Fishtail 317 - July 2001

FISHTAIL

Magazine of the Velocette Owners Club
Number 317

CONTENTS

  2 Editorial
  3 Chairman's Scrapbook     Roger Franklin
  5 Obituary to Arthur Frederick Wheeler 5.8.1916 - 9.6.2001     Ivan Rhodes
  7 Club Diary     Colin Goodwyn
  8 Overseas Report     Alan Soutter
10 My Veloing Days Continues     George Pritchard
13 The BMG Desmodromic Conversion     David Prismall
15 You Meet the Nicest People on a Velocette
16 D.O.H.C. MOV Racer
17 Velocette Accounts - Jan to Dec 2000
19 Alcester Clubs Father's Day
20 Centre News
26 Fishtail Mail
31 Spares News from VSL     Tom'f'unnicliffe
32 Les Grimson's Biography
33 Daft Doings or No Comprende     Brian Ling
33 I'm picking up good vibrations, It's giving me excitations ... !' I don't think.     Dave Shennan
37 Montlhery 2001 - Photos Alan Soutter
39 Montlhery 2001 - Photos Geoff Bloor
40 Velocette "Venom" and Steib S501 Sidecar. 
     Reproduced from 'Motor Cycling' by kind permission of Frank Wheeler and Morton's Motorcycle media
43 Montlhery 2001     Rodney Wildsmith
49 Caught on Camera at Elvington     David Prismall
50 Going Spare
52 Illustrated Spares Lists     Colin Goodwyn
53 The Badge Box
54 Centrefax
56 Club Officers

Cover Photo: Graham Rhodes prepares to exercise the Record Breaker at Montlhery

Editor Bryan Clarke