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Motorcycle Reports
MOTORCYCLE REPORT
13 members went on the ride to Canvastown, 8 of them including one lady rider on club eligible machines. 4 non-members joined us at the Trout, 2 of them on very nice P60 Triumphs. Once again, the backup trailer was not used although the backup team thought they were in business when they caught up with some of the group clustered around a machine on the roadside at Foxes Island. The owner had one eye and his nose stuck in the petrol tank checking what was in there. Actually, there was very little in there but he bravely took the option of continuing to Havelock on the reserve tank. We have been concerned about one of our section members who we will identify as P.T. P.T. is a Triumph man. He has a collection of immaculate Triumphs. Some he has purchased restored and some he has expertly restored himself. P.T. recently added two more machines to his collection. One is a 1959 Triumph Tiger Cub Sports needing restoration. A logical and interesting purchase. The second purchase is what is causing our concern it is a 1951 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet. What on earth possessed him! This is a man who buys Triumph tee shirts six sizes too big so he can wear them to bed as night shirts. He once purchased a DVD of the Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire believing with a name like that it had to be about Triumph motorcycles, when he played it and found out it was about the 1924 USA Olympic athletic team, he took it back claiming it was sold under false pretences. If he writes anything about Edward Turner the famous designer of the record selling Triumph Speed Twin, he spells Edward GOD. He actually bought a Royal Enfield! Has he slipped a cog? STOP PRESS. All is well. The first motorcycle P.T. owned as a teenager too young to even hold a licence was a Royal Enfield Bullet it is just a nostalgia trip he is having. We all have them. Motorcyclists all remember their first motorcycle just as other old blokes remember the first girl they kissed behind the bike sheds at school. What a relief, all is ok with P.T. we can look forward to seeing the two bikes out sometimes in the future, we wish him luck. The two L.E. Velocettes which have been part of our museum motorcycle display have been purchased by a buyer from Wellington.
