Brighton Speed Trials 2010 pics

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Pleased you posted these, went years ago and always forget this is on.

We went off off to Beaulieu Autojumble instead , 2,000 stands 7 hours to walk around and NO Mazda parts :Grrr

As you seem to like older bikes here is a picture of a BSA M26 (600cc single!) and a triails AJS 350 that we found while we were there,

Connection for me was that at the age of 14 I owned a stripped down M26, bikes like this were £5 a go then, took it over a jump in a woods broke its rigid back and left it where it landed !!!!:3Confused  

At 15 I owned a 500 AJ that had been a works bike on the Scottish 6 day trial and later converted to a Scrambler ( read Motocross in todays lingo)

The bike looked identical to the one in the pics as like all AJS, BSA and Matchless bikes you couldnt tell the difference externally between 5 & 350cc except mine had "jampots" for rear shocks and wider section rims to take the big Scrambles "Knoblies",

Had I had the £2750 spare I would have brought the AJ there and then without even hearing it as it was the only time I have ever seen an AJ even close to the one I owned :Viking

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Talking of non Jap events 2 weeks ago we went off to a Kent Bike and Custom show with the RX-4 as you can see in the pictures,

There were loads and loads of bikes complete with the obligatory Orange County look-alikes and as Lisa noticed, the thing that stood out was that many old boys (like me)  are sporting the regulation walking stick, used or should I say worn like a medal from long term biking.

The above made me Bless my old long departed Dad who I actually listened to when he begged me not to get a bike on the road at 16 who “bribed” me with helping to get my first car on the road at 17 instead, had he not done this I am certain I to would have had the walking stick medal at the very least !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   (oi, stop cheering at the back :Giggle)