Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

BACK IN THE DAY...

This seems to be a press question-and-answer session with several motorcycle industry notables. The introduction says that it’s a quiz held daily, except Sunday, in the Winter Gardens theatre. The chairman on the particular Thursday was Vic Willoughby of the Motor Cycle with Bill Boddice, sidecar racer, Bernard Hooper, chief designer, Villiers, Tyrell Smith, 1930 Junior T.T. Winner and now a Girling executive, and Bob Fearon, general manager and director at B.S.A.

I’m going to pick and choose among the questions/answers... because I can!

Bob Fearon, speaking with authority here,

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