Thread: 2010 - The year of the Cyclemotor - will you be coming out to play?

Hi Grumpy, Seems that you have found that rarest of all beasts, a reliable Villiers engine d machine, never. When I were just a fit young llad my first experience of motorcycling at the tender age of 16 was with a 1952 Sun Hornet fitted with a Villiers 1F engine unit. I used the bike to commute to my job each day, a journey of five miles, and it was a very economical bike to run. And run I did pushing the b.....y thing for miles as it was...

Powerpak last taxed Nov 1961

Ooh, I like the Power Pak Watto! Had it coughing yet? Great to hear you'll be out on the CTC again next year and staying-over in St Bees on the Sunday night... I like the idea of a weekend event for Cyclemotors. I'm always close to the back on club runs, and a gentle, giggly pootle along with a throng of Cyclemotors is my idea of heaven... My sister, Gill will be in...

Have looked into hiring a small van to get my 25cc Cyclemaster from Derby to Hartlepool, and have arranged with family for them to drive it for the weekend, providing backup and support for the run itself. The cost of the van looks like being £105 plus diesel for the weekend and one nights B&B. I think the evening at Alston will be good, also giving me time to catchup should I get...

Re: Next years CTC Run Is the "odd shower" you refer to the same bunch as last year or are you anticipating a different shower?

Thank you repsac for the additional interest you are creating in the 2010 Year of the cyclemotors,re additional roadside entertainment .I am a Yorkshire man ( just ) I was born in the area of the pennine challenge  ie Saddleworth. I learned most of my alternative speak as an engineer some in Rochdale some Manchester some in Wales but mostly from the York area and mostly when playing with little uncomfortable bikes with highly...

Dates for youR 2010 diary -repsac Thanks for those. That gives me a good four months to beg, borrow or err otherwise acquire a moped. Colin gave a way the Medody to his sister "darn sarf" so that's out. I sometimes think about buying one but after a quick lie down I feel better.