Letters

Dear CR It was nice to see the line drawing of the G50 Metisse in CR 187. The machine as drawn would be 1967 spec onwards. The front forks were 1966/7 and the front and rear hubs with brakes probably slightly later. The early 1965 bikes used AMC forks and most of the customer bikes…

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Dear CR Thanks for another great issue of Classic Racer. Your article on Jay Springsteen was awesome… but you failed to mention that #9 still road races! He’s been riding an XR at the Barber Vintage festival for the last few years and does really well. It’s easy to see why he’s accumulated so many…

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Dear CR What an excellent letter from Gordon Chatterton (Classic Racer issue 187). It really sums up the current state of play, particularly with regard to the TT races. No longer the domain of the professional rider competing for world championship points as in the past, the event is now given over to various local entrants…

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  Dear CR A sunny morning practice at a very full Braddan Bridge in 1967, it was just like a race day, with everyone waiting for Mike and the Honda. Then that fantastic howl came from Quarter Bridge to Braddan, in round the left-hander into the dip and everyone stood up to look at their…

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Dear CR In the November/December issue of Classic Racer, you covered the career and success of Rod Gould. He, along with his mum and dad lived next door to me and my parents, and Rod was born there. I was allowed to hold him when he was a few hours old, me being 12 at…

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Dear CR, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter having just heard of the passing of John Surtees. Surtees was everything that I thought a racing gentleman should be. He always appeared to carry himself with a certain style and class, even for the time he stood out as an exponent…

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Dear Malc I was interested to see your reference to Malcolme Tunstall in your Welcome column in issue 179. In the early 90s, I think that it may have been 1991, I visited Daytona as part of a holiday that happily coincided with practice-day for the 200. Amazing Memories A friend in England had some…

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