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George-Brown-01 Sprint Swansong 1966 - Here Vncent ace George Brown contemplates the bleak runaway ahead. Polish FIM steward, B Matusak, makes the final adjustments to the timing lights. George was approaching his 55th birthday, the maximum age for international licence holders, so he chose to go out with a bang. Over three days in November 1966, with his 247cc Royal Enfielss two stroke, 998cc Vincent Super Nero and 1147cc Extra Nero, he took no less that 16 world and national records. Keywords: George Brown coutenplates his record attempt at Greenham Common, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Glass plates > 1924 SSDT (1 file)

053 SFTP 04 The Scottish Six Days Trial, 1924 - trials and tribulations as one rider attempts to paddle his way across a shallow stream Keywords: 1924, Glass plate, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Off road, Scottish Six Day Trial, Straight from the plate, The Classic MotorCycle

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Glass plates > 1927 Kickham Memorial Trial (1 file)

053 glass plates 06 The Kickham Memorial Trial, 1927 - One sidecar outfit attempts to negotiate one of the narrow gulleys that were a regular feature of this Kickham Memorial Trial. Keywords: 2015, Glass plate, March, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Straight from the plate, The Classic MotorCycle, Trials

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection (5 files)

A collection of images from our vast archive depicting motorcycles and motorcycling lifestyle from the early 1900's through to the present day.
BSA129a One of many attempted rebirths - this would seem to be the 'Budgie', a Small Heath-built updated Bantam. Keywords: BSA, BSA Bookazine, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media, motor cycle, motorcycle, The Scrapbook Series
General06 Barry Sheene - 24 year old Cockney SuperStar of Grand Prix Motor Cycling - attempts to win his second John Palyer Grand Prix at Silverstone Keywords: Barry Sheene, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
General54 Barry Sheene - the 24 year old Cockney SuperStar of Grand Prix Motor Cycling - attempts to win his second John Player Grand Prix at Silverstone Keywords: Barry Sheene, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Portrait
Sheenebookazine69 Sheene never had much luck at Silverstone. Here he is pictured racing Suzuki's 'flexi-flier' at the Northants circuit in August 1976. Silverstone took over from the Isle of Man TT as host of the British round of the 500cc world championship the following season but in eight attempts Sheene made the rostrum only twice and never won his home GP. Keywords: Barry Sheene, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media, Mortons Media Group Ltd, motor cycle, motorcycle, Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive, Sheene
Triumph bookazine155 TS8-1, an attempt at updating. Keywords: Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, motor cycle, motorcycle, The Scrapbook Series, Triumph

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection > From our issues - motorcycles (24 files)

Images used in our publications, now available for commercial use.
014 Ariel Square Four 04 1935 Brooklands Freddie Clark attempts the 10 to 100mph - he managed to reach 99.22mph Keywords: Archive feature, Ariel, June, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Old Bike Mart, Square Four
034 which model 06 Announced for the 1995 season the Thunderbird was 'new' Triumph's first attempt Keywords: 2012, March, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
042 Romolo Ferri 03 Lambretta record machine - Ro,olo Ferri (in leathers) with Innocenti's first crude attempt at a fully enclosed scooter. Keywords: 2013, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, November, Scootering
050 Sunbeam 07 Centenary of Sunbeam - An attempt to modenise; chrome finishers and differant forks among the 1931 advancements. Keywords: 2012, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Classic MotorCycle
1957B-11 15 x 10 By John Surtees standards, 1957 was nothing to write home about, 4th in the Junior, 2nd in the Senior, and he didn’t even win a World Championship. But he made up for it over the next three seasons with live TT wins and six more World Crowns. A young snapper attempts to capture Surtees on his Box Bownie. Keywords: Manx display images 2013, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
Alan Bruce 04 Speed attempt on a AJS outfit Keywords: Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
Alan Bruce 06 Onward to 200m.p.h speed of 17 0m.p.h. expected from the J.A.P. Excelsior 'Silver Comet' for World's Record Attempt by J. S Wright. A masterpiece of streamlining - the front view of the 'Silver Comet.' Keywords: Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
B15 Norton agent Phil Pike, during the successful 1924 Maudes Trophy attempt. Keywords: Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Norton, Norton Scrapbook Series
D 024 Snarling Beasts & Black Shadows - Vincent V-Twins - Vincent populatity endured in the US - Ed La Belle attempts a Daytona record, in 1964. Keywords: Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vincent
G0000002 Floods in the Thames Valley. A slip while attempting to jump ashore after faliing to get across a floodedstretch portion of the Esher-Well Road. Keywords: Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
I 024 Home of Heroes - Brooklands - One of the Brooklands heroes. Eric Fernihough, posed outside his Weybridge premises in 1937; he was killed, attempting the motorcycle land speed record in Hungary, in 1938. Keywords: 2012, Bookazine, Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
Joe Wright 01 Joe Wright's attempt at speed record at Southport Sands. Joe Wright examining the timing apperatious with the Germans. Keywords: Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
L 024 Silky Smooth these Scoots - The Scott Motorcycle - An attempted comeback. Matt Holder (left) and Brian Woolley (right) with the scott 350cc racer. Rider Barry Scully is suitably togged up. Keywords: 2012, Bookazine, Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
Montlhery Vincent 998cc 1952 1952 Vincent 998cc Black Shadow at the Montlhery speed record attempt. Keywords: 1952, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Motor Cycle, Vincent
OBM COVER SEPT Lady cyclist Margaret Sutcliffe seen here practising here in 1949 for the one hour paced record attempt at Herne Hill Velodrome. Keywords: Cover, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Old Bike Mart, September
OBM SEPT COVER 1949 Margaret Sutcliffe, practising for the one hour paced record attempt at Herne Hill Velodrome. Keywords: 2012, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Old Bike Mart, September
WD176288@FOA - 02 While awaiting approval of his record, Johnny Allen (check shirt) watches the Hood-Clausen Harley Davidson 'cigar' make an unsuccessful attempt on his speed of 214mph at Bonneville in September 1957. Keywords: 2006, From our archive, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, October, The Classic MotorCycle
WD51775@VINCENT 5 Vincent Record Breakers - During the record attempt, Russ Wright winds up the Black Lightning in second gear - between 110 and 120mph! Keywords: July 05, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Classic MotorCycle
WD51783@VINCENT 1 Vincent Record Breakers - Burns poses on the machine, prior to the record breaking attempts, on the Ohoka Tram Road. Keywords: July 05, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Classic MotorCycle
WD569674@66 196~1 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: “In winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before starting”! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ‘National Personality Girl’ contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ‘Publicity runs’ were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ‘experiment Keywords: 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569675@66 1965 London-Mil 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: “In winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before starting”! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ‘National Personality Girl’ contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ‘Publicity runs’ were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ‘experiment Keywords: 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569676@66 1965 Brighton 9 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: ìIn winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before startingî! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ëNational Personality Girlí contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ëPublicity runsí were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ëexperiment Keywords: 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569677@66 1965 Fringe Li 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: ìIn winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before startingî! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ëNational Personality Girlí contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ëPublicity runsí were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ëexperiment Keywords: 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569678@66 1965 Brighton C 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: ìIn winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before startingî! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ëNational Personality Girlí contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ëPublicity runsí were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ëexperiment Keywords: 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection > From our issues - motorcycles > Aviation images (1 file)

