Rocker Story's from Classic Bike Magazine

[Mad On Triumphs]

Here is an article from the UK'S Classic bike magazine. Hope that you can read it OK















This is an article from Classic Bike Guide

 

[keystiger]

ROCKERS! Well......rock!!!!!:rock:

 

[devo]

Great stuff Garry
cheers

 

[DaveM]

Nice one

 

[Sea Dog]

They were living the dream.

 

[DaveM]

Things seemed a lot simpler back then

 

[Rocky]

I subscribe to that magazine and probably saw the article back in the day.
Nice find

 

[CarlS]

Good post, Garry. Thanks.

 

[DaveM]

They have a Facebook page and seem to have some nice content on it - Classic Bike magazine

 

[otherwise]

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Notice in the BSA add they still promote a 4 speed positive stop gearbox.
I always found that strange when you consider Velo introduced the positive stop box in 1928 and Triumph had them from 1936 (approx).
When in 1969 I purchased a new 650 the salesman pointed out that it had a positive stop box, hey they had them for 33 years at that time. I think it's like saying that they had pump up tyres.

 

[DaveM]

It was the The Velocette KTT that was supposed to have had the first positive stop gearbox as I believe.

Velocette KTT Mk I 350 cc OHC Racer 1929

 

[otherwise]

That's right and 40 years later they were still banging on about P.Stop boxes.
They should have pointed out ... "Triumph, for 1969 fitted with handlebars".

 

[harper6t]

If you like the "rocker" story, then chase up the book "Rockers" by Johnny Stuart, published 1987.
Some excellent photos of the times. I picked up a copy a while back, great pictures, gives a bit of history on he rockers in England, a bit light on the words but not a bad way to spend an afternoon reading it.