victoria and this one. Also the designation of a fast train (7)

31 Pre-war and early post-war Isle of Man races had plenty of these entered. (British make, plural) (7)

33 The Douglas model name for their last production motorcycle (9)

34 An older person who knows a lot about a certain subject (5)

Clues Down

1 Italian make, owned by Harley Davidson for a time (9)

2 A petrol bomb is also called a ------- Cocktail (7)

3 What mates with a bolt (3)

4 James model name, describing a military trainee (5)

5 What people do at an auction (3)

6 Biking tourists will follow one of these (5)

7 The Encyclopedia Britannica consisted of many ------- (7)

8 Some say the greatest bike racer ever (surname) (5)

12 German supplier of lighting equipment for motorcycles (5)

14 To increase capacity an engine can be either stroked or ----- (5)

18 Can be an inlet or an exhaust ----- (5)

19 A note in music (5)

20 American make, long deceased. Synonym for “herons end” (9)

22 For many years the site of motorcycle and motorcar shows in London. Also the home of Zeus in Greek mythology (7)

24 Three stories, related and forming a whole (7)

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25 Road tyres have this; slicks do not (5)

26 Short for stenography (5)

27 125cc Honda model name (5)

30 Swedish bearing manufacturer (3)

32 Some Vincents were painted this colour, for the American market (3)

Please send your Crossword entries to Henry Watermeyer by email to VMCJhb@gmail.com or by Fax to 011 882 7251. If yours is the first correct entry drawn, your name will be up in lights.

19” TYRES front 3.25 and rear 3.50 wide plus tubes 19” & 18” Polished, flanged ALLOY RIMS, 40 spoke holes. Vintage & classic TAIL LIGHTS 6 ½” & 7 ‘ HEADLAMP lenses & rims ELECTRONIC IGNITION systems 12 volt PETROL TAPS & spares Various exhaust PIPES & SILENCERS Good used 18” – 19” steel RIMS New alloy & steel MUDGUARDS New & used rear SHOCKS

Contact MIKE LANG 011 849 5859 or 082 821 1826.

FOR SALES:AJS. 1962 AJS “CSR” 650 SPORTS TWIN – Beautiful condition and on the road.

R50,000.00 onco. Contact MIKE LANG on 011 849 5859 or 082 821 1826.

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AJS 1964 AJS 18/500 Statesman. Excellent condition, very reliable. SAVVA dated and fully licenced. R 19 500. Please call GAVIN on 079 556 7615.

BMW A 1953 BMW R67/2 for restoration. A rare bike with matching numbers. R 25 000 ONCO. JOHANN NEL on 082 785 4949.

BMW 1977 R75/5 Brown-bronze, original colour. Like new in every respect, fully accessorised, low mileage, one owner. R 36 000 onco.Contact ILAN HORESH on 083 777 4114 or e-mail on ihoresh@hotmail.com

BMW 1150GS Black with white BMW Stripes, like new. Only 30 000 Kms. New battery and tyres, very unique. R 64 000 onco.Contact ILAN HORESH on 083 777 4114 or e-mail on ihoresh@hotmail.com

EXIDE REPLICA BATTERY BOXES - will take 12v gel battery that is used in burglar alarms. Dimensions are 90 X 115 X 170 high. The same as the original Exide battery with the only difference being that the thickness of the lid has been increased by +- 10mm to accommodate the 12v gel battery so, if one wants to fit a 6v gel battery, the height of the lid can be reduced. R150 each.Call JILL ALBERDA of CMC Natal on 031-2629953.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON: 1981 H-D Shovelhead 1340cc, completely rebuilt with new forks and wheels and SS barrels/heads, Just 900km since engine rebuild. Fully licenced. R 60 000 onco. Call CHRIS on 011 465 1347. HARLEY-DAVIDSON: A VERY LARGE COLLECTION OF SHOVELNOSE SPARES, Engine and cycle parts. R 9 500 onco. To view, call CHRIS on 011 465 1347.

HONDA. 1978 Honda 400- 4 Super Sport. This motorcycle is in concours condition and has, besides numerous other items- new alloy rims with s.s spokes mounted on new Metzeler tyres. Sprockets, fork stanchions and battery are also new. Full details plus photos are available on request. Offers are invited around R17500.For further details contact TONY BARLOW on 041 360 8317 / 076 833 5926 E-mail: tonver@telkomsa.net

MATCHLESS. 1952 Matchless G80CS 500cc Registered runner but needs some TLC Also 2nd rolling chassis as spares for above. Price lot R20,000.00 Contact ROY CRONJE on 082 565 5982

MOTO GUZZI 1982 Moto Guzzi Le Mans 111, colour red, R30 000.Please phone KEVIN on 082 304 2240.

NORTON. A Norton PRIMARY CHAINCASE (complete) R100.Please call COLIN ANDERTON on 076 914 3694.

PETROL TAPS Enots flat-slide type, made in brass to your order. In sizes 1/8”, ½” and 3/8” BSP. TREVOR FRASER on 013 656 3063 or 076 591 5560.

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RALLYBOXES Made to your order with handlebar mounting brackets plus mountings for the rally plate and three watches.TREVOR FRASER on 013 656 3063 or 076 591 5560.

TOOLS: HELICOIL INSERT SET – (to repair threads) Taps – Mandrels etc.¼” BSW – 5/16 BFS – 5/16 BSW -3/8 BSW – 1/2 UNF Plus Metric 6mm – 8mm – 10mm – 12mm, and 14mm spark plugs.Contact MIKE LANG on 011 849 5859 or 082 821 1826

TOOLS: ADJUSTABLE REAMER – Set 22 pieces (mainly imperial) from very small to large. Contact MIKE LANG on 011 849 5859 or 082 821 1826.

