Journal of the National Autocycle & Cyclemotor Club Ltd. The Buzzing Club Volume 28 Number 2 April 2009 Buzzing’ f Volume 28, Number 2, issue 152, April 2009 The National Autocycle & Cyclemotor Club Ltd. A company limited by guarantee. Registered Office: 7 St. Nicholas Road, Copmanthohorpe, York YO23 3UX Committee Members & Club Officers Chairman 7 St.Nicholas Road, Copmanthorpe, York YO23 3UX David Casper 01904 704373 /[email protected] Secretary 58 York Place, Newport, Gwent NP20 4GD John Lipscomb 01633 660273 /[email protected] Treasurer Rose Cottage, 5 Sandy Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton WV8 1EJ Liz Butler 01902 842198 Librarian 3 Warwick Avenue, Sands, High Wycombe, Bucks HP12 4NG Alan Hummerstone 01494 532172 /[email protected] Machine Registrar: see Chairman details, above David Casper Membership Sec. 72 Glenthorne Drive, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall WS6 7DD Bob Jeffcoat 07876 338759 Buzzing Prod. Upper Cefn-y-Pwll, Abermule, Montgomery SY15 6JN David Beare /[email protected] Editorial Committee John Lipscomb, Peter Moore, Ray Butcher Shows Coordinator 1 Honesty Close, Clayhanger, Walsall WS8 7RE John Aston 07891 857655 / [email protected] Publicity Officer 21 Swallow Field, Leigh, Lancs WN7 1HT Derek Ashworth 0771 281 4005 Events Secretary 14 Balmoral Close, Southampton SO16 8ER Bryan Norton 02380 343093 Regalia /[email protected] 01753 542134 Ian McGregor Transfers 84 Balcarres Road, Leyland PR25 3ED Peter Moore 07976 285267 / [email protected] Club Historian David Beare, see Editor details above Committee Members Ray Butcher, Glamorgan (01656 646465), John Aston, Walsall Please send an SAE (an IRC from Europe, 2 IRCs from outsideEurope) if you need a reply when writing to Club officers. General enquiries via email, please contact [email protected] Buzzing is published on the 20th day of February, April, June, August, October and December. Articles, letters & adverts for the June 2009 issue of Buzzing should reach Buzzing Prod. at the address above by Friday 24th April 2009. Views & opinions expressed in Buzzing are not necessarily those of the Editorial Committee or the NACC Ltd. All suggestions, recommendations and technical advices are entirely those of the authors and the publication of them, or references made to products or services, does not imply any endorsement by the NACC Ltd.. Neither the NACC Ltd. nor any of its directors or other representatives will be liable for any loss or damage arising out of use of this Journal. All rights reserved. © all content copyright of respective contributors, articles and photos published in Buzzing may also be posted on the NACC website and recorded in the NACC archive. April 2009 Club Information Membership Membership of the NACC costs £9.00 a year plus a £3 joining fee for new or lapsed members. Application forms are available from the Membership Secretary (see page 2). Dating and Registration The current dating fees for club members are: £7 (£10 for non-members) for a certificate supporting an application for an age-related registration, £12.50 (£17.50 for non-members) for processing a V765 application. Contact the Machine Registrar for details, please send an SAE. Affiliations The NACC Ltd. is a member of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, we have corresponding agreements with; the Register of Unusual Microcars, New Zealand Classic Scooter Club, the Bermuda Classic Bike Club, Rijwiel Hulpmotor Club Nederland, AML GC17 in France, the Sjællands Veteranknallert Klub, Denmark and the British Two Stroke Club. Club Insurance Full and Associate members of the NACC can benefit from our Footman James NACC Insurance Scheme, offering a range of policies to suit Autocycle, Cyclemotor and Moped owners, including those riding sub-50cc machines on full car licences without a motorcycle licence or CBT. Please quote your membership number when contacting Footman James on 0121 561 6222. Library Alan Hummerstone can supply copies of material held in the NACC Library (contact Alan for a copy of the Library List, see opposite for his details) Website The NACC website www.thebuzzingclub.co.uk is updated frequently and carries all the latest news. It’s well worth a visit as there are many photos in addition to those published in Buzzing as well as video clips taken on events, not to mention access to the vast and comprehensive on-line NACC archive. Events Calendar Don’t Forget! If you want to organise a club-permit event and wish information to appear in Buzzing in time, please write to the Events Secretary at least 2 months prior. From Jan 2009 organisers should ask Bryan for an application form. Events organised at short notice (min 28 days), apply in writing to Events Secretary to ensure issue of a permit. We’ll publish details of a short-notice