Norton something

Drag strip

Moskovich?

Brough Superior

Triton

Sometimes these just don't look right, but this...

Dragsters

Stan Mott

Greeves

Velocity stacks

Jap

Girder forks

Ariel

Road ride

Garden ride

RC30 tank

Ossa Yankee

Like it.

Scott

This is also on eBay in Australia. Just fantastic.

Honda CB1100 2008

Honda CB1100RC

The buyer of the RC30 toolkit has this on eBay, in Australia. Nice.

Titanium fittings

These were manufactured for the TSR2 (I was going to do a link here but just Google it, there's masses). Spare parts and never used and now for sale in the gift shop at RAF Hendon and Cosford and possibly elsewhere. 50p each. The TSR2 was to be the UK's first hypersonic fighter/bomber but was cancelled in 1965, so these may be as old as me and may have been made by one of my uncles.

Montesa 150

Don't know anything much about these, apart from it's a pretty little bike and it's in Barcelona and on eBay.

English Electric Lightning

In the Cold War hangar at RAF Cosford. Sometime in the late 60's I was taken to an airshow at RAF Church Fenton, I was 5 or 6 years old. All I remember is an image like this. We were stood about 50m from the runway watching a Lightning approach for landing. Just a couple of metres from touchdown the pilot opened the throttle, stood the plane on its tail and dissapeared vertically. I believe that for decades it had the fastest climb rate of any vehicle except the Saturn V rocket. GL to 1 mile in around 10 seconds. The noise was tremendous. It's still one of the most exciting things I have ever seen.

James May's 1:1 Airfix

At RAF Cosford

Laverda Montjuic

On eBay
Failed to meet reserve at £6600!

Happy Days

Post's arrived

The order from Amal arrived this morning and the 140 jet was fitted immediately. Runs much better, smoother tickover, cleaner pickup, less smoke and the plug is less sooty. But it is still sooty and I could probably have gone for a 130. Maybe as it burns off all the old carbon it will clean up?

12 months later

New bike (in 1989)

After its first ever run. Light coating of brake dust on the front rim, slight rain streaks along the fairing, ticking gently as it cools. I can still smell it.

Amal 2627

The carburettor off the 348 runs rich, unsurprisingly after thirty years it's rather worn. The main problem is the slide which gets pulled against the inlet tract. Eventually the cylindrical face wears with a notch and easing it down with a file smooths the movement but leaves it even looser. Apparently the bore wears at the same rate so replacing the slide is pointless. Time for a new carb. Except I want to keep this on the bike and make it last just a bit longer. So last night I sat down at the kitchen table, pulled it apart and ordered a 140 main jet (down from 150) from Amal. At £3 it's a cheap solution. I'll post if it works, or not.

RC30 toolkit

This, along with the bike, has become collectable.  It's on eBay.