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| "Hot Off The Press" reports
on recent runs. Eventually these details together with the associated article
from 'Buzzing' will find their way into the Archives, following publication.
That can be two months away so this page will provide a much quicker service.
(Subject of course to the Webmaster getting the details from the organisers in
a timely fashion). |
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| NACC at Goodwood 2008 -
click here for video and pictures. |
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Don't miss the NACC Mallory Park 1000 Bike Videos from the12th-13th July 2008 - click here for the full horrors |
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| Stafford Show October 2008. | |
| Twice a year the NACC have a stand at the
Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford. Various Herberts stand around and accost paying members of the public, encouraging them to " Take The Queen's Shilling" and join the club. As has now become traditional, a less than realistic carboard cut-out of Dave Beare takes advantage of the event to flog off his books whilst the real one props up the bar. |
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| E.C.P. The Final Fling - Sunday October 19th. | |
| A fine sunny morning led to a fantastic
turnout of both riders and machines for the East Coast Pedalers final event of
the year. Mark Gibb had organised a great day for us at the Leiston Long Shop
Museum's Final Fling Day, and the museum's curators were very pleased with out
turnout. Terry Keable brought along his usual Raleigh RM1 and RM6 and a pile of bits which we all thought was autojumble stock; amazingly just before we were to set off at midday to the run to the Eastbridge Eel's foot he somehow contrived to assemble this pile of bits into a running machine ! We all left the Museum together but it wasn't long before Terry's pile of bits - sorry Alkro Bylight ! - slowed up and got left behind, fortunately new member Rod Fryatt took pity on him and chaperoned Terry to the pub arriving some time after the main party. After a nice lunch and the customary pint we again left as a large group, however once again Terry's Alkro slowed up and stopped this time right outside the local refuse tip ! Refusing to take the hint and return the machine to it's rightful home Terry used the End to End tactics and pushed the machine up the (very slight) incline, this time it was left to yours truly to escort the rattling, grinding and popping entry (the bike not Terry !) back to base. Once back to the Museum we put our bikes back into the display to rejoin the static machines which were being well looked after by NACC stalwart Ray Gibb, and looked around the other exhibits on display. Day Member Neil Ridgeon enjoyed his day and hopes to get his NACC type machines including C100, Runabout and Puch Grand Prix prepared in time for next years events. A big thank you to Mark for organising the event, and to everyone who attended to make our final event of 2008 another great success. Carl Squirrell |
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| No disabled acccess here then ! | At the 'Eel's Foot |
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| It's amazing what you get in Xmas crackers nowadays ! | What is it with all these orange PC50's |
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| Before and after Francis Barnett Autocycles | What do you think Dave Watson has bought this week ? |
| Headcorn Airfield Rally 21 September 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This end-of-season bash with the Kent, Sussex
& East London Section is always eagerly anticipated and well supported. I'm
pleased to say that this year was no exception and a good time was had by all.
I sneaked an extra couple of nights away from home and arrived at the airfield
at Oh Christ Hundred Hours on Saturday, waking at about 0600 to the sound of
generators and gas burners as a hot-air balloon was readied for take-off in the
early mist. It made an impressive sight as it carried its payload of some dozen
souls aloft for a flight wherever the wind took it over the Kentish
countryside. After a leisurely start to my morning, including a blast round the lanes and into the village of Headcorn itself in the Qpod buggy, others started to arrive in time for a late afternoon visit to School House Farm at Hawkenbury, the home of the Register of Unusual Microcars which lives up to its' name by caring for a number of very rare bubble cars. Out hostess was the owner of the Collection, Jean Hammond, who showed us round her cars whilst almost keeping a labrador cross under control. The teeth marks on my chest illustrate my definition of the word "almost". Not to worry, I'm sure that Carra and I will become friends in due course although our friendship will be conducted at a respectful distance until I can be sure of her!
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| The BORDERS CLASSIC BIKE SHOW. Sat/Sun 13/14 September. | ||||
A dry spell in the current monsoon brought the
usual swarm of machines to Cleobury Mortimer for this popular show organised by
Jim Reynolds. The "wow" factor ranged from beautifully restored classics, '50s
bikes in original (i.e. well-worn, but still ridden) condition, to "What,
exactly, is that?"
Next year's show will be on 12/13 Sept. Hopefully, we will be there, will you? David Flye |
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| SOUTH WEST LINCOLNSHIRE SECTION RUN SEPTEMBER 2008 | |
| Seven riders enjoyed great weather on the
South West Lincolnshire Section September run through the Vale of Belvoir.
Special mention must go to Keith Ashby (the one who appears to have run into a
bat!) who rode his tasteful green New Hudson to and from the event. As he had
travelled from Holt in North Norfolk this was a round trip of about 250 miles.
