BROOKLANDS

Motorcycle Day 7th July 2024

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Barry Brockman, Ian George and a select team of helpers put on a great show at the Brooklands Motorcycle Day.

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The Witley truck, trailer, quad, inflatable arch and multiple Eze-ups left nobody in doubt on who had the most impactful display on site!

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We had a lot of interest from the visiting public and some good conversations, particularly during the period around lunchtime when the sky cleared and the rain stopped for a while. Unfortunately, the feeling was that overall numbers were well down on last year, mostly because of the (correctly!) forecast poor weather.

Dave Hammond on his long track machine and Dan on the ex-GD Brown Douglas 350 put in a Test Hill run during the morning session.

Brooklands Motorcycle Team leader and Witley member John Bottomley was on the stand making a video concentrating on Witley and the Centenary (one of many reports he and his colleague Mark put together that day!).

You can view the video here...

John had also kindly arranged for the GD Brown racing Douglas and sidecar outfit to take pride of place in our area, for which we are most grateful.

With no improvement in the weather likely, many exhibitors started packing up early. We were all packed away and heading home by about 4pm.

 

Many thanks to all members who came to help on the day, and those took the trouble to bring their machines along for everyone to enjoy.

We hope this will be a regular fixture in our calendar, so look out for details of next year's event in due course.