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Jamie Whitham Column - Jan 2008
By Jamie Whitham on 15/01/2008 10:35:36
James is a self-confessed anorak. If it’s got a motor, he’s into it. This month he’s been poking around an old Vulcan jet bomber. A recipe for disaster...
I have been afflicted for about 15 years now with a terrible, debilitating addiction. At first it seemed innocent enough, a man offered me an FS1E restoration project. It was cheap enough and I thought “what harm can it do?”I started out tinkering
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Jamie Whitham Column - Dec 2006
By Jamie Whitham on 01/12/2006 18:49:00
A simple proposition - dig a hole, cement post. Repeat 50 times. But this is Whitham. His brush with power tools does not auger well
restored RG500 Suzuki, and Ago himself (flown in by helicopter) on a 1974 MV. The whole meeting had a refreshing feel to it. No hospitality units, no corporate guests, no press releases, no 15-year-old prima donnas worrying more about having the latest
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Jamie Whitham Column - Nov 2006
By Jamie Whitham on 01/11/2006 12:24:29
What is it about Whit and old bikes? The man clearly lives for them. And this month James is revelling in the joy of two-strokes - remember them?
them out of the box. Remarkable. Golden Oldies EVEN OLD BIKES sometimes refuse to die. About 10 years ago I bought a Suzuki X7 with the intention of restoring it at some point. For various reasons (family commitments, incompetence, and general laziness
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Jamie Whitham Column - Mar 2001
By Jamie Whitham on 01/08/2001 14:25:42
Don't lwt Jamie borrow your new bike. Not when he's got to ride 100 miles for some free Fish 'n Chips
, but she was horrible to me after. She said, "Well, that trip wasn't a complete waste of time. One of us won this weekend - at least one of us can do the job!" Bitchy or what!I'm getting my old LC done up now, properly restored, because Mackenzie has been
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Jamie Whitham Column - May 03
By Jamie Whitham on 01/05/2003 11:30:51
I've had loads of work offers since announcing me retirement but nothing yet that jumps out as being "well, that will do me just fine, that."
. My website guy Kingy looked at the pictures and e-mailed a possible caption to me: "James Whitham, doing his impression of Lord Charles".The aforesaid Lord was a ventriloquist's dummy in an act that used to be on TV, and if you know the one I mean you
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