{"id":320,"date":"2013-11-28T16:56:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T16:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/?p=320"},"modified":"2013-11-28T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T17:06:08","slug":"sunbeams-at-the-national-motorcycle-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeamland.com\/wordpress\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeams at the National Motorcycle Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Rob from Racing Lines <\/a>Derby for a grand day out at the TT riders Association luncheon yesterday. This annual celebration of TT riders past and present\u00a0 was held at the National Motorcycle Museum. Whilst Nick Jeffries acted as MC, we shared a table with the legendary and apposite\u00a0John Cooper. Others present included 5-times in a week TT winner Ian Hutchinson and Triumph factory rider Percy Tait. Publisher and TT rider Malcolm Wheeler rode into dinner on a Ducati to take over presidency of the association.<\/p>\n

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Beforehand, we squeaked\u00a0a couple of\u00a0hours to check-out one or two of the many wonderful exhibits.<\/p>\n

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It is of course impossible to do justice to such a\u00a0collection\u00a0so I didn’t bother. Instead, I took a lot of photos of the Sunbeams on display which included a number that were restored by our good friend Peter Woodward. These included a Model 80, Model 9 and two Model 90s and they can be seen in the gallery<\/a>\u00a0together with many other detail shots.<\/p>\n

Debates about provenance\u00a0may continue in certain circles but the 1925 Sunbeam Sprint must be one of the most beautiful bikes in the museum.<\/p>\n

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Ex-Dance racer, unbeatable in its day<\/p><\/div>\n

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Art-deco masterpiece<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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