Crash, bang, wallop… (but) what a picture
Jan 30, 2019
3 minutes
Photography: MORTONS MEDIA ARCHIVE
With the brake lever indicating it is being hard applied and the front wheel locked, plus foot down, there is only one thing that’s going to be coming next – and that’s exactly what happened, as The Motor Cycle man Ambleside parted company with his Matchless 38/G4 Super Clubman, during a test to compare and determine which front tyre was more effective, a ribbed or a studded.
The story of the picture is editor Torrens (Arthur Bourne) had stated he believed a ribbed tyre was better
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