January is traditionally a lazy month, spent mostly in hibernation.
After a very mild December, a return to cold and windy conditions was a bit of
shock to the system.
Warbike
The warbike project continues; dipping a toe into the post
WW1 period. Tracked motorcycles would you believe! This will be a long research
period which will run in the background. However, if you have any information
about military motorcycling during the interwar period please drop us a line at
warbike@fenlandclassics.co.uk
We have already had contact from people with information on testing and sales
of ex-military WW1 bikes.
The time in the warm was used to finish the Brooklands Great
War 100 event film which is now available via FenlandClassicsTV below:
Kempton Park Bikejumble
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| Kempton Bike Jumble |
We did crawl out for Eric Patterson’s excellent Jumble. We
had repro vintage and veteran parts as well as later used parts on offer. There
were some real bargains to be had in the Triumph department. We also have
semi-liquid gearbox grease for Burman boxes. I have previously trawled Kempton for
this grease without success; but when you have it nobody wants it! Anyway if
you do need some gearbox grease drop us a tweet (@fenlandclassics) and come to
the next Jumble in March.
Bonneville Go or Go Bust
Bonneville Go or GoBust is an excellent winter read from Motorcycle Traveller Zoe Cano. I caught
up with her a few weeks ago to discuss the book and plan an Adventure Touring
Evening with the Vintage Motorcycle Club, I will be joined later in February by
Zoe and other riders to talk about preparation....or not! and just why do
people ride off into the wild alone.
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| Zoe Cano |
Bonneville Go or Go
Bust: On the Roads Tess Traveled is available on Amazon or catch up with Zoe
at the Carole Nash MCN Show at the London Excel Centre 12-14 February 2016.
Brooklands Cotton JAP Restoration
During January we had a bit of fun with a Twitter Documentary
following the rebuild of the Doug Earle Cotton Jap. This beast is being
restored to Earle’s original vision of a Brooklands outer circuit racer. The
full story will appear after the project is finished. The Brooklands Motorcycle
Team also hope to take it out on tour to various events in 2017. Here are a few
pictures of the project so far.
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| The Doug Earle Cotton Jap in 2013 |
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| The original Tank was full of holes |
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| A new tank was fabricated |
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| ..together with a new Oil Tank |
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| The Engine ex speedway engine has been rebuilt |
Catch up with the next blog in March.
Old Timer
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