Thank you --better late than never :\

Do you know the history of this bike Paul, or any idea how many were made?

I see it did the Assen Classic in '98 Paul --or the frame did !!!

Morning,

All the first shipment of RG500 MK1's had an oil pump with the oil held in the chassis. By the time we were running them in NZ xmas 05, we had removed the oil pump at the factories request. Just upped the oil/petrol ratio.That was some time ago!! We were using Castrol R or Shell and it was always hard to keep the oil and gas so it was plenty off acetone..sure helped when we were able to use a quality synthetic product ( Belray IIRC ).

Interesting stuff Stu , I was sure the first RGs were later than 1905

Well Andy we thought Stu was getting on a bit but......................................

You are right Andy they are were later than 1905, but did'nt reach NZ until 2005

Alright alright, stop picking on me...1975, just seems like yesterday And FYI we had the first proddie RG's in the world . ran my first one at the 1975 Indonseian GP. The factory brought 3 down for BillY Horsman, John Boote and Hendra Terapusa ( President Sudharto's son in law ). Hendra was scared shitless of the bike and decided to pass on the ride. I had my RG500 Mk 3 and was going ok so I was offered the ride. Great day...

I don't get that last bit Stu . Or do you perhaps mean the factory had brought 3 new production RG's and that you had come with your ....TR 500 Mk 3 maybe ? I'm not trying to play the smart ass there, I'm genuinely confused .

Just seen that pic of one of life´s great gentlemen, Max Wiener.
I attended a race meeting at the Salzburgring about 10 years ago, and, as I had a bit of free time the following day, I thought I would make a point of visiting Max, who I hadn´t seen for over 15 years. I bumped into a mutual friend at the track and told him I intended visiting Max the following day, and asked if Max still had his Alfa dealership. I was shocked to learn that Max had been killed in a car accident only 5 days earlier. What a terrible shock that was. Evidently, he was travelling at a high rate of knots in his highly tuned car, when a tractor exited a side road in front of him.

Sorry, I meant TR500 Mk3..that was a good bike, at the time.I recall one year in Indonesia I think about 1976 I was at suzuki Indonesia's warehouse and all the TR500 parts were outside in a cage rusting away...I had the option of taking what i wanted but couldnt be bothered..hindsight is great!!

No posts since this morning...........

At Brands I spied a suspected Schirtfinkle in the garages..........the giveaways were that they couldn't afford a proper signwriter who could spell 'motorbike', and of course the forward-facing secondary silencer:



Paul M

Very quiet indeed Paul!? WWW? easy one?

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Interesting picture, this was the Chinese copy/replica of the Schirtfinkle MK2 the MOTOBI, unfortunately the sign writers had got the wording round the wrong way and it should have been I BOTOM.

Not to mention the rear facing top fairing

Benga 79? Silverstone 125 Morbidelli/MBA
Anybody know what he's up to now IIRC he married one of Tom Wheatcroft's girls

Well done Andy, though its 1977.

This guy hardly ever if at all? gets a mention, was once the youngest ever World Champ, his first year I think? but never reached those heights again, why? How do you rate Alberto Cecotto, especially those of you that raced with/against him,... Stu? and Leif, Jeff?

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

A guess who? difficult I think? WWW?

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

We have had him before, though it was a different picture.

I am going for the record again!!

Not to mention the rear facing top fairing

Is this a relation of Johnny?

Jean-Bernard Peyré, who I think died in 1980?

Huh? Deja vu?

Correct Michael this pic from October 1979.

No , No ,No , who took the covers off !!! It must have been our new 'mech Paul MB
:\ This is guys the all new Schirtfinke backy/front machine devolped by Mike Hunt with his assistant the highly regarded Angus Macoatup Put the covers back on before more is revealed .........................................

Well, I never raced against him because I never competed at that level (midfield national level at best for me I´m afraid ) but I did see him many times and he was one of the fastest riders I´ve ever seen. Incredibly stylish as well. He won the 350 world championship at his first attempt in 1975 on a works Yamaha entered through the Venezualen importer, Venemotos, when he was 19. He also won the 750 world championship in 1978, so it would be unfair to say he never repeated his earlier successes. An interesting fact is that he posted 12 pole positions in 27, 500 GP starts. Very impressive indeed.