event on the NACC website as publishing deadlines may make it impossible to advise members via Buzzing. Signing-on sheets must be returned within 14 days of holding the event. The rule for riding on NACC events is no membership card- no ride. Those who cannot produce a valid card have to pay a day membership fee. All participants must personally sign the official sign-on sheet issued by the Events Secretary. Events shown in BOLD on the next page are official NACC events, those not shown in bold are non-NACC events which may require a day membership, unless you have dual-nationality…. Letters to the Editor Dear David The last Buzzing magazine must be the best the club has ever produced, thanks a lot for all the hard work. The magazine prints an old photo of Stan Greenway’s first cyclemotor run* and riders who appear are asked to identify themselves. The chap with the World War Two motorcycle dispatch riders coat standing by a Rudge autocycle is me, I am about the seventh person from the left. In a comment in Buzzing the lack of proper cyclemotors on current Club runs is mentioned and although I rode the Rudge in the first run I did ride a Cyclemaster in the second, while my daughter rode a Power Pak. I fully understand why members prefer the more modern mopeds with their superior power and reliability rather than the much more gutless clip-ons. Repairing a puncture on a Cyclemaster by the roadside (as I used to do on my regular runs from Newbury to Woolwich) is not something which I crave for any more. As we all get older comfort is also major factor. One of my enduring memories of the run was that two very young men (who, to me seemed to be still at school) had ridden all the way from deepest East Anglia on Cyclemasters or Power Paks and then returned there after the run. I am not sure of their names** but they certainly featured as leading lights in the NACC in recent times. kind regards, Alan Knight * It was not in fact of the first VMCC Cyclemotor Section run, please see following letter from Rory Sinclair which sets the record straight. The photo published in February’s Buzzing was taken in 1981 something I didn’t know when writing the caption. ** Messrs Andrew Pattle and Andrew Rodham, probably. Dear David I enjoyed reading your article in Buzzing February 2009 on The Magic Wheelers and the early days of cyclemotor preservation in the VMCC. The photograph of the cyclemotor gathering reproduced in Buzzing was in fact taken by David Davies at the 6th Annual Cyclemotor Run on 5th July 1981. I enclose a photo of the First Cyclemotor Social Run on 23rd May 1976, taken on that day by Bob Pearce (reproduced on the next page) that shows John Lycett, yours truly, Tony Twycross and Stan Greenway, a record of that happy day. (Rory kindly included copies of Bob Currie’s report on the 5th Annual Cyclemotor Run 1980, published in Motorcycle Weekly, 24th January 1981, extracts are reproduced on page 35). best wishes, Rory Sinclair 10 11 Letters- contd Below- Bob Pearce’s photo sent in by Rory Sinclair, taken on the First Cyclemotor Social Run, 23rd May 1976, featuring left to right- John Lycett with a Cyclemaster, Rory Sinclair with his unique Mk 2 29cc Tailwind, John Latta’s own experimental cyclemotor, Tony Twycross with a Lohmann and, far right, Stan Greenway with a Cyclaid. The Cyclemaster in between is probably Bob Pearce’s. Dear David February Buzzing a watershed? Back to the pre-Suffolk revolt(ing) days, seemingly- a great effort! Might be a bit hard for this very high standard to be maintained, but good luck! sincerely Richard Mawer Thanks Richard, I’ll try, I’ll try....... DB Dear David I was interested in the article about the Myford twin cyclemotor engine in February’s Buzzing, please see enclosed report from the Janaury 22, 1953 Motor Cycling magazine. It would appear at least one was produced, not sectiond, with a capacity of 50cc. You also mention it could have been marketed as a Jones or E.R.M., does this mean that the designer was G H Jones, father of the autocycle? sincerely Derek Scott Derek enclosed a photocopy of “In the News” from Motor Cycling, which briefly reads as follows. “An interesting project is in the course of development by the MYford Engineering Co Ltd. of Beeston, Nottingham. This concerns....their plan [is[ to supply part-finished components for a 50cc twin-cylinder, two-stroke engine, enabling the owner of a Myford lathe not only to set himself a first-class practical lesson in machining, (contd.) 10 11 Letters- contd ..but to have, when the work is finished, a rather unusual type of power unit ready for attachment to his bicycle. Clearly, the cost of the end-product, manufactured under such a do-the-work-at-home scheme is likely to be but a fraction of the figure normally paid for a similar engine commercially produced and marketed.