TYRE: New Metzeler ME22, 3.25 X 18 Classic tread pattern. Applicable for front or rear.R400. Contact GAVIN 079 556 7615

TYRES: SPECIAL OFFER: Dunlop 19” X 350 K70 Rear Tyres @ R495 ea. Less 10% for buying two and 19” X 325 Rib Front Tyres @ R395 ea.Call MIKE LANG on 011 849 5859 or 082 821 1826.

VELOCETTE 1952 MAC 350cc. This is a nearly finished project with very little left to complete the rebuild. R25 000.00 or nearest offer. For more information and to view the bike please call GUS GREGORY on 072 184 2189 or KEVIN SOLOMON 082 463 4183.

WORKSHOP CARPET TILES. Thick bitumen carpet tiles – ideal for your cold workshop floor. Dark grey, hairy tiles 500 X 500mm, easy to loose-lay. R25 per sq.m. (4 tiles).Call MIKE LANG on 011 849 5859 or 082 821 1826.

WANTEDS:AJS FRONT MUDGUARD STAY wanted for 1965 Model 18 AJS.Please contact RIKKI MAIZEY on 082 653 9946.

ARIEL TOP YOKE wanted for Ariel Girder Forks.Please call PIERRE CRONJE on 072 513 9432.

BMW. BING CARBURETOR, LHS, to suit BMW R50/2. The larger type, 24mm, from the 190s.Please call ROLY TILMAN on 011 803 1462 or 082 377 4303.

BSA A65 Licenced Runner, If you have one sitting and would like to move it on to a deserving Home, please contact JOHN BOOTH in Durban, on home: 031 762 2229 or cell: 073 341 8211

DOUGLAS Wanted: any bits of 1927 Douglas EW model.Please call ALLISTER POHL on 082 554 5219.

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DJ BIKE A DJ Bike wanted, 500cc or more. Need not be DJ-ready, but must be licenced and SAVVA Dated. Please call PIERRE ROSSOUW on 083 653 7310.

DJ BIKE Late model DJ Bike wanted. Please call RIKKI MAIZEY on 082 653 9946.

DJ BIKE A DJ Bike wanted, 500cc or more. Need not be DJ-ready. Please call GERHARD VERMAAK on 082 552 7602.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON Wanted: SIDECAR or SIDECAR PARTS for a Harley 10/12.Please call ADRIAN HOLLIS on 082 497 3420.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON Wanted: GEARBOX or gearbox parts for 1916-1920 Harley andGEARBOX or gearbox parts for 1941-1942 5/7 Harley-Davidson.Please contact Eugene van Dalen on 082 681 0859.

HONDA Wanted: 1968-1973 CB 350 twin.Please contact MALCOLM POLEY on 072 732 2378.

KAWASAKI twins wanted: a 1976-1978 Z400 and an LTD440.Please contact SEAN BUYS on 083 470 3440.

TRIUMPH FRONT MUDGUARD for Triumph T120 or T140 wanted.Please call ANDY STEAD on 082 553 4492.

VELOCETTE Pre-1936 Velo wanted. Must be complete and ready to ride.Please phone DES on 083 229 8050.

VESPA Spares wanted for 1979 Vespa 3-wheeler P401: Beadings, badges, etc.Please call TOKKIE on 084 700 1013.

RESTORATION SERVICESPIERRE does WHEEL LACING and BUILDING. Call him on 072 513 9432.

LLOYD DU BOIS makes ornate period BRASS SPARK-PLUG NUTS and CONNECTORS for HT leads. He also hand makes stainless steel/aluminium LICENCE DISC HOLDERS, CORKS for the “Enots” push-pull type fuel taps, and light alloy TYRE VALVE CAPS. Call LLOYD on 033 396 6471.

For ULTRASONIC CLEANING call HENRY WATERMEYER on 084 800 8862.

RUBBER COMPONENTS Bill Speight bs29@telkomsa.net We recommend you email Bill for a Price List of the big range of rubber components he has available.

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This is the “Magnum” Rally logo from 1980.

THE VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE CLUBP O Box 782835 SANDTON 2146 South Africa

Michael Milner-Smyth Chairman, SAVVA/FIM Delegate, Magazine Editor. (H&B) 011 802 7452. milnersmyth@bigfoot.com .Brandon Madgwick Vice Chairman bmad_001@yahoo.com

H 011 793 5706 C 083 400 4955Ian Storer Secretary imagin@isat.co.za H 011 888 4680 C 072 727 7382Adrian Hollis Treasurer Adrian@theholidayfactory.co.za B 011 258 5301 C 082 497 3420Ian Holmes Committee Member ianhol@iafrica.com B 011 244 0351 H 011 793 7304 C 083 646 3089 Rob Pattison-Emms Committee Member avonrod@mweb/co.za B 011 460 1901 H 011 460 1901 C 082 891 8399Les Sim Committee Member les@turnkeyhydraulics.co.za B 011 827 8954 H 011 673 1865 C 082 552 4072Roly Tilman Committee Member tilman@lasergroup.co.za Librarian H 011 803 1462 C 082 377 4303Steve Trehair Committee Member stevet@matrixmarketing.co.za B 011 886 0494 H 011 469 5900 C 083 461 2751

Mike Lester Club Dating Officer H 011 453 4216

Ric Lewis Magazine Distribution C 082 746 2816 (Liz)

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Club Bank Acc No. 1970259841 at Nedbank. Sandton Branch 197-005.

Club Meetings are held every fourth Monday of the month (except December) at Morningside Country Club, De La Rey Rd, Rivonia, at 20h00.

The opinions expressed in KICKSTART are not necessarily those of the Committee or the Editor.

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