Beaulieu Autojumble 2018

The first Beaulieu Autumn autojumble that I have been able to attend for a while and I had a great time wandering around, meeting old friends and buying odds and sods that I don't really need...

There really is no other event like Beaulieu in terms of the atmosphere and quality of bits and pieces that are brought out. The attendance of fellow enthusiasts from particularly France, Holland and Germany was high, possibly encouraged by the weak pound... On said subject it could well be that this year was something of a swansong as Brexit looks very likely to deal a body blow to the amateur enthusiast bringing machinery in across the channel or indeed taking it back.

Below are a few snaps of bits and pieces that caught my eye....

Unusual little Motom ohv moped.

And a sweet original paint MV next to it.

A well presented Itom that had come over from France.

Uber quirky Yamaha SW1 scooter retro thing. A Japanese home
market model made in 1992 only it uses the GN250 power plant.

One of my favourite cycles from the weekend.
A very original Bates with diadrant forks and
cantiflex tubing. A reasonable £675 was asked
but I need another tandem like a hole in the
head!

That Bates tandem again. Quality parts fitted, including
Resilion brakes with the rare alloy locking lever.

Tidy little Suzuki street scrambler.

A dream bike, 1928 Norton CS1. 24 grand to you sir.

In the Bonhams auction was this magnificent craft.

And an equally magnificent Indian Powerplus combo.

 I was very taken with this c1909 Terrot Retrodirecte. A
marvelous example of quirky engineering: there are two
speeds, pedalling forwards gives one gear, pedal backwards
and you get the other. The owner reported that pedalling
backwards to head forwards is rather a strange sensation and
garners you some odd looks.

The drivetrain of the Terrot.

At first glance a lovely original Sunbeam. Look a bit closer
and you notice the Ariel motor. Closer still and the rear triangle
of the frame is postwar BSA from a plunger sprung heavyweight.
The sort of machine you seldom see nowadays but a great period
piece from a time when people didn't care much for originality,
what was important was what worked well and was available.

Finally this little Dayton from 1914 on the Earnshaw's stand
seemed to offer reasonable value for a Pioneer machine at
£4500. Still a fair wedge of cash but about the cheapest way
in to veteran ownership apart from a Wall Autowheel...