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Motorcycle Shops

Sorry, I hadn't read your newest post. So you know Nick Poll - he's a real expert and enthusiast.
Odd that it's still on the DVLA database . I wonder how many other vehicles are on there with out of date info?
 
I've now discovered (some readers probably already know this) , that Handley's motorcycle shop was run by Graham Handley who opened a motorcycle business originally in Suffolk Street. Graham was the nephew of Aston -born Walter Handley who was a champion TT m/c racer in the thirties. Walter died in WW II in a plane crash.
 
AlanM said:
Sorry, I hadn't read your newest post. So you know Nick Poll - he's a real expert and enthusiast.
Odd that it's still on the DVLA database . I wonder how many other vehicles are on there with out of date info?
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Hi Alan, The car was rebuilt twice after I did it and the colour changed, not sure if it was all relevant to the year. Did you happen to live in Redditch? I called on a guy there named Alan with a Schmitt
 
Yes that's me Brian ! I was beginning to get vague memories of someone visiting me that had his car restored by Nick Poll. I think Nick still lived in England at the time but he has lived in France for many years now. I probably had the blue Kr200 XYH 200 then but after owning it for 25 years I sold it to a club member and fellow Messerschmitt Foundation of Great Britain trustee. It's a small world.
 
AlanM said:
Yes that's me Brian ! I was beginning to get vague memories of someone visiting me that had his car restored by Nick Poll. I think Nick still lived in England at the time but he has lived in France for many years now. I probably had the blue Kr200 XYH 200 then but after owning it for 25 years I sold it to a club member and fellow Messerschmitt Foundation of Great Britain trustee. It's a small world.
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I remember it on a "bench" in the garage, I also moved to France for many years and then back to Devon
 
I may have been working on the engine of XYH 200 as I did a couple of 'top end' fixes during the time I had it. A piston ring once broke whilst ascending Broadway Hill (Fish Hill). I did nothing else to it in all the time I had it and it was very reliable. It had been restored by Russel Church, the engine rebuilt by Wynford Jones. Now sold on unfortunately but the new owner kindly keeps me up to date and it appears at most rallies, here and abroad. Photos: XYH 200 at home and
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