I agree John, you're not the only one who's noticed the average age at these shows. It was even the same at Daytona Bike week, grey hair and fat bellies, it made me look a bit healthy and young

email (option): horror@blueyonder.co.uk

John, can you let me have Pascals contact number please on please.

email (option): ginantonik@tiscali.co.uk

Hi Nigel

Pascal speaks little English so I managed to contact him over the weekend for you

It was not him at Newark

So for now, it's a mystery -,maybe stafford show will reveal more

I'll look out for you

Best regards

Job

email (option): Jonnyob1@googlemail.com

Thanks guys - I hope I find the guy at Stafford.

RE Henry C - nothing against him and what he does for m/cycling, but unfortunately I think we have all winced at odd comments about various rebuilds/finds and even his inability to start a 250 Husky.
I know only too well how contrived these program are.

Regarding whatever record he broke, I cannot find anything and anyway his non standard frame (metises) would put him in different class than I am considering.

For myself, nothing will happen until I have a complete spare engine to play with (Stafford), I sort myself a crank and get the whole lot to do +80 down the M180 - that is a standard s++t brown WD 3HW
Though, to conform to regs I do have to fit a working steering damper (hydraulic off the H2 Kawasaki) and ball ended levers, etc.
All assuming the record isn't broken this August, I need to get it ready for shipment by this time next year

I've been attending jumbles for decades and for the entire time people have been saying it's full of old blokes and the whole scene will die out...

Funny thing is the old blokes from those days have died out...but it's still going along nicely...

The fact is when your in your teens/20s you tear ass about on whatever you can afford...

As you get older and develop a more nuanced attitude to bikes an interest in something older or something you can actually get involved with comes into play....Then you get involved.

Personally I never expect to see 'the scene' full of young people, although there are some...Rather, I hope that there is a continuing supply of older people who get interested...

If anything is likely to change it's a shift from British to Japanese and foreign machines...the ones the following generations started out on....Ian

email (option): ian@wright52.plus.com

IAN - exactly.

There is a drift towards 'newer' bikes as years go on.

Recently have been wondering who will buy the pre-war bikes our group seem to be buying as 'investments' (the secret to any investment is what you pay for it!).

I think there will always be a market for pre1930 and prewar/girder bikes and any V twin.
The '50/60's grey porridge and +70's Japanese stuff do seem to be very hard to sell - particularly @ Ebay prices.

Probably the biggest tell-tale is the circuit racing scene, which has pretty much collapsed for Vintage/Classic/FRE racing - as values/costs have increased.

Recently am involved in the 'vintage' (pre '89) Enduro scene (Vinduro) - a growing and very interesting sport 3 years ago, cheap and fun - as bike prices increase and ages stops/slows some of the older riders, its already past its peak and interest is falling off.

There is a generation coming through with no interest whatsoever in anything mechanical, not even bothered about cars in general - a very few interested in 'drifters' whatever that supposed to be about and that's based on a computer game.

Guess I'm now an old twat where everything was better (rickets) years ago ......
The thing to remember is that it was our generation than designed and made all these bloody electronic products, interweb, etc ......... (it was either that or hoops and sticks)