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(update as of 20th July)
Graham
and Lin at the Yacht Club, Wallasea Island on the July 15 Section Run
Important Update
There will be a section run on Wednesday 22nd July from Crown Corner with
the Kent Section. The next club night will be on Thursday 23rd July.
The next Mid week meet is scheduled for 5th August and will be at
Rosey Lea’s, North Weald airfield. Dave Walling needs to hear from all those
intending to go to the end of season dinner as to which of the three dates they
prefer (Dec 5th, 12th or 19th) so that he can
decide which is the most popular and book the venue. If not enough are
interested there might not be a dinner this year.
Our section run on July 15th took
place in good weather with seven of us leaving Crown Corner heading for the
yacht club café on Wallasea Island. All went well until Dave W’s bike suddenly
stopped with no spark. It looked like it might be terminal for the day but Roy
set about investigating the magneto and found that the back plate holding the
points in the magneto had sheered its integral key. Amazingly he actually had a
spare one with him and Dave’s bike was quickly under way again. Although we
arrived late the café coped with us well and despite the sun being very hot a
cool breeze coming off the water meant that it was very pleasant sitting
outside on the decking. Afterwards Steve C and brother Geoff left us to make
their own way back as Geoff was having trouble balancing his carbs to get a
decent tickover on his recently aquired bike. Unfortunately for Graham though
his tale of woe with his G15CS continued as it dropped yet another valve seat,
leaving him to limp home on one cylinder and yet another appointment with
Thurston Engineering.
I also had trouble myself on the
following Sunday when on a run to the VMCC Founder’s Day in company with son
Mark we arrived to find that the battery, or part of the charging system on my
bike had died although once the engine was running everything worked ok. With
electronic ignition though you need a full 12 volts to energize it so I couldn’t
fire it up at all. Fortunately Pat Gill, who had a stand there came to the
rescue with the loan of his battery booster to get me started again. Although
we had the booster with us we decided to make the run for home without our
usual stop for refreshment this time and the bike is now back in the garage in
disgrace (well, semi disgrace, it did get me home after all) for a while until
I can investigate further.
Any
information on forthcoming section activities will be always given on this page
of our section web site as the frequent changes that occur and the lead times
for the “Jampot” section notes does not allow for them to be used for this
purpose. So check this page regularly. It
gets updated after any new information becomes available and usually as soon as
possible after each club night.
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Our Future Planned Events
Update from 20th July 2026
Wednesday
22nd July – Extra run, with the Kent section members. Start at Crown
Corner 10.30am
Thursday
23rd July – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from
7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
5th August – Mid-week lunch meet at The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North
Weald, from 11.00am
30th
July – 3rd August – Section run and attendance at the West Kent event (speak to
Roy for last details)
Thursday
13th August – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
14th
– 17th August – Jampot Rally at Mount Kelly, Tavistock, Devon
Wednesday
19th August – prospective section run, details to be confirmed
Thursday
27th August – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
2nd September – Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield
clubhouse, from 11.30am
Thursday
10th September – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
16th September – prospective section run, details to be confirmed
Thursday
24th September – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday
8th October – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
14th October – prospective section run, details to be confirmed
Thursday
22nd October – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday
12th November – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday
26th November – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Thursday
10th December – Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
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Any impromptu runs or meets can be confirmed at short notice by
contacting