(06-08-2009, 05:39 PM)ancient Wrote: yes charlie rode a model 90.the camshaft was not a success.may have been if they had persevered with it but they gave up on it.according to champ 2 exist one in the haynes museum. try and find a copy of the champ book for the best pictures you will ever see of sunbeams.

OK, as I thought Charlie (an incredible man) won on a Model 90. About Champ's Sunbeam "bible", yes, I knew it as a wonderful book but there are two titles from the same author:
- "The Sunbeam Motorcycle", published by Haynes in 1980 (second edition by the same publisher in 1986), 205 pages.
- "The Illustrated History of Sunbeam Bicycles and Motorcycles", published by Haynes in 1989 (it had a reprint in 1995), 112 pages.

Which is the difference between those two books (bicycles apart!)? Is there on one of them a photo of the legendary George Dance during the 1920 Senior TT race (that he REALLY deserved to win!)?