Well done Keith." David McKenny |
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 Norfolk Constabulary Gala Day held at the Royal Norfolk
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| The East Coast Pedalers continued the long
involvement of the NACC with the Norwich Police Gala Day held at the Royal
Norfolk Showground on August 31st. A wide range of Cyclemotors, Autocycles, Mopeds, Sports Mopeds and a Corgi kept the Public Interested throughout the day. We are thinking of employing a 'Minder' for our TV, Radio & Media star Terry Keable as he was constantly being congratulated by the Public for his End to End achievment, he did find time to go off and get an Ice Cream however. Dave Watson looks like adding even more machines to his collection having been contacted by members of the public to collect unwanted machines - 5 at the last count. We had several local NACC members pop in for a visit - and a cup of tea. Many thanks to Terry, Dave, Roly, Brian Lilly and Debbie for taking time to look after the stand while others went off to look around the other exhibits. All in all another great day for the East Coast Pedalers Roadshow ! Carl Squirrell |
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| Terry's pitch with the End to End info and Raleighs. | Nice pair of Cyclemotors belong to Dave Watson and Brian Lilly |
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| Lots of Interest in Roly's SS50. | Our machines dwarfed by one of the many Trucks at the events (Pity their horns weren't as ineffective as ours ! |
| East Coast Pedalers Harleston Event | |
| The recent Harleston Fun Day Display and Road
Run on 25 August 2008 ( Bank Holiday Monday) held on behalf of the NACC and
East Coast Pedalers was very well supported with the membership exhibiting
eighteen machines in the display line up at this venue. A first for an NACC event at this venue in Norfolk we were blessed with good weather and an excellent turnout of members with a total 18 machines featured in the line-up on the club stand. Also notable amongst this display was Terry Keable's Land's End to John O'Groats Raleigh Runabout complete with its own information boards and of course the proud owner as well. If that was not enough we also had the draw later in the day for the 1981 Motebecane 7 Special Moped (taxed & mot'd) that had been donated by fellow member Michael Ottignon with proceeds from the draw tickets going to charity. This moped was also on display here and won by member Brian 'Mick' Ritchie. The run out began at around midday and was supported by eleven machines and riders and involved a leisurely seventeen mile run out from Harleston. Our destination was the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton and this really is an ideal venue as they have both a pub and tea shop on site and if you like aviation as well it really is on the must see list. The staff were very enthusiastic about us dropping by and kindly arranged for us to park our machines by one of the many static aircraft that are on site here. Our thanks go to them for their help in setting up this stopover. All too soon the stop at Flixton was over and we returned to Harleston by a shorter but more direct route of six miles to continue and enjoy the rest of the time available at the Fun Day. We had lots of enquiries about the NACC and our machines of course from a very interested and admiring public. Many thanks to all those who supported this event and of course to Carl for making the day run smoothly and making it look so easy! Mick Sudds See also Lottery Results Page for details of the Grand Win a Moped Draw and presentation of the cheques, which took place at this event. |
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| Terry's Bike and End to End info (Terry himself is not in the shot, he's probably gone off for an enormous ice-cream or two). | Motobecane, Tomos and PC50 with Terry and Peter in the background discussing Terry's epic trip. |
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| Billy and Mick discussing 'Norman' | Bikes lined up outside Flixton Air Museum |
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| British engineering at it's very finest (and some beat up old mopeds) | Corgi spotted in the Air Museum |
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| Corgi Info | A VERY small part of Dave Watsons collection, New Hudson cyclemotor (note striking similarity to a BSA WInged Wheel), Francis Barnett Autocycle, Clark Scamp |
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| Hondas throughout the ages | Normans and PC50 with ladies Mary, Debbie and Joyce talking'shop' in the background |
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| Seeing all three is a very rare sight. | Presentation of cheque from Carl to Terry. |
| SOUTH WEST LINCOLNSHIRE SECTION RUN JULY 20th 2008 | |
| The South West Lincolnshire has now been in
existence for about a year. We have now had four runs and attendance has risen
from two (the two founders, me and Vince) to ten riders plus family and friends
on this July outing. As usual we met at Vince and Mel's house in Colsterworth
for tea and biscuits before leaving in a haze of blue smoke at 11.00am. Vince's
route took us through the Vale of Belvoir to our lunchtime destination at the
"Dirty Duck" pub on the bank of the Grantham Canal (or "the cut" as I was
reminded it should be called) where the bikes attracted the attention of some
of the customers. All riders completed the journey with no mishaps or
breakdowns and the rain held off for us. Thanks to all those who attended some from a fair distance away. Our next run will be on September 14th 2008 and all are welcome. The riders were David McKenny (Puch M50 GP), Roger Simpson (NSU Quickly F), Brian Brimson (New Hudson), Les Gobbett (Honda PF50), Mark Astill (Raleigh RM8), Alan Sharp (Aprilia Sonic), John Green (Honda 90 a gold one), Vince Shreeve (Raleigh RM8), Peter Lawson (Puch MS50), Mike Green (Raleigh Runabout). David McKenny |
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| July 20th The Devon Section Powderam Club Stand | |
| Every one was looking forward
to a long busy weekend talking bikes with the the public and club members also
catching up with old and new members. Sadly due to the weather which was the
worst seen at Powderam for many years the show ended up being cancelled on the
Sunday morning. But we did manage to have a great time in setting up and with a
little sunshine we had short time with the public on the Saturday morning.
Full report will be in buzzing. Roy |
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| 8am Saturday | Overnight Parking |
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| Ready for the line up 25 bikes in total | Rain, what rain? |
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| The Des triangle, he's the one with the hat | Back of Des's triangle |
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| A good display by the lads | ...and it all started with just the one bike |
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| Bag with brolly sticking through | Colour coded mopeds |
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| Colour coded people | Cyclemotors with more colour coded people, must be the season for red and blue |
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| Get the brollies out for the start of the end of the show due to the weather | It must be love, John & Margaret |
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| My next bike's a goldwing, the goldwing boys took a fancy to our HQ during the storms | Garelli, Mobylette, new member James's Dandy and Marks |
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| Eleven cyclemotors John & Mark supping tea after the show had to be closed due to the weather | Some of the 20 bikes stored over night in the awning |
| July 20th The Pennine Challenge | |
| The start of The Pennine
Challenge Run from the Turnpike Inn. Someone asked at the start `Why is it called the Pennine Challenge?", silly lad. He soon found out as we pedalled over Saddleworth Moor in the teeth of a gale. Dave Jackson took the following pictures, please note the typically balmy weather / participants. |
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