speedyguy 20 Posted September 15, 2009 WITW! Here's some information that may be of use. WITW! It's from Sheldon's EMU site, link (!!!) given in a previous Post. Speedway Workshop An archive of a speedway site This site is an archive of the pages known as The Workshop Speedway and GrassTrack Machines previously at http://speedwaybikes.fortunecity.net/ Pages By: chris@exeter-falcons.demon.co.uk The site has been offline for some time, and the only copy available at present, other than this, is at the Wayback Machine. If the owner would like to come forward and reclaim the site, please, just say the word and all these pages will be redirected to your new site, or if you so desire, removed entirely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) WITW! Here's a link http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/archives/sp...ybikes/velo.htm that refers to Jim Kempster's Velocette Ktd. WITW! Signatures by author as below! Edited September 15, 2009 by speedyguy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J_D 10 Posted September 19, 2009 Looking at the photo it looks like it is set in Ian Paterson's private collection at Loanhead in Scotland. Sadly i do not have a contact for him, but he is a very nice bloke who has a great collection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) WITW! This is a message just received which MIGHT interest some people! WITW! Dutch Velocette, Today, 06:35 PM Group: Members Posts: 36 Member No.: 7165 Joined: 19-May 06 Hi Speedyguy. The (Jim Kempster?) Velocette speedway machine is on display in the Scottish speedwaymuseum, (from Cinder to Shale) Owner of that museum is former Speedwayrider for the Berwickshire Bandits Ian Paterson. At this very moment Mr Paterson is restoring a Harley Davidson CAC with 500cc from 1934. If this bike is finished then there are 100 all perfect restored speedwaybikes in the museum. Edited September 19, 2009 by speedyguy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
julian57 0 Posted September 20, 2009 Thanks to all who have posted so far and we are on the right track heading for the From Cinders to Shale link. We therefore appear to be closing in. Jim wasn't the one of the great riders of all time but was the first England team captain. From scrapbook of 1930's press cuttings passed to my wife from her family he was never the same after a nasty crash and left the sport mid 30's. Fortunately, for the brief time he was near the top his constant smile earned him his nickname 'Smiling' Jim and my wife and her mum are proud of him..so thanks for all the assistance in locating his Velocette. He enlisted at the start of the second world war and ferried planes to airfields. Sadly, in ferrying a plane to Germany, just after the war his plane hit cables and he was killed. We will update when we know more but thanks to all again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted September 20, 2009 Thanks to all who have posted so far and we are on the right track heading for the From Cinders to Shale link. We therefore appear to be closing in. Jim wasn't the one of the great riders of all time but was the first England team captain. From scrapbook of 1930's press cuttings passed to my wife from her family he was never the same after a nasty crash and left the sport mid 30's. Fortunately, for the brief time he was near the top his constant smile earned him his nickname 'Smiling' Jim and my wife and her mum are proud of him..so thanks for all the assistance in locating his Velocette. He enlisted at the start of the second world war and ferried planes to airfields. Sadly, in ferrying a plane to Germany, just after the war his plane hit cables and he was killed. We will update when we know more but thanks to all again. WITW! I would like to add that the apparently successful hunt for the "missing" Jim Kempster 1930 Velocette Ktd follows some investigative work by one of the sites in my signature and some excellent back-up from BSF contributor Dutch. It seems possible this little saga will be wrapped up, as Julian hopes, in the next 24 hours. WITW! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team Man 32 Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) Julian57, Did your wife get any of the memorabilia that Jim's brother Archie had at his home Nr Leighton Buzzard. I knew Archie when I lived in Leighton Buzzard, and went to his home and he showed me all the Trophy's and scrap books of Archie and Jim's time in Speedway, there were loads of items and I wondered what happened to them when Archie passed away Edited October 3, 2009 by Team Man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted October 4, 2009 WITW! I would like to add that the apparently successful hunt for the "missing" Jim Kempster 1930 Velocette Ktd follows some investigative work by one of the sites in my signature and some excellent back-up from BSF contributor Dutch. It seems possible this little saga will be wrapped up, as Julian hopes, in the next 24 hours. WITW! WITW! The update on my quoted post is that Julian has established that there is a Velocette Ktd at the speedway bike collection in Scotland. What still needs to be verified is if the bike is Jim Kempster's. In all probability it is - but provenance has still to be established by the collection's curator. This could take longer than the 24 hours previously anticipated by one of the site's in my signature , Julian and myself. But the trio are involved with the museum curator on cross-checking the origins of the Velocette. WITW! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J_D 10 Posted January 27, 2015 http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19768/lot/318/ Another lovely example. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
