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Anglian Section Gutsy Wonders Run by Martyn Blunt VMCC magazine #767 March 2025

Mel Vinton’s Honda Experience

Mel Vinton’s Honda Experience

Thursday 23rd November 2017

A Spanish Honda: Elvis has left the building Would you buy a motorcycle without seeing it? Well plenty do just that and I guess from the popularity of sites such as Ebay most are pleased. However Phil one of the Sheffield lads we met in Derbyshire earlier this year bought a rare 4 cyl Kawasaki described as ‘substantially complete’ and...

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Mel Vinton talk on Mike Hailwood part 1

Mel Vinton talk on Mike Hailwood part 1

Tuesday 14th March 2017

March Club night members were treated the first of two talks on Mike Hailwood by section member Mel Vinton, his presentation was full of information informing us of many aspects of Hailwood’s early life not commonly known.The presentation was greatly enhanced by the immaculate Hailwood replica Honda owned by fellow member Graham Waters.Mel also paid a fitting tribute to the...

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Dave Desborough’s 1927 BSA 500cc SV

Dave Desborough’s 1927 BSA 500cc SV

Friday 13th January 2017

Dave Desborough's 500 BSA SV 1927. He has just finished restoring it, it laid In a garage for 40 years and the bits were in the loft in boxes. The owner kept the engine in the warderobe which he completely rebuilt in the 1980's and  never run. We now look forward to seeing it on some Anglian section...

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David Miller’s trials and tribulations of owning an AJS

David Miller’s trials and tribulations of owning an AJS

Tuesday 1st November 2016

The Learning Curve.David Miller discovered the world of Jampots, and found the time to write down his experiencesas he went along.I don’t know what made me do it, really. I had been a member of the VMCC for several years withmy Honda CB250RS, but somehow it didn’t really fit in with my idea of what an old bike should belike....

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