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Nope Gotcha !
Gotcha !
Originally posted by picblanc
what a great circuit that is Jeff, never seen a dull race(on TV) from there!! 
what a great circuit that is Jeff, never seen a dull race(on TV) from there!! Not being biased, but it would have to rank as one of the best GP tracks, seems to produce close racing.Only problem is sometimes the weather can be a bit ordinary.
Originally posted by andyb1963
Nope Gotcha !
Nope
Gotcha ! Not Curtiss!!? are we talking about the lad or the adult on the left?
Originally posted by jeff sayle
Not being biased, but it would have to rank as one of the best GP tracks, seems to produce close racing.Only problem is sometimes the weather can be a bit ordinary.
Not being biased, but it would have to rank as one of the best GP tracks, seems to produce close racing.Only problem is sometimes the weather can be a bit ordinary.
No I don't think your being biased, the track has not been messed around with like most/all of the great European ones, Assen especially!!
Hockenheim!! Silverstone (though flat and featureless the old place provided some great races!!) Imola!! any others anyone care to mention? :\
Originally posted by picblanc
No I don't think your being biased, the track has not been messed around with like most/all of the great European ones, Assen especially!! Hockenheim!! Silverstone (though flat and featureless the old place provided some great races!!) Imola!! any others anyone care to mention? :\
No I don't think your being biased, the track has not been messed around with like most/all of the great European ones, Assen especially!!
Hockenheim!! Silverstone (though flat and featureless the old place provided some great races!!) Imola!! any others anyone care to mention? :\ Mr Fu
where do you start --Brooklands I guess although shut for the war ,ok Monza, Nurembourg, Snetterton , Mallory , Oulton Park thats just quick ( for me 
) etc etc it's never ending 
Originally posted by picblanc
No I don't think your being biased, the track has not been messed around with like most/all of the great European ones, Assen especially!! Hockenheim!! Silverstone (though flat and featureless the old place provided some great races!!) Imola!! any others anyone care to mention? :\
No I don't think your being biased, the track has not been messed around with like most/all of the great European ones, Assen especially!!
Hockenheim!! Silverstone (though flat and featureless the old place provided some great races!!) Imola!! any others anyone care to mention? :\ Agree a lot of the "old" circuits have changed a lot over the years.Phillip Island is basically the same as when it first opened.
Funnily enough out of the circuits you have mentioned i would put down as my favourite circuits too race at would be Assen, Silverstone,Imola and Phillip Island,probably didn't like Hockenheim because you neede a fast bike.
Originally posted by picblanc
Not Curtiss!!? are we talking about the lad or the adult on the left?
Not Curtiss!!? are we talking about the lad or the adult on the left?
Make that a K
Originally posted by andyb1963
No the one on the left is a former top flight rider tho !!!
This might be better
No the one on the left is a former top flight rider tho !!!
This might be better
Anyone know who the spanner man is talking to li´ll John?
A Clue. He is South African, or rather, should I say, was. I believe he lives in Holland now.
Originally posted by picblanc
Not Curtiss!!? are we talking about the lad or the adult on the left?
Not Curtiss!!? are we talking about the lad or the adult on the left?
Sorry didn't see your edit Graham
You got Kurtis:clap: The Guy Next to him is my old mate Steve Blackburn who worked for many of the greats ; Donny Robinson , Gustav , King Kenny right through to Kiyo last year and Cal C this year. Thanks for the use of the pic Steve 
Originally posted by jeff sayle
Agree a lot of the "old" circuits have changed a lot over the years.Phillip Island is basically the same as when it first opened.
Funnily enough out of the circuits you have mentioned i would put down as my favourite circuits too race at would be Assen, Silverstone,Imola and Phillip Island,probably didn't like Hockenheim because you neede a fast bike.
Agree a lot of the "old" circuits have changed a lot over the years.Phillip Island is basically the same as when it first opened.
Funnily enough out of the circuits you have mentioned i would put down as my favourite circuits too race at would be Assen, Silverstone,Imola and Phillip Island,probably didn't like Hockenheim because you neede a fast bike.
Come on Jeff, you always sat on rockets mate. I thought you´d love the place.
Originally posted by ex Rhodie racer
Anyone know who the spanner man is talking to li´ll John?
A Clue. He is South African, or rather, should I say, was. I believe he lives in Holland now.
Anyone know who the spanner man is talking to li´ll John?
A Clue. He is South African, or rather, should I say, was. I believe he lives in Holland now.
