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(update as of 10th April)
Investigating Steves second of three fuel blockages of the day during
the 8th April section run
Important Update There
will be a section run on Wednesday 15th April starting from Crown
Corner at 10.30am. The next club night at the Woodman will be on Thursday 23rd
April.
The section run on 18th March
started from Crown Corner in fine weather with Roy, Geoff G, Steve C, Dave W,
Reg G and Keith S intending to have a run out to Debden Barns Antiques, a place
to where we have had several runs before. However it turned out that since our
last visit the place had permanently closed to become a new playschool instead,
so an alternative nearby destination was used. The run then came back via a
different route. There were a couple of technical issues with bikes this time.
Steve had a fuel blockage problem and Roy had an unusual problem with his
clutch but a 20 minute or so stop managed to sort matters out and both bikes
got back ok. Roy actually had a potentially more serious problem later when his
speedo drive seized and fortunately tore itself away from its driving gear
rather that the usual result of winding itself around the spindle and locking
the rear wheel. In this case it didnt seize for the usual reason that AMC
bikes seem to suffer this problem but because it just ran dry. Annoying these bike
problems might be but better that they happen now and get sorted rather than on
the way to the International in May.
On 8th April we decided to
hold an extra section run to take advantage of the superb weather. It didnt
start too well for me when the bike I intended to use failed to start and I had
a rush to get out an alternative, which then needed fuel. I had just finished
fuelling at the garage when I heard the sound of a single cylinder bike start
somewhere. Looking round I saw Roy in his van, off to pick up another bike, and
behind it was Steve C who had just cleared a fuel blockage (or so he thought).
At Crown Corner we met up with Reg G, Dave W and Graham E. Graham led us off on
a run around the Essex lanes heading for the preserved railway station and caf้
at Rayne. Unfortunately only a mile or so later Steve stopped again with his
fuel line so blocked this time that it needed a metal rod to push it clear.
Once sorted we had a really great run out to Rayne, only to find when we got
there it was absolutely packed and cars parked all along the road for a couple
of hundred yards. So instead we extended the run and ended up at Andrewsfield
airfield, where we had a nice rest and lunch. Afterwards, Graham led us back by
a different but just as interesting route, except for Reg who needed to go back
by a different route. This was a bit unfortunate as he had the only decent set
of tools among us. So when Steve had his 3rd fuel blockage of the
day we only had Grahams minimal (and metric) tool kit to deal with it. Fortunately
it was enough together with help from a few twigs found nearby to eventually
get some sort of fuel flow and all was ok to get back home. Although we had a
few problems on the day we still had a great run thanks to Graham with fine weather
as well.
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 10th April
2026
Wednesday
15th April Section run, Start from Crown Corner at 10.30am,
destination to be confirmed.
Thursday
23rd April Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers
(from 7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
6th May Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield clubhouse, from
11.30am
Saturday
9th May AMOC Open Day at Kettering HQ (possible section runto it
but not yet confirmed)
Thursday
14th May Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from
7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
20th May prospective section run, details to be confirmed
22nd
25th May International Jampot Rally at Borculo, Netherlands
Thursday
28th May Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from
7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
3rd June Mid-week lunch meet at The Squadron (Rosey Leas), North
Weald from 11.00am
Thursday
11th June Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from
7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
17th June prospective section run, details to be confirmed
20th
21st June Intersection Summer Solstice Camping weekend at the
Bat and Ball, Wisborough Green West.
Thursday
25th June Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from
7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
1st July Mid-week lunch meet at Stapleford airfield clubhouse,
from 11.30am
Thursday
9th July Section club night at The Woodman, Stanford Rivers (from
7.30pm. 6.30 if eating)
Wednesday
15th July prospective section run, details to be confirmed
Sunday
19th July VMCC Founders Day event at Stanford Hall.
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 10th August Section run and attendance at the West Kent
event (speak to Roy nearer date)
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