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Newsletter No 33 Page 1 Paradise & Gell has been located on Michael Street in Peel since 1974. Here you will find a wide range of furnishings to enhance any living space. Whether you are looking for something contemporary or a more traditional piece, then look no further than Paradise & Gell. Page 2 Contents Page 2 Secretary's Notes Page 3 Chairman’s Chat Page 4 Editorial Slant Page 5 Yellow Belly Notes “Life’s a Beach” Page 8 New Members Page 9 The 2012 Trials Season Page 11 Final Results - Vintage Club Trials 2012 Page 12 Mayhem at the Murderdrome Page 17 The World’s Fastest Velo Page 19 The Dream Team Page 22 “Cool or What?” Page 26 Flogger’s Corner Page 28 The Scalded Cat Page 31 Forthcoming Events Page 32 Book Review - WARZONE SPEEDWAY Page 34 The Sulby EMC Page 37 Out and About Editor: Harley Richards Cover Picture:- A fresh-faced Kevin Whiteway puts a Matchless through its (off road) paces - the front brake lever would suggest these were not all upright! Photo credit - Amulree Page 1 Secretary’s Notes Hi Everyone, Here we go again with time racing towards the T.T. and before we know it into summer, sitting here in my office, freezing, I can’t wait. This edition of Vintage Mann is under the control of our new Editor Harley, and we wish him all the best. Our thanks must also go to Job Grimshaw, our retiring Editor, for a job really well done. Our Club membership continues to grow, however the numbers attending our social runs do not reflect that growth. Come on !! Let’s see record turnouts for our runs this year. Details are on our web site, on your fixture list or give me a ring. We recently made representations to the Department of Infrastructure re vehicle testing. Thanks to Chris Proctor we presented to Minister Cretney a petition of 801 signatures which obviously made an impression as it is rumoured that the scheme has now been dropped. We shall continue to make representation to Government about issues that are against our member’s best interests. You may be interested to know that our new partner for the Festival of Jurby on August 25th is no longer Duke Marketing but instead is the Andreas Racing Association who now have the lease for the Jurby Motordrome. This will not make any significant difference to us other than giving us back control of all the catering which should bring in some extra revenue. How- ever, although the cost of hire remains the same, we have been forced to increase entry costs to £5 per person, children are free, this is due to a reduction in Government support. We do feel that at £5 the event still offers tremendous value for money. The V.M.C.C. Closed Roads Parade lap at the Classic T.T. was fully sub- scribed by the middle of February, which just shows the popularity of this event. With entries coming from America, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Germany, France, Italy and of course Ireland and the UK this is a Continued next page Page 2 Chairman’s chat Dear Member, Welcome to another section magazine and welcome to our new editor Harley, who I am sure will add his own individual style to our coveted missive. Another year and another riding season is upon us, but sitting here in the grips of another cold snap it is difficult to remember a sunny warm riding experience, and have a good memory too! We have a full and varied calendar for you to enjoy, with our major international events at TT week Rally and the Manx Festival featuring highly, we are sure you will have a good time. As usual at this time of year I would ask all members to offer help to your committee for our major events, even if it’s only for a couple of hours. We are too few to do it all and what you put in pays itself back in shed loads. This applies to all members both riding and social, come on and enjoy it. I have just put the most expensive fuel in my van to date, well over £1.500 per litre. This might be the opportunity to enjoy Vintage motorcycling even more this year, with vintage machines delivering sixty plus mpg, modern classics and Kawasaki triples might be a little less frugal?! But you can go still go out and enjoy yourself relatively cheaply. Keep between the hedges Richard truly International event attracting many people to make the journey to our beautiful Island. Both the T.T. and M.G.P. Rallies are forging ahead, with new ideas to make both rallies fresh and attractive to entrants. Any member that would like to organise any of our road runs through the year, please contact me on 474074 and volunteer. Fresh ideas are always welcome and we would welcome your input. I have ordered wall to wall sunshine this summer so come on let’s be hearing from you.. Good riding Tony Page 3 This isn’t going to be a regular feature in the magazine but, as the new editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Job for his hard work in making Vintage Mann what it is and for handing it over to me in such good shape. Based on the number of folks who attend club nights, road runs etc I am very conscious of the fact that Vintage Mann, for the vast majority of VMCC members on the island, is their only direct contact with the club. As such, I will be trying to ensure that club events taking place on the island get some coverage in the magazine so, at the very least, all members are aware of what’s going on. As always, contributions (photos and/ or words) are most welcome. You will see on Page 22 that Rupert has started what I hope will be a good-natured, and very tongue in cheek, debate as to what constitutes “cool” in the world of vintage bikes (personally, I have taken no umbrage to Rupert’s comments despite, according to him, never having owned a “cool” motorcycle in my life!). I would stress that the views expressed are Rupert’s personal take on the matter. So, if you have a view on what constitutes “cool”, or would like to put forward a contrary view, drop me an email at [email protected] . I will be publishing the results in the next issue (please keep your comments machine-specific rather than “Anything Rupert’s owned cannot be cool”). Finally, I think it’s fair to say that we all take a degree of pride in our vintage motorcycles and I would like to see that reflected in Vintage Mann. So, if you would be willing to let the Vintage Mann readership know why a particular bike is special to you (it doesn’t have to be a 100-point concours restoration or preposterously rare), please contact me at the email address above and I can put the wheels in motion. Harley Page 4 “Life’s a Beach” Yellow Belly Notes In the depths of winter, Lincolnshire can be a bleak place; fens and dykes frozen hard, snow on the tops of the Wolds, small flocks of snow bunting looking optimistically for samphire along the shoreline. A few miles from Louth in the dunes at Donna Nook, Atlantic grey seals come ashore to give birth to their young. This winter approximately one thousand pups have been born. So what do motorcyclists do during these cold months? Well, they head to the seaside town of Mablethorpe and race on the beach of course! Pic 1 Page 5 Not unlike the Isle of Man, motorcycles are part of the D.N.A. here, and the whole town welcomes the Mablethorpe Sand Racing Club on alternate Sundays during the winter. The club was formed in 1970 and has been racing on the beach for 42 seasons. The “track” is a large oval on the flat beach in front of the promenade. Races are held over four laps and are most entertain- ing to watch. The event is sustained by the motocross bike classes but, for the purist, there are always a few speedway/grass track bikes in the “Blue Riband” race. Pic 2 It is the road machine classes that stretch credulity to the limits however. (Pic 3) Would you really try and race a four cylinder Kawasaki on sand? If the answer is yes, then come and join the Yellowbellies, but beware, fallen riders do not slide on wet sand, rather they stop instantly (I seem to be able to hurt myself easily enough riding the wobblers sections in a twin- shock trial). Page 6 Pic 3. The bike in Pic. 4 seems at first glance to be ordinary enough, and for the 250c.c. road machine class an XL250 Honda is ideally suited. However, this particular bike is very special, and has a claim to fame which makes it a candidate for any museum, but it gets thrashed regardless. Neil Tuxworth, who is the Chairman of the club, was the former owner and rider of this machine. He was a first class racer, and is now Director of Honda U.K.’s British Superbike team and Honda TT Legends, based in Louth. “Classic Bike” magazine discovered that beach racing was still alive and well in Lincolnshire some time ago and published an article featuring said bike and rider.
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