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CLUB MEMBERS PROFILE THEIR BIKES

DAVE is a BSA man. This is his 1929 Sloper that he restored in 2008. A popular model at the time, the sloper has a 500cc ohv motor that's a little unusual in that is a 'wet sump' design where the engine oil is carried in a reservoir cast into the crankcase, while most bikes had a separate oil tank up under the saddle.. The gearbox is a hand-change 3 speed unit. After riding the bike as a solo, Dave has just finished making the replica BSA No. 7 sidecar 'boat', mounted on a period Australian made Goulding chassis. Dave says his sloper is easy to ride and likes the effortless way it chugs along.

Album 5 has more photos of Robin's fabulous Henderson

1937 VELOCETTE MSS 500cc OHV The MSS model was developed from the 250cc MOV. Into the 1950's the basic design of the MSS was upgraded with swinging arm rear suspension and the tasty Sportsman and Thruxton models emerged. Amazingly the Velo marque survived into the early 1970s. I bought this bike on my wife's 40th birthday back in 1998... for myself. I spent a fair bit of time developing my panel beating skills to restore the battered tinware. It took me until 2003 to get it ready for its first rego. Since then its been a reliable bike, except when the front forks broke... I love the unique exhaust thump from the Velo fishtail silencer and the effortless cruising ability in today's traffic. Oh, and my wife and I are still married, but she won't let me forget...

1930 RUDGE 350cc RADIAL VALVE I bought this bike in 1972 just after I left high school. It was a real paddock basher with BSA Bantam tank, 'Jampot' rear suspension from an AJS bodged on, Norton silencers and a knobby tyre on the back. I stored it in my grandfather's dairy until I was ready to start restoring it in 1990-93. When we stripped it down we found close ratio gears inside and lightened flywheels suggesting some kind of competition history. So, without all the proper tinware I decided to restore the bike as a replica of the Rudge racers that won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the 1930 Isle of Man TT races. The single cylinder motor has 4 overhead valves in a hemispherical combustion chamber. The valves are operated by pushrods and a train of 6 rockers. The positive stop gearbox has 4 speeds operated by a rocking pedal foot lever. The bike has big 8" brakes that are interconnected ie the rear brake pedal is coupled via a cable to the front brake. The smooth motor punches above its weight for a 'vintage' 350. I reckon she's a little ripper. Graham.

RON'S 1939 350cc DKW There is only one make of bike that gets Ron's blood racing, and that's DKWs. Ever since he heard a distinctive DKW 500cc twin way back when he was an apprentice, the unusual German 2-strokes have taken Ron's eye. A development from the previous SB range, Ron's smart silver 1939 NZ 350 model has a 4 speed foot change gearbox in unit with the motor. The frame is made from pressed steel members bolted together. The torquey motor has twin exhaust ports that emit a distinctive note (music to a 2-stroke man's ears). Starting needs a certain knack because the lever is on the left side. This machine is very reliable and cruises along happily at about 80 kph. And, the 7 inch brakes pull it to a stop very sharply if needed. There's no wonder that DKW is often said to translate as "Das Kleine Wunder" - "The Little Marvel".

TOM'S FABULOUS BSA J13 V-TWIN