Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Norton factory at the IoM

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 Year 1920 Isle of Man TT Petty #61, Brown #56 and North #63 work on their Norton motorcycles in the garage.
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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Sidecar Sunday

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  Isle of Man TT, 2017 More modern than usual but the photo couldn't be ignored. Explanation here .
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Friday, May 29, 2026

Casting a chain

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ICS Reference Library , International Textbook Co. 1901  The preliminary text to this chapter points out that it would be quite difficult to...

Suzuki Dual purpose 125

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 Lovely styling.

Family mystery/history

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  In 1964 the family flew to Holland to visit family. Everything was amazing to an 8 year old boy and the cool uncle gave us kids a ride on ...
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Volkswagen Bus

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  That’s an extravagant and aerodynamic roof rack system . The van is 1969 or 70. I think?
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Stanley Surform.

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  The surform-type blade was patented by a British company, Firth Cleveland in 1949, the first tools were made by  Simmonds Aerocessories.  ...
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Thursday, May 28, 2026

The automobile as part of the ecosystem

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 We thought differently in the fifties. Insulation for wires was cotton and beeswax?
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Motor Cycling September 8 1955

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"The Queen's highway" Still making mileage from Queen Elizabeths's 1952 coronation...  
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Armstrong Whitworth Ensign drawing

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 In 1934 Imperial Airways approached Armstrong Whitworth for the design of a new metal multiengine airliner. The chosen design seated 40 pas...
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