Roadholder 364 - April 2018

20 Branch Meeting Places It was with some interest that I read the editorial in Rh361 (Jan 2018) of Roadholder regarding Branch meeting places, and, as thoughts have been invited, I would like to relate a couple of examples regarding the subject. I have a son who has run pubs for a number of years now and he told me of an experience which he was subjected to a short while ago. He had been approached by a single make car club for permission to display their vehicles on his car park. Permission was willingly granted, even though he realised that the display was unlikely to increase footfall from passing trade, as his car park was situated at the rear of the pub. He did however, not unreasonably, feel that there would be some business from the car club. Once the cars were in place, the members of that club sat by their vehicles consuming the sandwiches and flasks of tea that they had brought with them, the only time any of them entered the pub was to make use of the toilet facilities. His hospitality resulted in zero revenue from that club. They even had the nerve to contact him again the following year to see if they could Tyres and Passing Time I wrote previously about tyre foam etc. as used to prevent tube punctures. Sadly the only response did not answer the point. It seems that there are two possibilities: (a) gunge that swirls continuously within the tube to prevent deflation (Demon Tweeks) and (b) inflating foam that you introduce in the event of deflation. My point was - what is the follow up to a puncture? Is the tube junk or can the tube be patched? I just replaced a front Avon ribbed tyre with the modern Dunlop equivalent (D404). The Dunlop blurb says: • Tread compound and pattern delivers excellent mileage and grip on wet or dry roads. • Offset centre tread groove provides accompany the event: Hockenheim Historic, Jim Clark Revival: www.hockenheim-historic.de/en Hochenheim Motor Sport Museum: www.hockenheimring.de/en/museum Since the late '70s I have always been a Club member and read the Roadholder cover to cover, every issue; keep up the good work Mark! While I'm on the subject of the magazine, I love the current format, and was also happy with bi-monthly issues, but I can't stand in the way of progress. Steve Edwards superb straight-line stability. My point is, that with the ribbed pattern, I felt very unsafe. If 'tramlining' is the word - then I certainly experienced that, (the bike taking me on its own course). With the modern tread pattern, stability is vastly (to my satisfaction and surprise) enhanced. On another subject - a dream maybe. It occurs to me that there ought to be some kind of Norton parts archive/museum where patterns of bits etc. can be found. The point here is that as time passes, vital items of reference become lost. As a result of my 16H rebuild, I have hundreds of photos of parts. They surely ought to be held somewhere in a known and accessible place for other owners. John Scarborough