WD 16H Exhaust

[david bowen]

Gibraltar 1940, they also had M20 BSAs The first bike my father rode there in 1939 was a 1938 speed twin Triumph in civil colours which he hand painted into military colour

 

[vibrac]

The MOD depot was at Elstow Nr Bedford, on the A421, Birthplace of John Bunyan 1628 how things have progressed ! also a few miles down the road where Dave Hills (of Vincent stands ) served time in the last war at the Cardington RAF Base the 1914/18 Airship hangers are still there.

And a few miles further on is Gramsden airfield where the brown brothers tested the first grey flash in the coldest winter in decades

 

[david bowen]

Great Gransden where George Brown and others we use to test race and other Vincents, where PCV had his bad accident, Gamlingay was the nearest village, Jim Sugg chief tester lived there, History During the war Canadian Pathfinders flow from there, also Winston Churchill private airfield, Just down the road from there Tempsford Hall where the British spies were trained and were flown out of to be dropped into Europe.

 

[david bowen]

Paid a visit there last Year, now the home of Cambridge University flying club, mostly grassed over some of the outer runways still there war time type concret, One of Jim Suggs daughters lives close by, her husband Tony took me there, knew the way in, not easy to find entrance

 

[vibrac]

David
Do you know where the ditch was that George Brown crashed into "near Bedford" when testing the twin?
I keep meaning to take the Flash over to Gransden and try and get some mood photos near any WW2 building that the gliding/flying club have left alone...

 

[Mike 40M]

Much talk about 16H. I think I'll sell mine, as the Comet is a much better bike to ride. Only time the 16H works better is on bumpy gravel roads where it's more comfortable than the Ninja.

 

[david bowen]

Vibrac, I think you will find it was C J Jack Williams not George Brown,

 

[vibrac]

Vibrac, I think you will find it was C J Jack Williams not George Brown,

I wish I could find it David it was in one of PCV writings but for the life of me I cant remember which one

 

[Michael Vane-Hunt]

My father (Conhor Vane-Hunt) on his bike during WW2 when he was a dispatch rider. Any one know what bike he is on and what the blurry letters are on the tank?

 

[Cyborg]

The blurry letters would have been painted on there by WD to keep track of it?

Opps... guess you were referring to the other blurry letters. Never mind..