014 Ariel Square Four 04 1935 Brooklands Freddie Clark attempts the 10 to 100mph - he managed to reach 99.22mph Keywords: Archive feature, Ariel, June, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Old Bike Mart, Square Four

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Archive collection (11 files)

The Mortons Archive team have carefully selected a collection of classic images from our archive, which have been used in our magazine titles recently.
014 Ariel Square Four 04 1935 Brooklands Freddie Clark attempts the 10 to 100mph - he managed to reach 99.22mph Keywords: Archive feature, Ariel, June, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Old Bike Mart, Square Four
1957B-11 15 x 10 By John Surtees standards, 1957 was nothing to write home about, 4th in the Junior, 2nd in the Senior, and he didn’t even win a World Championship. But he made up for it over the next three seasons with live TT wins and six more World Crowns. A young snapper attempts to capture Surtees on his Box Bownie. Keywords: Manx display images 2013, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
BSA129a One of many attempted rebirths - this would seem to be the 'Budgie', a Small Heath-built updated Bantam. Keywords: BSA, BSA Bookazine, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media, motor cycle, motorcycle, The Scrapbook Series
D 024 Snarling Beasts & Black Shadows - Vincent V-Twins - Vincent populatity endured in the US - Ed La Belle attempts a Daytona record, in 1964. Keywords: Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vincent
Fred Cooper 002 Fred Cooper attempting to reach 200mph on the 'Cycletron' his 1300 twin Triumph enginged sprint machine in the Auto 66 event at Elvington Airfield in August 1969 Keywords: Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
I 024 Home of Heroes - Brooklands - One of the Brooklands heroes. Eric Fernihough, posed outside his Weybridge premises in 1937; he was killed, attempting the motorcycle land speed record in Hungary, in 1938. Keywords: 2012, Bookazine, Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
L 024 Silky Smooth these Scoots - The Scott Motorcycle - An attempted comeback. Matt Holder (left) and Brian Woolley (right) with the scott 350cc racer. Rider Barry Scully is suitably togged up. Keywords: 2012, Bookazine, Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
Montlhery Vincent 998cc 1952 1952 Vincent 998cc Black Shadow at the Montlhery speed record attempt. Keywords: 1952, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Motor Cycle, Vincent
OBM SEPT COVER 1949 Margaret Sutcliffe, practising for the one hour paced record attempt at Herne Hill Velodrome. Keywords: 2012, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Old Bike Mart, September
Sheenebookazine69 Sheene never had much luck at Silverstone. Here he is pictured racing Suzuki's 'flexi-flier' at the Northants circuit in August 1976. Silverstone took over from the Isle of Man TT as host of the British round of the 500cc world championship the following season but in eight attempts Sheene made the rostrum only twice and never won his home GP. (You Tube) Keywords: Barry Sheene, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media, Mortons Media Group Ltd, motor cycle, motorcycle, Nick Nicholls Collection at Mortons Archive, Sheene
Triumph bookazine155 TS8-1, an attempt at updating. Keywords: Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, motor cycle, motorcycle, The Scrapbook Series, Triumph

