I was about to start on 1948 when my attention was diverted by a 1906 issue of the Blue ‘Un tracked down by my endlessly fascinating wife (thanks boss). Additions to 1906 include a charming Continental touring yarn, a record breaking ride by one Reverend AJ McKinney; a report on Geoff Barnes’ record braking session at Canning Town courtesy of that maestro of the stopwatch, AV Ebblewhite; a report on the Essex MC’s hillclimb with (I think) some interesting machine data; a batch of readers’ letters and an excellent selection of ads including loads of classifieds that I found fascinating. And now I’ll get to work on 1948 (after I’ve uploaded another batch of images to les melanges, courtesy of mon bon ami Fanfan.
Motorcycle Timeline 