Stonehenge by Mokka; Saxon & Gixxers

Jon Summers is the Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. On his show he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, motoring travel.

• Saxon - And The Bands Played On
• After some months distracted by a puppy, J rides again
• Early sportsbike fuel injection, a hit and miss affair
• The free ‘98 Honda Shadow rides again
• ‘01 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K1 new clutch and ZX10 modification
• ‘05 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 oil leak
• The pinnacle experience of riding a liter sportsbike
• The Gixxerfarm project
• 3 rides in 3 days
• Aftermarket cans - the freer breathing is noticeable, if only in the exhaust note
• Gixxers compared - older = more raw, harder to ride
• ‘95 Ducati 900 SS/CR leaking clutch
• Saxon - Ride Like The Wind
• A thumbnail of English history, the Saxons, and today’s music, Saxon
• Wayland’s Smithy
• Chops Garage’s Jaguar
• BMW 328i F90, Hooligan behaviour at Amelia Island many years ago
• BMW 320d San Sebastian and Spain
• Vauxhall Mokka rental; gruff but pokey; fuel miser; hard to tell if gas or diesel
• Vauxhall Viva HB and the same hood ripple as the Mokka
• Uffington White Horse, Fox and Hounds Pub, John Betjamin’s house
• Mokka reminder of Standard 8 when J is locked out of boot/trunk
• Mokka Speeding chime vs. Gixxers
• National Motor Museum at Beaulieu - offering awesome breadth and depth of car storytelling
• Hillman Imp and Linwood
• Ari Vatanen’s Rothmans Escort
• Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500
• The Golden Arrow
• 1000 HP Sunbeam - please contribute to the restoration
• Golden Arrow Special Exhibit
• Slabbie GSX-R Exhibit, J’s example is probably better. But not the right colour
• Saxon - Midas Touch
• British Motor Museum and Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, enjoyed by three generations of Summers
• J’s soft spot for Triumph, thanks to his Dad’s friends rusty Mk1 2000 Estate
• J’s dream PI
• Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder
• Not an Austin or Morris guy. A Jaguar, Ford, Alfa, or Lancia guy
• Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust
• Leamington Spa car show
• Lots more American cars in Britain now than when I lived in England 20+ years ago
• J’s love of Jaguar E-Types
• Audi 100 Coupe, as owned by J’s Grandfather
• Sir William Lyons - an eye for style, and business acumen
• Saxon - 20,000 feet
• Brooklands Museum - Recent history and Mercedes Takeover
• The Brooklands hotel. Stay, if you like cars.
• Lewis Hamilton F1 simulator - Ollie Summers sets a new lap record
• DSJ’s (of Motor Sport fame) Norton. The epitome of cool, J’s Steve McQueen
• Brooklands Bentley
• A simulated flight on Concord
• A digression on Concord and what was accomplished and lost
• J’s visit to the site of the Montgomery motorcycle factory, now terraced houses
• BSA factory now
• 70s European market Fords are now so Americanized to J’s eyes
• Ford’s flash and performance/luxury really did set the products apart
• Capri 3.0, 2.8. Fast cars ? Not in comparison to a Jag with a manual transmission
• Eric Fernihough Jumping
• Saxon - Stallions of the Highway
• Average Speed Checks are ruining motoring in England; the desecration of a favourite motorway off ramp, the Hogs Back; this isn’t progress
• Macc Lads - My Pub (NSFW)
• The Death of the Joy of Motoring by slow asphixiation
• Stone Henge is Disneyified now
• The Black Mondeo
• West Kennett Long Barrow
• Princess Royal, Farnham
• Safeway (actually Tesco) Bacon Sandwiches
• Saxon - 747 (Strangers In The Night)
• Hillsborough Concours, and the Hagerty Junior Judges
• Boss 429 Mustang 
• Ferrari 330 GTC, as sat in by the Junior Judges
• Domaine de Beauvious
• Saxon - Forever Free