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by dave.pitt
Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: New club Facebook page
Replies: 58
Views: 18382

Re: New club Facebook page

Guys, It was an AOMCC Committee decision taken last Saturday 9th November 2019 to open a Facebook page, following a suggestion from the floor at the AGM back in April. The AOMCC committee discussed it and came out in favour. Lee Mallabone kindly offered to kick-start it for us and we have a group of...
by dave.pitt
Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:11 pm
Forum: For sale/wanted - Bikes
Topic: For Sale: Late 1930's Red Hunter VH500
Replies: 1
Views: 1628

For Sale: Late 1930's Red Hunter VH500

For sale to an AOMCC enthusiast... A former member of the Selly Oak branch has for sale a late 1930's Red Hunter which I have known personally since about 1993. (Disclaimer: This is no guarantee of it's provenance or internal mechanical condition! But I don't suspect anything untoward)! The bike was...
by dave.pitt
Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:45 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Annual Rally - programme of events.
Replies: 1
Views: 3445

Annual Rally - programme of events.

Gentlemen There is a full rally programme. On Thursday evening is Bike Nite in Pershore town centre. At this the South Midlands Motor Cycle Club members will descend on Pershore. Last year about 350 showed up mostly moderns, but there were some classics including a Brough Superior! This year the AOM...
by dave.pitt
Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:18 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Annual Rally 2019 - Booking In
Replies: 11
Views: 8075

Re: Annual Rally 2019 - Booking In

Gentlemen There is a full rally programme. On Thursday evening is Bike Nite in Pershore town centre. At this the South Midlands Motor Cycle Club members will descend on Pershore. Last year about 350 showed up mostly moderns, but there were some classics including a Brough Superior! This year the AOM...
by dave.pitt
Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:35 am
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Annual Rally 2019 - Booking In
Replies: 11
Views: 8075

Annual Rally 2019 - Booking In

The Annual Rally is fast approaching. It opens in FIVE WEEKS as I write this, on Thursday 22 August and lasts four nights in Most Glorious Worcestershire, sandwiched between two areas designated "Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty." There are Bed and Breakfast rooms still available at £45...
by dave.pitt
Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:21 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Annual Rally in Pershore - lift needed!
Replies: 0
Views: 1242

Annual Rally in Pershore - lift needed!

Hi Guys One of our early bookers to the rally, Barrie Dawson from Wakefield in Yorkshire, has subsequently had a heart attack and as a result is temporarily suspended from driving or riding. He still wants to come to the Annual Rally (bless him!) but would appreciate a lift there and back. So if you...
by dave.pitt
Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:38 pm
Forum: Main Chat Forum
Topic: Man and sloper come a cropper.
Replies: 18
Views: 13856

Man and sloper come a cropper.

Wali Taylor posted something on Facebook... Anyone know who the poor blighter who has come to grief riding a sloper in Hertfordshire is? Described in the paper as "a 68 year old man, riding his vintage motorcycle..." He's critical in the George Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. 'Spirit of Arie...
by dave.pitt
Wed May 08, 2019 1:53 pm
Forum: For sale/wanted - Bikes
Topic: For Sale: KH500 twin (late pivoted rear fork type)
Replies: 0
Views: 1271

For Sale: KH500 twin (late pivoted rear fork type)

Ariel KH (late model) Owned for almost 6 years, a lovely machine to ride, spoilt only by the difficulty in lifting it onto its centre stand at the end of the ride. In the 6000 miles I’ve done on it, it’s had a magneto rebuild, pillion re-padded and re-covered, bores re-honed and a new pistons fitted...
by dave.pitt
Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:57 pm
Forum: Member's Bikes
Topic: ‘48 500
Replies: 6
Views: 8005

Re: ‘48 500

Hi Dave

Jeez, that looks sweet...
I know the location too! Tanworth in Arden. I photo'd my bikes there also, but not as well as you!

DP
by dave.pitt
Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:35 pm
Forum: For sale/wanted - Parts, and those bits and bobs
Topic: Wanted - FH oil delivery pipe big bearing crankshaft
Replies: 4
Views: 2200

Re: Wanted - FH oil delivery pipe big bearing crankshaft

I have Dave, and didn't find it. It doesn't seem to have a part number, and my description in 'search' doesn't find it.