Easy Trevor Tilbury.
Originally posted by jeff sayle
Easy Trevor Tilbury.
Easy Trevor Tilbury.
Nice guy was Trevor, and a top man with the spanners as well.
Originally posted by ex Rhodie racer
Come on Jeff, you always sat on rockets mate. I thought you´d love the place.
Come on Jeff, you always sat on rockets mate. I thought you´d love the place.
I wish, standard Yamahas and "Factory Armstrongs"!!!!!!!!!!, hardly rocket ships.
Originally posted by jeff sayle
I wish, standard Yamahas and "Factory Armstrongs"!!!!!!!!!!, hardly rocket ships.
I wish, standard Yamahas and "Factory Armstrongs"!!!!!!!!!!, hardly rocket ships.
OK so you just rode them... fast
Originally posted by mfd
OK so you just rode them... fast
OK so you just rode them... fast
Tried too.
Originally posted by fil2.8
'fraid I haven't Mr Fu's spy glass Andy you coming to Brands young Andy ?? 
'fraid I haven't Mr Fu's
spy glass Andy you coming to Brands young Andy ?? Fraid not Phil , I've got no wheels and it's a long walk from Boston
Originally posted by picblanc
I want me money back!!!!
I want me money back!!!!
Fu i dont know where your getting your simlies or if yor generation them yourself using a programme. I hav edon ethis one for you the hard way and dont even know if you can use it, but just for you.......
A difficult WWH 
Originally posted by TZ350
Fu i dont know where your getting your simlies or if yor generation them yourself using a programme. I hav edon ethis one for you the hard way and dont even know if you can use it, but just for you.......
Fu i dont know where your getting your simlies or if yor generation them yourself using a programme. I hav edon ethis one for you the hard way and dont even know if you can use it, but just for you.......
Ahhh yes thats more like me Julian!!
Originally posted by jeff sayle
Agree a lot of the "old" circuits have changed a lot over the years.Phillip Island is basically the same as when it first opened.
Funnily enough out of the circuits you have mentioned i would put down as my favourite circuits too race at would be Assen, Silverstone,Imola and Phillip Island,probably didn't like Hockenheim because you neede a fast bike.
Agree a lot of the "old" circuits have changed a lot over the years.Phillip Island is basically the same as when it first opened.
Funnily enough out of the circuits you have mentioned i would put down as my favourite circuits too race at would be Assen, Silverstone,Imola and Phillip Island,probably didn't like Hockenheim because you neede a fast bike.
Got some great races (WSB/GP) from Hockenheim on Tape/DVD all or nearly all of them were 'trains' of 10-12 riders slipstreaming each other, fantastic stuff!!! but if anyone lost the wheel of the guy in front that was your lot!! Bye Bye:wave:
The other race that sticks in my mind was the one with Schwantz Doohan Rainey &? when Schwantz made that last lap pass on the brakes just entering the stadium section, and the rear of the bike was going from side to side!!! as he passed them to go on and win
Originally posted by jeff sayle
Tried too.
Tried too.
And succeeded mate. Weren´t many around who were quicker.
Originally posted by TZ350
Lovely!
And yes, Graham, that is one of my all-time favourite race finishes, two or four wheels! And I wasn't exactly a Kevin Schwantz fan back then, he kissed
the ground too often for my liking! But, boy, did he WANT to win that day!
Originally posted by seh1066
A difficult WWH
A difficult WWH
German sponsor and TZ 500 1984: Dietmar Mayer ?
Originally posted by antony duprat
German sponsor and TZ 500 1984: Dietmar Mayer ?
German sponsor and TZ 500 1984: Dietmar Mayer ?
All correct ! Pic is from 500cc German Championship race in fall 1984.
Stunning that somebody knows him. Or did he race abroad (European Championship) ?
http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20EUROPE/Eurom...01984%20500.htm
Jawohl . He scored twice in 1984 ( Karlskoga and Brno.....the "real" Brno, that is )
Jawohl . He scored twice in 1984 ( Karlskoga and Brno.....the "real" Brno, that is
)
!!!
I wouldn't have recognised him, I hardly recall the name...
Originally posted by philippe7
http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20EUROPE/Eurom...01984%20500.htm
Jawohl . He scored twice in 1984 ( Karlskoga and Brno.....the "real" Brno, that is )
http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20EUROPE/Eurom...01984%20500.htm
Jawohl . He scored twice in 1984 ( Karlskoga and Brno.....the "real" Brno, that is
) I did not know that the 500cc European Champion of 1984 was Frantisek Tofel - whopping 115 points !
