N/W Roadrunner Projects No.2

N/W Roadrunner Projects No.2 Sunbeam Owners Club North Wales run I am a member of the Marston Sunbeam club and my mate Paul Knight had arranged a lovely run in North Wales for the club. It was October and we had got over the heavy rains that had caused all the flooding over the UK and the weather was a dry pleasant day and an opportunity to get out on the bikes in a lovely part of the world with lovely riding roads along with the scenery. I persuaded my…

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N/W Roadrunner Projects

  N/W Roadrunner Projects The latest train of thought is why not do a monthly newsletter on our website just to keep up to date with members projects.  I have been busy building my special from parts I’ve accumulated over the past 20+ years. It is a rigid framed BSA B31 with girder forks overbored to 400cc with hot cams, piston and flowed head. So it should be a bit of a goer, and here it is in all it’s glory. Still work in progress though. It’s a little honey.…

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Holmeswood run Sunday 12th May 2019

Holmeswood run 12th May   Sunday the12th of May and we’ve just finished the Holmeswood run and what a cracker it was. I didn’t  accurately count the number of entrants but I estimate between thirty or forty attended on this beautiful sunny day. Kath and Warren had plotted a lovely run down the back lanes  of Lancashire culminating in the lunch stop at one of our favourite venues the Farmers Arms pub in Hilldale. We had a diverse selection of bikes ,each a delight to see . Girder forked machines,…

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Blood Bikes Fundraiser 2019

Saturday May 5th members of the VMCC North West section joined our friends at Southport Auto Centre. This is the second year the owner Chris and his staff have staged a car and bike show as a fundraiser for the Blood Bikes. This is a much-needed charity run by volunteers who ferry blood and other lifesaving deliveries to hospitals. We recently had Chris Williams at our clubhouse explaining the duties of this hard-working crew it’s a purely volunteer charity that operates on donations and this show was a credit to…

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