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Kiwi road racer Aaron Slight willbeguest of
honour at the 24th Carole Nash
ClassicMotorcycleMechanicsShow
over the weekend of October 14/15, at
Staffordshire County Showground.
Just in caseyou didn’t realise, this show
is thelargest of its kindinthe world,which
majorsonthe later Japanese and European
scene,and promises astunningmix of
almost 1000trade and autojumble stalls,
club stands andprivate entries,Bonhams’
auction, live entertainment in theClassic
DirtBikearea andClassicRacerGrand
Prix Paddock, and the live Restoration
Theatre.
Tickets are abargain at £12 for adults,
£11 for seniorsor£3for under-12s, if
boughtin advance. Parking is free.
Tofind out more,ortobook advance
tickets, go to http://www.staffordclassicbikeshows.
com/october or call 01507 529529.Stafford Slight advantage
SwedishMXstars
At one time,Swedenruled the MX world
with aseeminglyunendingstreamof
talentedridersdestinedto reachthe
top. Motocrossis still popularin the
Scandinavian countryand gatheringsof
former ridersattractmanypeople.Our
SwedishcorrespondentBirgerTommos
went alongto the Surahammarevent on
June 17, 2017,took his cameraalongand
caughtthis groupof former riders. Back
row,left to right:StaffanEneqvist,Torsten
Hallman,LarsForsbergand Christer
Hammargren.Front: AkeTornblom,Olle
Pettersson,BengtAbergand Rulle
Andersson (team-coordinator).In July 2007,SammyMillerProductswas
taken over by RichardJordan andJackieDrake
who used their visionto implementa10-year
plan to modernise the businessand create
abespokewebsitefor simpleinternational
transactions. In this theysucceeded to
the extent of 60%ofsales beingoverseas.
However,due to family commitmentsand
semi-retirement and withthe supportand
backingof SammyMiller himself, theyhave
decidedit is timetosell the business.
The classicbrandcomeswith over 60
years’ knowledgeand runningexperience
and over 4000specialitemsincluding
bespokecomponentjigs, with plentyof scopeto expandfurther.
Currentlythe businessis runfrom Bashley
in NewMilton but is easilytransferable
to anylocation.The businesshas been
completelymodernisedand now has a
worldwide eCommercebespokewebsite
includingstockcontrol.
SammyMiller Productsrequires
passionateindividualsreadyto carry on
flyingtheflag of productsfor the brand
and developand bringnewproductsto
the market.
Interested? Contact Richard Jordan
on 01425 616446oremail
[email protected]Opportunity to take on
Miller products business
Trail closures
Landaccessis abig problemfor off-roadmotorcyclistsand it’snot anew thing.The
pressof the Sixtiesand even earlier were reporting accessand rightsof wayissuesas
motorisedvehicleswere beingrestrictedfrom variousunmetalledroads.The latestarea
to closearoad is the Peak DistrictNationalPark whereatrafficregulationorderhas
beenplacedon the routeknownas Washgate.It cameinto forceon July 21, 2017and
accordingto the letterwe receivedthereis no right of appealto this order,thoughthe
letteralso statesan applicationmaybemade to the High Courtifitisconsideredthis
orderhas not beenvalidlymade.Thereare anumberof exceptionsto the order,two
beinglegitimateuse of the routefor the Bemroseand RelianceTrials. Interestedparties
can viewthe recordsof this decisionat http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/trosTheshow’sguest in 2016,David Aldana,was persuadedintoBertWhite’ssidecar andisrelating
hisexperience whileAdrianMosschuckles.GUY FAWKESTRIAL
Due to aclash of dateswith the Perce Simon
Trial, the Guy Fawkes Trial is now on October
29, and will have two laps of acourse on the
Bathurst estate,Cirencester.
ForentriescontactAndrewBush on 01453
882461 or [email protected]’s
amultitudeof classesfrom Pre-65to Over
40s Monoand Trail bikes.006 News_044.indd 7 02/08/201711:54: