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BritBike Newsletter #65
Tip of the month! Read Mann of his time!
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August 2007
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Greetings BritBiker!
Vintage Motorcycle Days - Ohio are over and it draw a
record crowd. 80 BritBiker members joined in on
BritBikes Saturday cookout and it was greatly
appreciated by everyone. Thanks you all who made it
happen again
BritBike review:<br>
Just finished reading Author Ed Youngblood's
book about famous racing star #2
Dick Mann, Mann of his time. Being a fan of
Dick Mann I did not have a clue really what Dick Mann
has achieved both on and of the race course. Thank
you Ed Youngblood for writing a book as good as this
one. Despite being Swedish I enjoyed reading every
page of this book in English and now I know a lot
more about The Mann of his time. Get your sample here!
Next book to read is new to the market. See
Classic
Motorcycling below by Rex Bunn.

Ride Safe Morgan Johansson editor@britbike.com
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Kenny Dreer officially resigned as a director on the board of Norton Motorsports
To all BritBike Newsletter readers,
Effective today, I have tendered my resignation to the
Norton Motorsports Board. My reasons for resigning
are two fold; first I have done all that I could to assist
the board to find resolution in an effort to move the
company to a next group. Currently this is a continuing
process. Secondarily, I believe I have afforded Norton
not only my time but my best efforts over the course of
the company's existence, and now it is time that I
move on. My new company will be "Kenny Dreer
Motorcycles". The focus will be Vintage and
current Euro based motorcycles, restorations, custom
builds, performance upgrading, custom and
performance parts. I look forward to seeing a lot of old
faces, and making new friends as well. My apologies
for the silence.
I want to take this opportunity to once again, thank all
of those many people who believed in Kenny Dreer
and Norton. The 961 Norton Commando was and still
is everything I dreamed a new Norton should be.
Hopefully the stars will have better alignment next time
around.
Best regards,
Kenny Dreer
Ed's note:
We'll see more coming from Kenny soon and he'll be
back advertising his business on BritBike.com
Visit Kennys old company Norton Motorcycles
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Info from Ramp Motorcycle Gearshops
Motorcycle Gearshops now offers Extended
warranties from Star Sport. The leader in sport
protection.
Star Sport protects the essential components of your
vehicle. You've worked hard for your investment, and
you want to enjoy it for years to come. The extensive
coverage and quality service you get when you
purchase a Star Sport contract provides you with
peace of mind and the security that you deserve. Our
goal is to protect your investment the best way
possible.
Warranties can be written for Unites States and
Canadian customers
Link to Motorcycle Gearshops
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Classic Motorcycling: A Guide to the 21st Century
Just published!
By Rex Bunn
A different and fascinating new look at classic
motorcycling with an international flavour sure to
appeal to all owners (and intending owners) of classic
bikes worldwide. This is a book about all the things
classic enthusiasts need to know, but rarely seem to
be adequately covered elsewhere. Things such as
how and where to buy a classic, which classic is right
for you, the prices of classics and their likely
appreciation in future years, how many classics
survive and where they can be found, licensing,
registration and testing procedures in Australia, NZ,
USA and the UK, riding, maintenance, workshop
equipment, spares and their availability, projects to
improve most classics, clothing and safety and of
course the simple joy of riding and enjoying classics!
Fully illustrated and clearly written this is an excellent
and useful guide for the newcomer to classics as well
as the more experienced.
277 pages, about 125 photos, charts and tables,
softback, ISBN 978-0-9547912-8-5 .
Go to Panther-publishing for further details
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BSA CD-Manual
The very best BSA compilation ever produced! Buy this CD & You support BritBike.com
4th Edition The BSA Double-CD
Covers some 1930's models, the wartime SV, and
almost all models from 1945 to 1973.
HUGE Service
Sheet section! This is the "must have" collection for
anyone who owns, maintains, restores, or just loves
BSA motorcycles.
Price: US$65.00 includes worldwide shipping
Read more about BSA CD-Manuals!
Order Your BSA, Triumph, AJS-Matchless, Norton & Lucas CD-Manuals here!
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Triumph CD-Manual
The very best Triumph compilation ever produced! Buy this CD & You support BritBike.com
Triumph Fourth edition The Triumph Double- CD
The Triumph Collection covers almost every Triumph
model from 1935 to 1985, with Spare Parts Lists,
Workshop Manuals, Service Sheets, or technical
articles. The fourth edition has now grown so large it
is a double-CD, over 1GB of material in all.
Price: US$65.00 includes worldwide shipping
Read more about Triumph CD-Manuals!
Order Your BSA, Triumph, AJS-Matchless, Norton & Lucas CD-Manuals here!
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Norton CD-Manual
The very best Norton compilation ever produced! Buy this CD & You support BritBike.com
The Norton CD is now into its FOURTH EDITION, and
covers not just the Commando, but all the so-
called "heavy-weight" twins (as opposed to the
under- 400 cc twins) and the "classic" singles - the
ES2, the International,
and of course the Manx. AND, we even have a post-
Commando bike covered, with the inclusion of the
workshop manual for the rotary-engine Interpol 2.
There is a rebuild manual which also covers the
LIGHTWEIGHT TWINS, and the Commando section
has been added to with another Parts List, Stage 2
Tuning
Notes for the 850, and other minor service-related
matters. There is of course a complete set of factory-
issued Service Sheets for the Commando (over 170
pages worth!).
AND we have added a new Maintenance Manual for
the 16H, Big 4, 18, & ES2 singles, and
more "memorabilia". There is also a NEW Engine
Data
Base which covers from the 1946 Model 18 to the
1963 Atlas.
This is a single-CD set.
Price: US$65.00 includes worldwide shipping
Read more about Norton CD-Manuals!
Order Your BSA, Triumph, AJS-Matchless, Norton & Lucas CD-Manuals here!
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AJS Matchless CD-Manual
The very best AJS Matchless compilation ever produced! Buy this CD & You support BritBike.com
This CD covers AJS and/or Matchless machines from
1926
almost without any breaks right through to 1967 for
Parts Lists, plus fifteen workshop manuals or out-of-
print service and maintenance textbooks covering
much the same period. Both twins and singles are
covered, and one of the workshop manuals is a
Norton Matchless full-on Workshop Manual that
covers ALL models (up to 650 cc twins) from 1957 to
1966. The Norton-engined
models are well-covered too in other works, and
there are lots of lovely
reproductions of sales brochures from various
periods
as well as some excellent histories of the Matchless
marque and engine number details. This is a very
complete compilation and a MUST for the
AJS/Matchless enthusiast. This is a single-CD
set.
Price: US$65.00 includes worldwide shipping
Read more about AJS-Matchless CD-Manuals!
Order Your BSA, Triumph, AJS-Matchless, Norton & Lucas CD-Manuals here!
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