Sounds like you lucky old buggers had a good time!

Is it a 250 Cotton Rotax?

Morning Nigel, your up early!!!
A Cotton Rotax it is, and here is the rest of it.

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It was a good day Nigel, good to meet up with some more of the guys on here too.

Another one of interest? the Zegers 500.

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And the famous Stump

Were you there today then ?? It was a BIT damp ( akin to being on a trawler in the North Sea in a gale I suggest ) .Mr Fu decided to go elsewhere in case he lost yet another hair piece

Thats very nearly funny!! home safe and sound then.

Hi Russ --put it this way if Mr Fu went to the chemist , it wouldn't be to have films devolped I think Nor for hair restorer

Yes ,just about thank you , ( got way-layed on the way mind you )

Sorry Russ, but don't ask Mr Fu to name the jockeys ( prog's in the car gag #2 )

Spot the old codger!

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Errrrrrr any clues Mr Fu ?. Is that me right down the bottom with the red coat on ??

Does this help?

You with the dog eared programme!! who are these two then?

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Cor gee thanks Mr Fu didn't realise I was sooooooooo young !!! didn't know myself

As it happens, I didn't know you were in the piccy till I got home...I was just trying out the camera settings with a nice paddock shot.

You look in your own prog ( for a change ) not saying

come on then, anything of interest happen today? was the racing good etc etc?

When you going to start then ??

Mike--the Spike won a race . Young Mr Gourley won for a change ---that guys on rails and yes it RAINED

[QUOTE]Originally posted by picblanc
[B]

It is you that knows Peter Branton isn't it Mark?


Yup....sure do!

here he is!



Hopefully, if things work out, he'll be out on a TZ next year too!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Leggy
[QUOTE]Originally posted by picblanc
[B]

It is you that knows Peter Branton isn't it Mark?

Hopefully, if things work out, he'll be out on a TZ next year too! [/QUOTE]

Mmmmmmmmm tell us more

Ahaaa....one of his sponsors is looking to put him out on one (as he's more comfortable on a 2-stroke than anything else) and he went to look at one in the paddock yesterday....be good to see how he gets on!

They are getting bloody expensive now though...If I had the dosh I'd ride one next year too. (and its sickening to think that my uncle sold one for £400 in 1989!!!!)

I would worry about riding in the Classic club though...I was watching the post classic race through my fingers when Gourlay and Hall were threading their way throught the backmarkers....the top 10 in that race are good club/national riders and they caught the slower riders in 3 laps!!! not just 1 or 2 riders either...sodding great bunches of them!

its that sort of thing I have nightmares about!


http://www.lcracing.co.uk/small_page.php?i...=gallery_viewer

have a look at that link to see what i mean! (i'm in black #63 and I clipped the backmarker who couldn't make his mind up where to turn and went straight on.....put the fear of death into me!)

OK thanks for all the info , i'll bare it in mind

Did anyone see Suzuka? As in Steve (I mean)

Apologies for my post pub ramble!

alcohol consumption is neither big nor clever.....

Sadly not, when the parades are on I usually go and do something else (no offense to the guys who parade ) We looked for the Howard Lees bikes in the paddock, but could not find them They might of been in a pit garage? and if I saw them when there earlier, coz they were "modern" bikes, I would not of given them a second glance, didn't realize Steve was riding one as I did not have MY prog with me, and when we did see Steve's name we were on the inside at Druids!! Nigel!
That was a wordy way to say no really.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Leggy
[QUOTE]Originally posted by picblanc
[B]

It is you that knows Peter Branton isn't it Mark?


Yup....sure do!

here he is!



Hopefully, if things work out, he'll be out on a TZ next year too! [/QUOTE]

Yes I saw him, but he was in deep conversation with someone so did not disturb him, he has got a real "race face & eyes" Similar to Foggy?.....you know? don't mess with me type thing!!

and be called Nigel...

Just to prove a point aye Graham!

Not sure about that, I thought Peter was looking more like Michael Barrymore these days

Mind you I haven't seen him for about 15-20 years since our Bemsee days , damn I feel old now!

Which is a good thing right!

Morning Graham, no it wasn't that early, the clocks went forward last weekend here.

Does anyone know who made the chassis for the Cotton, looks a bit like a Maxton swing arm?

Did you guys meet up with the Exactweld guys? if so who was there?

Barry Neal was the Exactweld rider, and PaulMB was going there to see them when he left me & Phil.
Catch you later.

Morning to you young ? chappie I saw the Exactwelds , Ridden by Barry Neal ,I did not know any of the team i'm afraid :\

Morning to you too Phil (I'm not that young anymore,40!)

I Don't know the name, Barry Neal.
The People I rememeber were Guy (Pearson?) who used to be one of the owners, then the riders i remember were; Jimmy Webb, Gary Noel, Steve Coker, Dave Wilson and Sean Emmett. Did someone say that Mick Robinson was involved with these guys now?

Your young compared to Phil!!! I of course are somewhere in between(ish).
Must go and do some work!!

....as opposed to Phil off to play bingo at the OAP day centre, you meen?

Yes we were there, couldn't really miss us actually! Although to be fair the bikes were inside the tents most of Sunday! I will get a pic dropped in later.
Saturday morning was fine & dry & luckily I got the keys for the RC30. The 1st "Parade" was interesting as you can imagine with the speed difference. Soon got back into it with a couple of laps to learn the New Graham Hill bend, which is OK (but still prefer the faster version).
Having got my leg over again after 18yrs it reminded me how easy the RC30 is to ride, & ride fast. The power delivery is extremely smooth & you really feel part of the machine (a bit like riding a 916).
Talk about putting a smile on my face, like a cheshire cat actually.
I will get pics posted later.
Sunday was a bit of a washout but the team did both parades plus a Special Team only 3 lap dash!

Great fun.

Not quite a WWW but you may like to have a go!
Should get a few more pics form other sources hopefully?

Cheshire cat is good Steve I dare say you probably had a few other "deja vu" moments too?
In times passed, it happened & possibly never thought about much, because it just seemed normal.

Gary Noel was there as a spectator, I had a chat with him. He won the 250 European Champs in 1984?

Someone may have a vintage Pic?

Salut a tous...Graham have one pic on his "myspace"
An other interesting pic here:
http://msrphotographic.co.uk/html/photo_page__252.html

For interest following some recent chat about Pat Hennen.
I dug this out of the loft!

It does read that I called you Nigel but!...what I meant was the fact that no one seemed to be inside at Druids taking photos in my old pics!! and I was there on Sat taking pics, I do know who you are really Malcolm.

Great photos they are!!!, even got a few crackers of old Adrian Godden!
I think that they are Mike Robinson photos, he raced in the 70's & early 80's I think, looking for a pic of him?

Here are a few of my humbler ones!!quiet embarrassed to post them now I have seen Mick Robinsons pics

Any way I will :\ From Saturday CRMC Brands Hatch



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GREAT!!!! Thank you larryd.

DCN

Errr yes me Steve!...what a surprise!!, old Mick Robinson wont have one of these!!
Gary Noel Silverstone 1984.

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Couple of Mike Robinson & friends, so WWW?

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#30 Ron Roebury

#65&14 Mick

Top pic Snetterton holding area, bottom pic The Bombhole 1975?

But enjoyable

Didn't notice the ramble