The Japanese invasion of the British motorcycleing scene was well underway in the mid 1960's as Yamaha TD!A&B began to reliabily perform and swamp the BSA,Triumph's that together with G50 Matchless and AJS 7R's that were the mainstay of racing fields. A small but motorcycle orientated firm in the English Midlands called Alpha Automotive of Dudley had already seen the onslaught of the japanese two stroke racers and were busy perfecting their own disc valved t...

This trip has allowed me first hand interaction with some really unique one of a kind motorcycles. I was wandering "The Loop"a part of Donnington Park Raceway that was set aside for display only activities when on Day 2 I happened upon the subject of this blog. A strange lanky stark single cyclinder heavily modified motorcycle sat with very few onlookers. Had they looked beyond the physical appearance and read the displayed materials they would have surely sta...

The Bothams tent had only one pre 1963 British 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle. Leaning up against its front wheel was a laurel wreath such as given to winners of classic races such as the Isle of Man. This one however did not have the race name nor their placing instead the gold lettered words read To the Memory of Clive. The Bothams Lansdowne British Championship for pre 1963 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle had a round scheduled for this track today. I was in the pad...