Chairman: David Livesey 01977 672595 - Secretary: Anthony Head 01423 712072

Section Meetings held on the last Sunday in the Month @ 2pm between
September and April at The Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge. (YO51 9BL)

2012 Calendar of Events
Monday 10th September	Pudsey Meeting @ The Royal Hotel, Pudsey	8pm
Sunday 30th September	Section Meeting, Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge	2pm
Monday 8th October	Pudsey Meeting @ the Royal Hotel Pudsey	8pm
Sunday 28th October	Section Meeting, Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge	2pm
Monday 12th November	Pudsey Meeting @ The Royal Hotel, Pudsey	8pm
Sunday 25th November	Section AGM, Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge	2pm
Wednesday 5th December	Christmas Lunch - Milestones Restaurant on the A59	12 Noon
Monday 10th December	Pudsey Meeting @ the Royal Hotel Pudsey	8pm
Sunday 6th January 2013	(December Section Meeting) Coronation Hall, Boroughbridge	2pm

Golden Era Run (Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2013) (To Be Confirmed)

Click for Golden Era Run entry form and full details

North East Section News

For 2013 the rider with the best AJS performance @ the Topcliffe Run will be presented with the Colin Hunter Memorial Shield. The G F Foggitt Topcliffe Road Safety Run - Sunday 18th August 2013 Entry Form - coming soon July 2012 The Motor Cyclist's Handbook 1911 has just been republished by Steve Brown as a high quality hardback book. Feedback so far has been amazing and already two VMCC have told him that they have solved long standing problems after consulting the book. Please click on this link to read more. Coming Soon Motorcycles, Sidecars and Cyclecars by Victor Page (New York) 1915 will be out as a hardback in August. 590 pages. Over 350 illustrations, including five fold-out plates. Indexed. Great on the earliest development of motorcycles and numerous American Manufacturers Indian, Henderson, Excelsior etc plus Rudge Whitworth, Royal Enfield, Triumph, Scott. More information at classicmotorcyclemanuals.com The section enjoyed a superb section Diamond Jubilee gathering at Jim Wood's on 19th May, just a shame the weather was cold and wet. EEthanol Free petrol is still available but getting harder to find as the government (DfT) apply pressure on the oil industry to comply with their ridiculous and unrealistic so called Green targets. Stay away from EN prefixes in your old vehicle, Example EN228 as this contains up to 5% Ethanol. Some Super unleaded remains Ethanol free in our area, this includes Total Excellium and BP Ultimate but please always check. If you see a tanker driver, ASK. The drivers always know what is in their tanker and in any case, Ethanol is only added at the last moment before leaving the refinery because of the hygroscopic nature of this evil solvent. 01423 504881 Northern Energy, Ripon Road, Harrogate. HG1 3HJ for 4 Star leaded petrol, again Ethanol free. Check for availability as Bayford Thrust can only mix BS4040 from Ethanol free Super unleaded. They also sell unleaded Ethanol free (BS7070) very rare. Esso Supreme Super unleaded is currently Ethanol free at Harrogate Esso, although the pumps have already been marked up as EN228 in preparation for Ethanol, possibly in the next delivery around October 2012. Although not good, this is a responsible move by Esso as the BS7800 so called standard allows for up to 5% Ethanol. So, you may never know what you are getting and our politicians including Transport Minister Norman Baker does not seem to understand the damage done to old vehicles by E5. (Or maybe he does?) The law states that up to 7% Ethanol can contaminate your petrol without warning. The people making these rules up are out of touch with reality or working to a hidden agenda! The campaign for E0 must go on. Please use this information as a guide only as the situation is changing all the time. Standard Unleaded BSEN228: up to 5% ethanol - Super Unleaded BS7070: 0% ethanol - Super Unleaded BS7800: up to 5% ethanol - Tesco Momentum 99: approx 7% ethanol - Shell V-Max: approx 7% ethanol - 4 star Leaded BS4040 0% ethanol. Noel Whittall has just published a book on his end to end adventures on his Model H. Copies are available from President Dennis or Noel. You will find Noel's contact details at the bottom of the Golden Era entry form. The book costs £10 of which £1 to be donated to section funds. The Book is called 'A Stupid Thing to Do!: A Meander Up and Down England and Scotland by an Old Bloke on an Even Older Bike' I wonder if my 16H would make it? Also available from Amazon - W H Smith Click the Amazon link for a mini review of Noel's book by one reader.

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