The story of a forlorn Matchless G80
May 30, 2024
One morning ‘Plonk’ became an orphan. Tears of oil seeped out from ‘Plonk’ as he felt surplus to requirements and forgotten.‘Plonk’ was sat up on a bike lift and surveyed with the view that, with some corrective surgery, as well as a regime of therapeutic drugs. ...
Adventures on a 1928 Scott Flying Squirrel
March 22, 2022
When booking accommodation for the (cancelled) 2022 rally at Clarks Beach the owner Robyn Pearce, mentioned that “As a young woman I travelled many miles pillion on a 1928 Scott Flying Squirrel…”.
When cancelling the accommodation I took a punt to ask if she would...
I’m not one to tell tales, but...
June 2, 2020
I’m not one to tell tales, but...
Jampot Pre-Rally Tour, Feb 20
Riding our fine Matchless’ or AJSs (with a few moderns and a car or two) we did around 2,000 miles (3,200 kms sounds even better). Down the West Coast, we were rained on (as was Gore which had a Civil Defence Emergency), roads were closed, pe...
Restoration and Coincidence
April 4, 2020
This is a story whose theme could well be described as a series of coincidences around a motorcycle.
In 1982, we moved to Picton and as usual made new friends. We discovered that one of our new friends, Norm Gourdie, was a second cousin of Claire, my wife, whose maiden name ...