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Updated 1/4/09
NAME:
David Dyke
EMAIL: davidrdyke@btinternet.com
WHAT
TOWN/CITY/VILLAGE DO YOU LIVE IN?
Burgess Hill
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE ON THE COMMITTEE & HOW LONG? I have been on committee for some 10 years and am currently the Club Chairman
OCCUPATION:
I am a retired Civil Servant; Job Centre Management and have also worked as an
electrical auto-fitter for Halfords
HOW
LONG A MEMBER OF BH&DMCC:
11 years
WHAT
WAS YOUR FIRST BIKE & WHEN:
Ex WD Triumph 350 single circ 1940 in 1958 when I was 14 years old!
Passed my test in 1961 on a borrowed 197cc James Captain. That was when gears
were on the right with the back brake on the left and you did not have to wear a
helmet.
BIKES
YOU HAVE HAD IN THE PAST:
AJS 500 single (Candlesticks), Matchless 350 (Jampots), Vespa 125,
Triumph thunderbird (old sprung hub) 1960 Bonnie; How I wish I still had it now,
Yam XS250, Honda Superdream, Yam Virgo 535 and a Yam Fazer 600.
BIKES YOU
RUN AT PRESENT:
Honda CBF1000 and Triumph Thruxton 900, a new bonnie without
the oil leaks and some reasonable brakes.
WHAT
WOULD YOUR NEXT BIKE BE:
As I have only just taken delivery of the Thruxton, it would be more than my
life’s worth to start talking about yet another bike at this moment !
HAVE
YOU HAD A BREAK FROM MOTORCYCLING?
From about 1965 to 1977- marriage, kids, needed a car etc. etc.
FAVOURITE
BIKING EVENT:
Isle of Man TT races - a biking event to end biking events and a “must do”
at least once. Also the Ace Day run to Brighton “Ride with the Rockers” it
takes me back!
FAVOURITE
BH&DMCC EVENT:
Foreign tours and annual Camping weekend.
OTHER
BIKING EVENTS YOU HAVE ATTENDED:
NEC Shows, Motorcycle World Beaulieu, BMF Show Peterborough.
