March Ride Outs
Ride outs to Rivington Barn & Fettlers Wharf Once again there was a good turnout for the ride outs to Rivington lower barn and Fettlers Wharf in March. Whilst it was wet early on for the ride out to Rivington Barn on 19th March 2019 it didn’t deter these hardy classic bike riders.Fortunately, the ride […]
February 2019 ride outs
Central Lancashire Section arranged two meets during the brilliant weather in February. The first was a meet at Rivington lower barn on a nice dry day. There was a good showing of about 20 to 30 bikes. A nice natter to catch up with what everyone had been up to over the winter was accompanied […]
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
Our North West Section Chairman Alex has also been helping a lady celebrating her 105th birthday. She loved it as can be seen in the VMCC March 2019 Journal. Alex’s letter regarding this is the journal’s Star Letter. Wow, that’s an achievement Alex. I don’t think any of us who knows Alex, is surprised how […]
BRING & BUY SALE
The club held a bring & buy sale recently and I attended with my friend Tom, neither of us had been to a bring & buy sale at the club before and didn’t know what to expect. As we didn’t know what to do, we both brought bottles of alcohol for the sale. When we […]
Our Venue
Venue: Mere Brow Village Hall Meeting nights: Second and Fourth Wednesday every month 7.30pm. Mere Brow Village Hall 65 The Gravel Mere Brow Preston PR4 6JX There are good facilities: a bar, restaurant and also a kitchen to make hot tea & coffee drinks. There is also a projector screen and plenty of secure parking. […]
Leyland Truck Museum Bike Show 15th May
Alex has arranged with The British Commercial Transport Museum to hold a Vintage & Classic bike show, so please come and support this event with your beautiful motorcycles. The event is to take place on Sunday 15th May 2022. The Leyland Truck Museum address is :- King St, Leyland PR25 2LE […]
THE FIRST ROCKET GOLD STAR
Is this the first replica of the famous BSA Rocket Gold Star, according to Colin Hornby it is Ask Colin he’ll tell you the story.
Little Tiddlers
It was nice to see some little tiddlers there too. This 98cc Sun which looks original, with a Villiers 1F engine with 2 speed handlebar gear change, if I’m not mistaken. Another unusual little tiddler is this Francis Barnett and I think this has a Villiers 2F engine with no gear unit, again […]
Sterling Stuff
What about the Sterling, it is not what it seems. When was this bike made and where? Send us your answers in a sealed envelope.
A pair of Daytona’s
Father & son (Charlie & Chris) that’s not just a pair of our club members but there bikes too. They both have Daytona’s the same colour but there is half a century between them, that’s the bikes not Charlie & Chris. Check out the Vincent and Norvin in attendance