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Archive collection > From our issues - motorcycles (6 files)

Images used in our publications, now available for commercial use.
034 which model 06 Announced for the 1995 season the Thunderbird was 'new' Triumph's first attempt Keywords: 2012, March, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
B15 Norton agent Phil Pike, during the successful 1924 Maudes Trophy attempt. Keywords: Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Norton, Norton Scrapbook Series
D 024 Snarling Beasts & Black Shadows - Vincent V-Twins - Vincent populatity endured in the US - Ed La Belle attempts a Daytona record, in 1964. Keywords: Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vincent
G0000002 Floods in the Thames Valley. A slip while attempting to jump ashore after faliing to get across a floodedstretch portion of the Esher-Well Road. Keywords: Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
L 024 Silky Smooth these Scoots - The Scott Motorcycle - An attempted comeback. Matt Holder (left) and Brian Woolley (right) with the scott 350cc racer. Rider Barry Scully is suitably togged up. Keywords: 2012, Bookazine, Classic British Legends, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
OBM SEPT COVER 1949 Margaret Sutcliffe, practising for the one hour paced record attempt at Herne Hill Velodrome. Keywords: 2012, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Old Bike Mart, September

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > 1927 Kickham Memorial Trial (1 file)

053 glass plates 06 The Kickham Memorial Trial, 1927 - One sidecar outfit attempts to negotiate one of the narrow gulleys that were a regular feature of this Kickham Memorial Trial. Keywords: 2015, Glass plate, March, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Straight from the plate, The Classic MotorCycle, Trials

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Scootering Classics (6 files)

This collection from our archive shows off some of the classic scootering scenes from the 50's onwards. Many of these images have appeared with the Scootering Magazine as a centrespead.
042 Romolo Ferri 03 Lambretta record machine - Ro,olo Ferri (in leathers) with Innocenti's first crude attempt at a fully enclosed scooter. Keywords: 2013, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, November, Scootering
WD569674@66 196~1 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: “In winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before starting”! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ‘National Personality Girl’ contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ‘Publicity runs’ were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ‘experiment Keywords: 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569675@66 1965 London-Mil 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: “In winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before starting”! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ‘National Personality Girl’ contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ‘Publicity runs’ were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ‘experiment Keywords: 1965 – THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569676@66 1965 Brighton 9 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: ìIn winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before startingî! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ëNational Personality Girlí contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ëPublicity runsí were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ëexperiment Keywords: 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569677@66 1965 Fringe Li 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: ìIn winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before startingî! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ëNational Personality Girlí contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ëPublicity runsí were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ëexperiment Keywords: 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa
WD569678@66 1965 Brighton C 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW Scooters and Swinging Britain as seen through the eyes of Motor Cycle magazine Alternative to what exactly? Well, you may be under the impression that 1965 was a seminal year of pep pill fuelled power pop featuring defining moments in music, fashion and film. But to those over thirty it mattered not a jot that Bob Dylan had gone electric. In this time of far less media saturation than today, it was much easier to create your own reality by restricting your reading matter to publications that confirmed your view of the world and ignoring everything else. Motor Cycle was one such publication that gave a reassuring impression that nothing had really changed in the last ten years or so. Scooterists were still considered to be a bit daft and it was reported with some glee that Lambrettas running-in instructions included the immortal instruction: ìIn winter, let the engine idle for some minutes in order to warm up before startingî! The Isle of Man Scooter Week took place as usual with a couple from Sweden winning the Loving Cup on their SS180. Incidentally, the attendance of 411 scooters was reported as being a record for this event, which rather suggests that some earlier events must have been rather small affairs. As always, any British scooter launch was eagerly reported upon, so the new Triumph T10 was given a fair amount of space and such a machine was won by Heather Desert in the ëNational Personality Girlí contest. Unfortunately, the T10 was to be the last serious British attempt at a mass produced scooter. ëPublicity runsí were still in evidence and a couple of Britons (Bob Forrest Webb and Ian Speller), had carried out a Croydon backed non-stop journey from London to Milan on a GT200. On reaching Milan they posed dressed up as city gents. Other than the scooter itself, the whole episode has more of a feel of 1958 about it rather than 1965. More general news included that of Douglas ceasing Vespa production at Kingswood, an ëexperiment Keywords: 1965 ñ THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Vespa

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Stafford Show images (2 files)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.
Archive-03 Stafford Show April 2020 display - Wembley Speedway track record attempt 1949 on the left Tommy Price the England and Wembley Speedway rider looking on as two jet-rockets are fitted to Ken Le Breton's speedway machine. Keywords: 2020, April, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Motor Cycle, Show display, Stafford Show
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