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The 1975 IOM TT races....I was there for the two weeks with my trusty...

When Judy and I rode overland to Europe in early 1974, the TT Races in the IOM were a beeline target...We were still in the UK in 1975 and went again to the IOM for the two weeks of the practice and...

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More on...1975 IOM TT races.... as I said in the last post, keen on B&W...

Following on from my last post, below, let's look at some more negatives that I scanned in recently and taken at the IOM TT races in 1975 by me....Helmut Dahne, R90S BMW, Open Classic TT...

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Back to some more photographs from the camera of Austrian photographer Artur...

I'm in a folder I saved some photos of Artur Fenzlau's taken during 1957 in events in Austria.I've done some four other posts of his photos...easily accessed with the search facility on the RHS on this...

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W.F. Omodei Pty Ltd, was a business in the motorcycle trade in Sydney,...

I started with an earlier post on the Sydney business, W.F.Omodei Pty. Ltd with some Amal information..see...http://velobanjogent.blogspot.com.au/2009/08/276-amal-carburettor-from-early-1930s.htmlIn...

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W.F. Omodei Pty Ltd, the motorcycle accessory business in Sydney that I...

As mentioned in the last post, I've most of the trade catalogues and literature items from W.F.Omodei Pty.,Ltd, including the fascinating made up data books for the counter staff to ascertain products...

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Some more scanned slides and negatives from 1974-75 during our European...

Sorting more slides caused me to pause and scan more into my computer...I've run previous posts on this sort of stuff...no particular theme or order, but interesting photos via DQ of another...

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During 1940 the UK "MotorCycling" magazine did a series on servicing English...

Floyd Clymer, was a reasonably prolific publisher in the USA from WW2 up into the 1970's....I've a booklet he published in 1944 which puts together a series from the UK "MotorCycling" motorcycle...

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Some more photos taken by DQ while in the UK, 1974-75......looking for a pic,...

I've posted several times, pics taken by me while Judy and I lived in the UK 1974-75, following our overland trip to Europe in early 1974 by BMW R50/5.I've some more and they include photos taken while...

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VDO motorcycle Instruments for BMW pre 1969...that is R50,R60, R69S...

Retired now and having a large archive of instrumentation detail, drawings, exploded spare parts stuff for most motorcycles, I've been slowly featuring items on this blog....see Smiths in the search...

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"CIRCUS LIFE" by Don Cox...a book review on a just published history of...

“It is a world which survives only in black-and-white photographs, and in the memories of the people who were there: the world of European motorcycle road-racing more than 50 years ago, in the 15 or so...

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The Velobanjogent's out of Sydney for a bit over a week attending the...

I've loaded my trailer with several motorcycles and leave in the next hour of so for the week long Australian Velocette Owners Club Rally...the "Back to Bundanoon" Rally down south of Sydney in the...

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Stuart Hooper, currently sporting the title of the world's Fastest Velocette...

I've run several items on Stuart Hooper, a quietly spoken chap from just above Brisbane in Queensland, Australia who lets actions speak rather than words and the current holder of the title for his...

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Sorbo's recently restored BMW R69S 600cc twin.....

I've always been a bit partial to BMWs...well I've owned four, even buying one of them...a 1970 BMW R60/5 ...new....So when Sorbo a mate of mine sent over some pics of his latest restoration project, I...

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2012 "Back to Bundanoon" Australian National Velocette Rally...a pictorial...

An earlier posting under almost the same title"DQs off to the Back to Bundanoon Velocette Rally"I left Sydney for 8 days taking in the 2012 National Australian Velocette Rally. It was based in a small...

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A look through the lens of Alan Schafer's camera during the 1939 Australian...

I've introduced you to Alan Schafer before in several posts on my blog..... and I recently scanned in quite a few small sized photos that Alan had uncatalogued in  a plastic bag....So I sorted through...

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W.F. Omodei Pty Ltd, was a business in the motorcycle trade in Sydney,...

I started with an earlier post on the Sydney business, W.F.Omodei Pty. Ltd with some Amal information..see...http://velobanjogent.blogspot.com.au/2009/08/276-amal-carburettor-from-early-1930s.htmlIn...

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Seasons Greetings from The Velobanjogent....a Merry Christmas to you all and...

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A brief photographic look at the life of another Aussie motorcycle racer on...

A good motorcycle racing friend of mine passed away at the end of October last year....Jack Saunders.... Above items from the order of service at Jack's funeral....He in turn was also a good friend of...

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Time for another look through some Veloce Ltd. publicity photographs......

As I've said in the several previous posts (1), (2)  I've done on Velocette publicity photographs, I often acquire more, many from different sources....Veloce Ltd of course manufactured the Velocette...

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Pen and Ink illustrations, cartoons from my usual sources....been a couple of...

As I'm currently running a section in the Australian Velocette Owners Club magazine which I edit...FTDU or FishTailDownUnder...on technical pen and ink drawings this is as good a time as any to review...

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