Hampshire Police Warn Motorists

A new initiative launched for the New Forest area by Hampshire Police, has a vital lesson for every motorist, whether travelling to one of our local beauty spots, or just parking in the roads of our towns and cities.

Yamaha XS1

During the 1960s, management hierarchy within the British motorcycle industry exclaimed, "Don’t worry men, the Japs may be good at producing small motorcycles but they will never successfully make a large capacity machine."

These brave Churchillian words echoed across the land, through the hills and down the valleys, on the beaches, in the streets, on the sea and in the air, before finally bouncing off the walls of every related industrial office and workshop.

"Hark!" they cried.

Winter Preparation

The winter months can take their toll on rider and machine. So it is important to prepare your bike for its arduous task ahead.

Whether you ride a moped or a large sports tourer, the same rules apply. The basic geometry and controls are similar and of course are subject to the same laws of physics.

Car: Ford 100E

Age: 1960

Money spent this month: nil (it’s broken)

Hello and welcome to the very first Classic Car Diary, here on Portsmouthnews.tv. A monthly tale of woe, from someone who owns a classic car, and tries to keep it on the road!

The car in question is a 1960 Ford Popular, in a delicate blue hue, with a contrasting white roof. It was originally a Portsmouth car, and carries the familiar UTP prefix on its plate, that was issued for many years in the Portsmouth area. Remarkably, as it’s coming up to its 50^th birthday, the car has only had the one owner before me and lived for at least 40 years in and around Waterlooville. I bought it in 1999 as an MOT’d, freshly resprayed “starter classic”, from a bloke on the Isle of Wight.  Sadly, it looked better than it was... although I’ll be forever thankful that it is relatively rust free and solid as a rock underneath!