tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4533750652110691022..comments2024-03-28T12:52:15.513+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Behind The Ton Up BoysA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-12668340671046843782015-06-20T19:16:28.619+01:002015-06-20T19:16:28.619+01:00Sackers - that's my impression too. The motorc...Sackers - that's my impression too. The motorcycle manufacturers seemed to do nothing innovative until it was too late.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-22996094454723702522015-06-20T19:14:29.775+01:002015-06-20T19:14:29.775+01:00Michael - I remember Grocer Heath but not the plas...Michael - I remember Grocer Heath but not the plastic cup vending machine. I vaguely remember the Toyota Crown being reported as an ominously well-engineered car.<br /><br />Wiggia - I've just looked up Len Onslow - continued to ride until the age of 102 - blimey.<br /><br />Demetrius - my first motorcycle was a Norton ES2 followed by a BSA Shooting Star. Should have kept the Norton.<br /><br />James - I knew a sidecar racer who must have reached a ton on the track.<br /><br />Graham - that must have been quite a journey. I did Derby to Ardnamurchan on the BSA without a passenger.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-43315767886633449472015-06-20T19:01:58.523+01:002015-06-20T19:01:58.523+01:00I've heard that our industrial decline is just...I've heard that our industrial decline is just as much down to lazy management neglecting to reinvest as to union obstruction and militancy. Factories making things with pre-WWI tools.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-11268754307971397412015-06-20T15:58:25.866+01:002015-06-20T15:58:25.866+01:00I had a Honda "Dream" exactly 50 years a...I had a Honda "Dream" exactly 50 years ago. My wife and I went on honeymoon on it to Skye from London. Brave lady!<br />No drips on that m/cgraham woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104720099020515294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-63127764916008249972015-06-20T15:57:44.827+01:002015-06-20T15:57:44.827+01:00Ton up with sidecar?Ton up with sidecar?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-60146292730561211372015-06-20T14:11:11.194+01:002015-06-20T14:11:11.194+01:00Father-in-law was a motor engineer and motor cycli...Father-in-law was a motor engineer and motor cyclist who did the TT Races. He left the trade around 1960 because of low standards of workmanship on the products coming out of British factories.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-67049002204231510142015-06-20T13:43:20.374+01:002015-06-20T13:43:20.374+01:00I remember aninterview with the wonderful Len Vale...I remember aninterview with the wonderful Len Vale Onslow a few years ago when he in a desperate attempt to stop Japanese motorcycles from taking over the market, put the drip trays that were under British machines under the Japanese bikes to put people off.<br />It didn't work for long and he relented.<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/len-valeonslow-6170172.htmlwiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-38169536069707197052015-06-20T07:06:00.981+01:002015-06-20T07:06:00.981+01:00Didn't Private Eye have a running comment on M...Didn't Private Eye have a running comment on Mr Toyota, and his plastic cup vending machine, which was used by Grocer Heath?<br /><br />Back then, we laughed at Toyotas, and Japanese cars and motorbikes...<br /><br />Now, my Honda powered tiller for the garden, has the best small engine imaginable!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.com