What if.....

[Ian]

The world is full of what ifs etc etc, but I think this has to be one of the "biggest" what ifs ....



Apparently it is still a runner and in the care of Coventry Transport Museum if you want to take a closer look....who knows if it had taken off Mr Bloor may never have bought the company

[guest40]

Nice one, but why is the centre stand on backwards?


Must be one of those versions where people ride on the wrong side of the road!

[guest7]

Is that one of the proposed modular range? I don't know much about the demise of the Brit bike industry but I seem to recall someone (either Hele or Hopwood) talking about a range of engines sharing common components that was put forward but rejected by the management.

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[Jez F]

Another bike I used to have, well almost anyway. I bought a frame and swing arm for £50 many years ago and got hold of a Bonnie lump to drop in it, a very tight squeeze by all accounts from those that managed it. As usual fate decided to give me a bit of a slap and I lost my job, so that project and a Bennelli 354 sport had to go to pay the bills. They vibrated quite a lot according to reports at the time, but I would still have liked one. If you could find a frame(not much hope of that though) I reckon they would take most big singles and make a nice little bike.

Jez

[guest7]

As usual fate decided to give me a bit of a slap...

Sorry to hear that, but it reminded me of how Humphrey Lyttleton used to end "I'm sorry I haven't a clue", by saying things like:
"And as the little old lady of time is mugged by the skinhead of destiny..."

Perhaps it doesn't sound like much, but by God I miss the old bastard. However I went to see ISIHAC live in Cardiff a couple of weeks ago and I can report that Jack Dee is doing sterling work in Humph's old seat.

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