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Originally posted by jeff sayle
Leif, you seem to travel more now than when you raced. Hard life, but someone has to do it.
Whilst you guys are off to Brands, i get to go to Phillip Island.
Leif, you seem to travel more now than when you raced. Hard life, but someone has to do it.
Whilst you guys are off to Brands, i get to go to Phillip Island.
Hi Jeff,
Yes, I defiantly travel more now; I work for an International packaging company, doing Technical support, so I am properly on the road about 60% of my time, the good thing is that I sometime can meet up with people from the “old days”.
Last week a had a few beers with Alistair Taylor, I am sure you remember him from you time at Bartol’s place in Austria.
Enjoy Phillip Island..
-Leif
Originally posted by andyb1963
Fraid not Phil , I've got no wheels and it's a long walk from Boston
Fraid not Phil , I've got no wheels and it's a long walk from Boston
Well , Andy , if you start off now , you should make it in time for the last race on Sunday
Originally posted by picblanc
Will these ones do till next week?
Photo copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Not quite running right I think!!?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Will these ones do till next week?
Photo copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Not quite running right I think!!?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Thanks Mr. Fu, excellent pictures as usual.
-Leif
Originally posted by seh1066
All correct ! Pic is from 500cc German Championship race in fall 1984.
Stunning that somebody knows him. Or did he race abroad (European Championship) ?
All correct ! Pic is from 500cc German Championship race in fall 1984.
Stunning that somebody knows him. Or did he race abroad (European Championship) ?
And he rode on a 500Rs in the 85/86 WorldChamp seasons.(+/- 12 GPs)
And i have a 1/2 pic of him taken at Jarama in 1985
Originally posted by Leif A Nielsen
Thanks Mr. Fu, excellent pictures as usual.
-Leif
Thanks Mr. Fu, excellent pictures as usual.
-Leif
I´ll second that. The top shot is brilliant and the second one proves the oil ring on the triple was a bit suspect.
Originally posted by ex Rhodie racer
I´ll second that. The top shot is brilliant and the second one proves the oil ring on the triple was a bit suspect.
I´ll second that. The top shot is brilliant and the second one proves the oil ring on the triple was a bit suspect.
I thought he was on a stroker
Originally posted by ex Rhodie racer
I´ll second that. The top shot is brilliant and the second one proves the oil ring on the triple was a bit suspect.
I´ll second that. The top shot is brilliant and the second one proves the oil ring on the triple was a bit suspect.
Thanks guys, as usual they were taken by my Granny!!
Originally posted by picblanc
Thanks guys, as usual they were taken by my Granny!!
Thanks guys, as usual they were taken by my Granny!! Mr Fu your'e your own granny ???
Originally posted by fil2.8
Well , Andy , if you start off now , you should make it in time for the last race on Sunday
Well , Andy , if you start off now , you should make it in time for the last race on Sunday Phil - with my joints I'm not sure which Sunday
It's quiet chaps - are you all withdrawing your dosh from the bank?
Originally posted by Russell Burrows
It's quiet chaps - are you all withdrawing your dosh from the bank?
It's quiet chaps - are you all withdrawing your dosh from the bank?
What dosh?
Originally posted by Russell Burrows
It's quiet chaps - are you all withdrawing your dosh from the bank?
It's quiet chaps - are you all withdrawing your dosh from the bank?
Which bank do you trust though
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WWW?
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Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
Originally posted by picblanc
WWW?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
WWW?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
Is it Clark Kent?
Such acerbic wit! Brilliant
Originally posted by picblanc
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Well i will get the easy one, Vince French, is the other guy Fred Clark? where and when and what is the bike, i dont know.
Originally posted by picblanc
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Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
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Hi,
Defiantly Vince French like Jeff mentioned, and the bike a Yamaha four, the sticker on the seat is a Tom Herron sticker. Not sure where, but the year maybe 1976??
Leif
Originally posted by picblanc
WWW?
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Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
WWW?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
Can't remerber his name (to much Merlot) pretty sure he is from Italy though..
-Leif
Originally posted by picblanc
WWW?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
WWW?
Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.
Two for the price of one...now thats a good deal!!!
The late Lorenzo Ghiselli .....poor boy stayed in a coma for many months after a fall at the 1985 Imola 200, before passing away
Lorenzo Ghiselli ?
Originally posted by picblanc
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Is it the late Pete Kelly with the Castrol overall's?
-Leif
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