Baby brother on my Velocette Venom Clubman 
 ... from Eric Mercer, #3593 - Virginia (and MZ aficionado as seen here on the silver screen several times in the last few weeks) ... and you'll get to read some more good stuff from Eric in the upcoming Thumper News #143, coming to a mailbox near you sometime in early May if all goes well... Thanks, Eric!! - #000

     Eric continues ... in this photo (above) it was in transition from Clubman trim with some 'Scrambler' kit just before going all in as a dirt-tracker. Unfortunately, the AMA changed the Class 'C' rules for first year pros a year later to 250cc just as I got my pro license, I sold the Velo.

     I hope to scan the one photo of my 250 Parilla dirt-tracker that was to be my racebike.  I never thought of 250s as 'Thumpers', but FSSNOC seems fairly liberal on the topic, so it will get its own write-up someday.    -  Eric, #3593 - VA.

     (REPLY)  Eric ... We will be looking forward to some conversation on that Parilla, for sure!  Kind of a missing link in the Thumper story...

     And, Yep, a Thumper can come in many sizes ... has to be a Four-Stroke Single.  We often refer to the smaller examples as "Tiddlers", even had a special section of Thumper News back in the day, devoted to Thumpers of 250cc or less, called Tiddler Times ... it waaass a blast!
 
     Of note, in 2014, with FSSNOC member Joe Gilmore, #661, at the helm, about ten of us faithful rode Tiddlers across the USA, in fact, depending on where one lived, or really it didn't depend on where you lived, 'cause to get over to the East coast to start the run, and then riding the actual transverse miles to reach the West coast, then doing an about-face to return to the house, we each rode the equivalent of transversing the lower 48 not once, but twice. 

     For me, it was about 9000 miles and 20 days, all on my trusty Honda CBR250R Repsol Replica, now showing some 92,000 miles on the clock. 

     I recall filling a small shampoo bottle from a cheap motel with ocean water dipped out of the Atlantic, putting it into my tank bag, then riding across this great land to the Pacific, and did likewise off the California coast.  They, an unmatched pair, set today somewhere amidst the moto-jumble of my desk top.  -  #000  

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(04-08-21)
     THOR  ... built in America 1903-1916
     This particular example is no museum queen, no sirree!  This shot was taken during the Cannonball ride ... 

     Thor was a product of the Aurora Automatic Machinery Co.  It is reported that the company built engines for a variety of motorcycle manufacturers including the popular Indian.  Later, they built V-twin motorcycles featuring a 6hp and a 9 hp motor.  Thor is said to have had an excellent reputation...  

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