Being Optimistic.

French Art.


Ye1sterday afternoon was tiring even thought I had nothing to do except sit and occasionally lift my arm so Harm, from Welzorg could work out at which height I needed them to be.

And Michelle from ARCA, was there too and took notes, also for herself

Sadly Harm could not actually do anything yesterday as the adaptation has made the chair higher and he will have to get arm rests made specially for me.

So that means he has to make an estimate and Amsterdam City Council have to ok this before they can make it.

Michelle has to also put in a document stating the reasons for the arm rests needing to be adapted.

Hope it will not be long as rolling around without proper arm support is not pleasant as my arm gets very tired and I have to stop every few minutes.

Hope it gets done before everyone disappears on their summer holidays

Trying to keep calm anod optimistic that by the end of the month it willl have been done and I can finally roll around in comfort.
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Hope that is sooner than I think.


Some Old Favourites:
Sidecar Speedway 2008 Reading Racers



Vintage Bike Scrambling in 1960's with Murray Walker



Greeves Classic Motorcycle @ Bristol Show



Greeves Test Ride




Greeves

Greeves 250 cc Sport Motorbike

Richie and I stayed up very late last night we were having a great time looking at pictures of Greeves Motorcycles.

It was very nice to see the pictures of some of the models that the Greeves Motorcycle Company made.

I had a 250 cc Greeves Sports, two stroke; it was a great motorbike, I was incredibly lucky to get mine from a motorcycle enthusiast.

He sold it to me for the grand sum of 20 pounds in 1973, recall he was extremely pleased that I wanted to buy it.

In 1973 the bikes that were becoming popular were the Japanese bikes which were streamlined or people rode established British bikes like Triumph Bonneville or BSA or Norton.

When I just had the bike I recall that the first couple of times that I had a go, that I could not change gear and drove around in first gear.

It was a big day when I changed up into second gear and back down to first in order to stop.

Luckily I found a motor cycle training course where I and a large group of other people were taught how to ride our bikes.

They also showed us how to do the maintence on our motor bikes, there was a shed where we watched the tutor strip down and reassemble a motor bike.

It was an excellent course, one where I met and made new friends, the people helping out on the course were members of a local Triumph Owner’s Motorcycle Club.

They were a great bunch of people and I had good fun and splendid times with the Triumph Owner’s Club.

The best memories are of going to the Isle of Man to see the TT Races, and to the local speedway and local scrambling events.

Fine memories now.








1960's classic scramble / motocross event.
Murray Walker commentary.

The riders are Jeff Smith Dave Bickers Lampkin and Rickman were racing on Greeves BSA Triumph 500cc 250cc and 440cc machines.






A video recording the Greeves Motorcycles 50th Annivesary at Battlesbridge, including a road run to the old factory building at Thundersley.
A video recording the Greeves Motorcycles 50th Annivesary at Battlesbridge, including a road run to the old factory building at Thundersley.