OEC would probably not be the most common of motorcycles that people would think of but when it came to innovative ideas they would have been up there with most major motorcycle manufacturers. OEC, which stands for the Osborne Engineering Company, was also heard to be referred to as the Oddball Engineering Company due to […]
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The manufacturers of Sunbeam motorcycles, namely John Marston Ltd of Wolverhampton, were certainly passionate about what they built and in their 1927 catalogue their page 3 introduction was a powerful message outlining reasons why riders should buy a Sunbeam. This is what they had to say – “There are many reasons why Sunbeams are the
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It seems that you are either completely absolute with ownership of a Scott motorcycle, or right at the other end of the scale and discard any thoughts of ownership with a belief of “why would I need all that grief”. Early 2 strokes can be a challenge but ask any Scott owner and they will
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Poverty Bay Motorcycle Club was founded in December 1918 and became involved in motorcycle racing from its inception. 98 years ago today they would have been very busy setting up for their 2 day race meeting at Park Racecourse and with motorcycle racing still in its infancy the organisers would have been challenged in finding
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With a busy year of 21 posts we hope that there has been something that you enjoyed or got some value from. We have had 223,800 page views in the last 12 months which is a remarkable increase over previous years, so for such a specialized interest it goes to show that not everybody is
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