Demise of motorbike Clubs!

 Possibility for Wales?

A revival is underway as an appeal for younger people is made to give up the computer games for the real thing of riding with the oldies on the roads of Wales and the SW-England too!

But will they come out and join the throng and keep something of a tradition going or not?

Apart from the thrill of riding, there also comes years of experience and tips on every area of the subject, if not to get to ride others bikes, cheap spare parts and supplies if not much more in chat and friendships that will last a life-time!

Norton is back!

British racing Bikes 2018!

It is amazing that the Norton motorbike manufacturer is back with a new composite design and making fifth place in the Isle of Man TT races!

Some will say for how long in comparison to what is coming out of Japan and others such as Italy and BMW, but some of these countries have started to slacken off a bit economically and Britain can once more get a foot on the rung?

Individual designed bikes look like the future course and the introduction of electric versions are also another course in the development of these machines? Only time will tell if the British police forces buy this new Norton model or not!

The Motorbike. Part-One.

The engined Bicycle.

With the advent of the petrol engine, some bright spark was able to combine the two. It is kind of ironic when you think it was two bicycle makers, the Wright brothers who flew the first aeroplane in 1908.

Gottlieb Daimler was the first to try in 1880 and by 1895 he was in production with the Einspur 265cc. Prior to the petrol engine were steam powered bikes by a Frenchman Michaux-Perreaux Velocipede from 1869, but by now this concept was abandoned.

The powered cycle format that we toady know for both the bicycle and motorbike was adopted in 1869, but the bicycle funny enough continues to change shapes, until the 20th century.

ARV's.

Does the ARV still have a value?

Ever army needs reconnaissance, you need to know where the other side is, how many of them and what equipment is being deployed. In the second world war (1939-45), various types from motorbike and side car to armoured cars were deployed.

But in desert conditions small light tanks, such as the Crusader, German and American half-tracks were deployed. Special forces used there own adaptions based on the Rolls-Royce car chassis and later the American Willy's Jeep.

Today some wheeled and tracked vehicle's have been designed such as the Scorpion tank and variants from it. These vehicles are limited in armour, so if they get hit they are a small price to pay for in the reality of war and conflict.