Slade by a Sei
Nice article about the Benelli Sei (CB January 2024). While on holiday in Australia in 2018, we visited the motorcycle and antique museum in Peterborough. They have a special Benelli Sei on display (see photo above). The paintwork has a real ’70s vibe, which shouldn’t be a surprise, as it was done for Dave Hill, the guitarist of Slade!
The RD they come
I can quite imagine how “the jump in performance” from an RD250 to an RD400 opened David Shuttleworth’s eyes back in the day (page 88, CB January). Imagine how my doors of perception were flung wide open when, in the summer of ’76, I passed my test on a Fizzy modified and re-registered as a motorcycle (GMX 96N) days after my 17th birthday, then took delivery of a new RD400C. It had the the very flash alloys, and was the first of several 400s (and later LCs) for me. Before my Fizzy, I had a D1 Bantam field bike, so I’m from that generation that is cool with both left- and right-foot shifts. I’ve lost count of the bikes I’ve had between then and now, but that 400 will forever be seared in my memory – when I sit on one today, immediately I’m 17 again!
