The funeral of Fluff Brown, who died on 4 July, is to be held at 10.15am on 25 July at Basingstoke Crematorium, Stockbridge Road, Basingstoke, RG25 2BA. The family has requested no flowers. Donations should be sent to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, 4 Kings Park Road, Southampton SO15 2AS.
Legendary two-stroke development engineer, Fluff, 82, was a works rider for Cotton in the late 50’s and later joined Villiers, where he was responsible for the development of the Starmaker engine used by AJS in its Stormer scramblers. Malcolm Davis won the 250cc British Motocross Championship aboard one of Fluff’s bikes in 1968.
When Norton Villiers Triumph folded in 1974, he acquired the rights to the AJS and Stormer brand names and went on to put FB-AJS Stormers into production at a small factory near Andover, Hants. Today, the AJS name lives on on a range of eight Chinese-made 125s marketed by his son, Nick. See the next issue of BDN for a more detailed obituary of a remarkable man.