A quick drive up to Calne last Saturday. Not so many pictures taken as had a junior in tow still not convinced of the joy of two wheels and more interested in play parks and ice-creams.... All-the-same a few snaps of eye-catching machinery.
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| This Velo caught the eye as it is not black. 'Willow Green' was an optional colour through the fifties. My own '55 Venom left the factory gates with a similar colour scheme but someone over the years had the good sense to overpaint it black! Still, if it ever needed to be restored I guess I would put it back to green. |
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| Late twenties / early thirties a number of manufacturers were beginning to offer the option of off-road machines by the simple expedient of changing front wheel size, fitting knobbly tyres and upswept pipes. Some cracking looking motorcycles were the result. This is Sunbeam's offering. |
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| Lambretta Li series rider looking totally the part. Calne Bike Meet is nothing if not eclectic. The neon yellow bubble visor is a particularly nice touch. |
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| BSA A65 and Harley Knucklehead were modestly hanging out together away from other bikes behind the shops. |
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| If there was one machine I could have taken home the Knucklehead would have been the one. |
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| The amazing shed-built Flying Millyard attracted strong crowds. It was started up on the kick start and ticked over nicely. Two Pratt and Witney aero engine top ends on a completely home made bottom end. Search for it on youtube. It goes nicely! |
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| From the same builder of various multi-cylinder configurations of Kawasaki two-stroke triples and other wonderous creations, a close up of the Flying Millyard engine. |
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