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Interesting Motorcycle Pictures .


Interesting Motorcycle Pictures .


Interesting Motorcycle Pictures .


Interesting Motorcycle Pictures .


Interesting Motorcycle Pictures .


Interesting Motorcycle Pictures .


all shamelessly purloined from elsewhere of course .
 
Looking at the angles of lean and the tyres in those photos, I felt my stomach twinge. I remember when it was like that. Love the shots of Duke and the Gilera. First race meeting I ever went to was in 1954 when I was 14. Saw Duke with the Gilera blitz all our fast guys who were on methanol fuelled Nortons. I remember I was disappointed that the Gilera had black pipes.

That last photo is interesting.
 
The old guy on the no4, garden gate sidecar outfit was former world sidecar champion Eric oliver with a young kid Kim allen in the chair.
At mallory park during VMCC past masters meeting,Eric was asked if he would like to have a gentle slow ride around the track,but to every body's shock the old racingt head took over and he gunned the old outfit out on the track hard at it ,straight into the long right handed gerrards bend and to the organisers horror hammerd arund the track for several laps.
All this with no helmets on either, no leathers,no gloves,no boots,oh and kim was 16 yrs old.the son of Tich allen founder member of the vmcc,Eric enjoyed him self so much he soon built a racing sidecar to do vintage races,and though in his late sixties he did not disgrace himself.
He was quite well knownin 1958,to racing an apparently standard norton 88 with a road going sidecar lights and heavy mudguards, with Pat wise sitting in the chair,having being told by Eric not to move about.[ although looking very standard the engine was a tuned development engine from the norton factory, bracebridge street.] He finished 8th I think ,at the TT races around the clypse course,do not forget that was a grand prix event.
 
acotrel said:
Looking at the angles of lean and the tyres in those photos, I felt my stomach twinge. I remember when it was like that. Love the shots of Duke and the Gilera. First race meeting I ever went to was in 1954 when I was 14. Saw Duke with the Gilera blitz all our fast guys who were on methanol fuelled Nortons. I remember I was disappointed that the Gilera had black pipes.

That last photo is interesting.
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The trick looking Triumph,is Percy taits Works Triumph.It had a Rob north frame,he was a friend of Percy and had a work shop in nuneaton,he was also a friend of Chris Vincent.The mechanic is Arthur Jakeman,and it looks like the pits in Spa Franchorchamps Belgian GP in 1969.During the race Percy flew into the lead,while Agostini took it easy in the early laps[he always won anyway],but with a few laps to go he saw his pit men waving him the hurry up,then thinking he was in the lead till he realised that in the distance there was a lone rider,that it dawned on him that he was in fact second,he then had to really get a move on and eventually caught up with percy near the end and was shocked to see the bike was a triumph.post race the MV augusta people had the bike measured,to find it was 499cc.the triumphs speed was near 140mph which is quick for 1969 push rod triumph,the engine was the same as the Daytona winners a couple of years earlier.
 
My old Triton had 63mm stroke - billet crank ( the Tait triumph was 65.5mm ) and used 650 engine parts. The Tait Triumph would have been far superior. My bike had really great top end good on a big circuit, however hopeless anywhere else. The road going 500cc Triumphs only had the BSA style bush on the timing side main until about 1973. So in the era building a Tait replica was pretty impossible, and getting a decent gearbox into it would have been very expensive. These days you could build one for classic racing which would compete well with the manxes, however riding it could be a problem. You need to be more receptive towards crashing.
I think that Dudley-Ward had a Tricati with a unit 500 Triumph motor. It would not be easy.

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http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/palookaville69/0052.png[/img This guy is Ralph Bryans.with Luigi Taveri,on the right in leathers sitting on the tail board of the Ford Thames van,These were the normal race transporter of the day,usually with a big six cilinder engine.

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Smart and Tom Phillips banging fairings at Castle Coombe around '68

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George Brown .

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number 14 leading and taking the flag is John Hartle Rickman G50,it could be 600cc,as he had one at this time,number 6 second is Rex Butcher Dunstall dommie. thie could be the old old Works 500,or a 750 he had them days,it is about 1967.because Ray pickerell rode the Dunstall after this date.
 
peter james owen said:
Matt Spencer said:
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj78/palookaville69/0052.png[/img This guy is Ralph Bryans.with Luigi Taveri,on the right in leathers sitting on the tail board of the Ford Thames van,These were the normal race transporter of the day,usually with a big six cilinder engine.

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Smart and Tom Phillips banging fairings at Castle Coombe around '68

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George Brown .I do not think this is george brown it looks like a young mike hailwood chasing bob brown or bob anderson in about 1960

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this picture is John surtees and bennett in about 1956

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Hi

Everybody that knows Stan Dibben thinks he is a great guy ful of fun and stories. I haven't met him but I hope I will just to say I have.
I saw these guys race 30 odd years ago.
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Jock & benji
 
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