Club racing of the two wheel kind

[delS1]

BMCRC champs at Brands today, some very good racing and those sidecars are awsome











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delS1

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[thechosenfamily]

Sorry I missed you Del I was there on Saturday.

Here are some of mine.

And I have realised that in the case of the sidecar boys they are completely nuts


























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Edited by thechosenfamily on Sunday 22 May 22:53

[carl_w]

thechosenfamily said:

Sorry I missed you Del I was there on Saturday.

Here are some of mine.

And I have realised that in the case of the sidecar boys they are completely nuts

What are these two? Historic GP bikes or something?

I agree that the sidecar boys are completely bonkers.

[thechosenfamily]

carl_w said:

What are these two? Historic GP bikes or something?

I agree that the sidecar boys are completely bonkers.

They are from the British Historic GP‘s series including Landsowne Classic Series which is for over 55 years old racers.

One if the bikes racing yesterday was 80 years old which is astonishing really.

[srob]

carl_w said:

thechosenfamily said:

Sorry I missed you Del I was there on Saturday.

Here are some of mine.

And I have realised that in the case of the sidecar boys they are completely nuts

What are these two? Historic GP bikes or something?

I agree that the sidecar boys are completely bonkers.

Yep, they're Manx Nortons which were GP bikes that were also sold over the counter to privateers (and the engines were often robbed to put in Cooper race cars etc).

As said, the Lansdown Cup is basically the series of the race that runs at the Goodwood Revival. I think there's a very complicated points system, where the machine originality, rider age and all sorts are taken into account!

The field's normally made up of Manx Nortons, Matchless G50's, AJS 7R's etc, although there's a few more emerge for Goodwood. It's really close, competetive racing!

[srob]

thechosenfamily said:

They are from the British Historic GP‘s series including Landsowne Classic Series which is for over 55 years old racers.

One if the bikes racing yesterday was 80 years old which is astonishing really.

You should get yourself along to a VMCC (Vintage Motorcycle Club) meeting. There's a class for pre-1934 (from memory!) bikes, and believe me they don't pootle around!

I've got a video of Paul Dobbs, who was the New Zealand ex-superbike champion (who sadly lost his life racing on the Isle of Man last year) wheelying a late 1920's Scott over the mountain at Cadwell. He held the wheelie longer than most modern club racers can manage

[thechosenfamily]

srob said:

You should get yourself along to a VMCC (Vintage Motorcycle Club) meeting. There's a class for pre-1934 (from memory!) bikes, and believe me they don't pootle around!

I've got a video of Paul Dobbs, who was the New Zealand ex-superbike champion (who sadly lost his life racing on the Isle of Man last year) wheelying a late 1920's Scott over the mountain at Cadwell. He held the wheelie longer than most modern club racers can manage

Best bit about those bikes and the day for me was the marshal who was on the uphill section going up to Druids coming out to me and sniffing as the classics came past saying "that's how a race meeting should smell" about the smell of burning Castrol R, I then told him that my 75 year old Dad was sat in the stands with my nephew and he would be doing exactly the same with a big grin on his face. And, according to my 12 year old nephew he did exactly that.

That's what racing is all about for me it has something for everyone.

[srob]

thechosenfamily said:

Best bit about those bikes and the day for me was the marshal who was on the uphill section going up to Druids coming out to me and sniffing as the classics came past saying "that's how a race meeting should smell" about the smell of burning Castrol R, I then told him that my 75 year old Dad was sat in the stands with my nephew and he would be doing exactly the same with a big grin on his face. And, according to my 12 year old nephew he did exactly that.

That's what racing is all about for me it has something for everyone.

I run my 1929 Velocette KTT on Castrol R on the road. Quite often you'll pull up and find there's about 15 bikes been following you just to smell it

It's good stuff now, you used to have to drain it after every use (or put your engine in the airing cupboard if you're a speedway rider!) otherwse it solidified. Not so any more thankfully

[thechosenfamily]

srob said:

I run my 1929 Velocette KTT on Castrol R on the road. Quite often you'll pull up and find there's about 15 bikes been following you just to smell it

It's good stuff now, you used to have to drain it after every use (or put your engine in the airing cupboard if you're a speedway rider!) otherwse it solidified. Not so any more thankfully

As I read in another forum "if you could make it into an aftershave, would be a rich man"