Thought you guys may be interested in an exploded view of the disc valve Exactweld engine/chassis

http://msrphotographic.co.uk/html/photo_page_323.html

I was history in 1986, so what happened to it? From the pics it looked like a great project. Why did it not succeed? Or did it? I can´t recall ever hearing of it though.

nice to have you on board mick

i raced against you many times at brands and lydden on my 250 ducati and then my yamaha.
that was a good long run you had mate.

renzo
(dennis rapley)

It ran in British Champ's in 87/88 lap record at Thruxton&Brand Hatch, sponsorship from Dianetics didn't seem popular with ACU,they also lacked interest in a British built bike so the bikes were shelved for 20 odd years until Guy Pearson(Exactweld) decided to rebuild one for classic racing this year, I was fortunate enough to parade the bike at Donigton earlier this year.A mate of mine Barry Neal races it, Gary Noel was the orginal rider who won the European championship on an earlier Yamaha engined Exactweld in 84.

Check out another shot of complete bike http://msrphotographic.co.uk/html/photo_page_296.html

http://msrphotographic.co.uk/html/photo_page_320.html

PS I remember you well Renzo!

Mick, it looks like a great bit of kit. Do you have any brake bench figures? It looks like half an RG 500 (Suzuki) motor, or am I being silly?

Johnny Ceccotto was a very good rider, think he burst onto the scene at Daytona, he was quick.
Never really encountered him in the 750 class, the factory bikes were usually way too fast for the rest of the field. Did have a battle with him once in Assen 350, maybe 1980, it was the first GP i ever led, if only for the first 2 laps, then a few guys past me, Ekerold, Fernandez and someone else, then Ceccotto past me , tried to stay with him manage a lap or 2 to not lose ground then his bike shit itself,but those 2 laps opened up my eyes on how to ride quickly. Make no mistake he was one the fastest guys around at that time, in any class.When you can win against the likes of Roberts, Baker , Sheene etc you are good.

It consistantly gave 76bhp back in 87/88, Yamaha g/box&clutch, modified rotax cylinders. Cranks, head, cases their own.

Another starting lap pic - WWH ?

#11 August Auinger 1982? poss 83?

Yes, August Auinger is right ! But it is 1984.

Hi,

Number 17 are Thomas Møller Petersen, back then the Scandinavian MBA dealer.

-Leif

Correct !

Two we have - time for some hints: there are two European Champions in the picture as well as a Belgian with an italian name (not Enzo Scifo)

#16 Pietroniro ?

Lucio Pietroniro indeed !

Hi Mick Long time, no see and all that!

Nigel

Three riders were guessed - here are the other ones

#10 Norbert Peschke
#23 Rene Dünki
#3 Willi Hupperich
#2 Alfred Waibel
#5 Hubert Abold
#8 Wilhelm Lücke
#9 Fred Corall

I have no clue who is #48.

Hockenheim DM final race 1984

An easy one this time

K. Klein, F. Spencer and the winner C. Sarron 1985 German GP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARGkFiWIcb0

Exactly ! And as one can see in the video the picture is taken a few seconds before Sarron overtook Spencer.

Now how long ago was that Nigel?? By the way hows your dad??

Regards Mick

Where is everyone!!

As it's so quiet and the seasons finished i'll hopefully post a bit more.

First of all i'll admit it was me who rode brands on the saturday crmc meeting without the front wheel spindle nut.
I did notice it was loose after snetterton with the bikes in the workshop but then what with taking the top ends off of both bikes and fitting a new radiator to the 750 it kinda slipped my mind. it passed scruitineering though!

As an indication of how tyre technology has come on, back in the early eighties at bemsee (and national level) a good time in the rain at brands indy was just over a minute using full wets (KR144).
Using avon inters (we're not allowed to use wets at the crmc) a good few riders went under the minute at the recent rainswept crmc meeting and that is with the slower bottom bend

Mind you, at cadwell full circuit which apart from the new silly chicane is unchanged for years, we (me!) on a tz750 have yet to break the
1min 40 bracket in the dry. Sheene did a 1min 34 in 1982 (mcn superbike championship) on a 750 yam on crap tyres.
There's no substitute for talent!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by royston
[B]Where is everyone!!

Good question , I have no idea I've been here , lurking but, as you say WHERE ARE YOU all ,go on chappies cheer us up , lets have some funny tales !!!!