Thanks Mike. Amazing what you can do with a roll of masking tape and a couple of aerosols ;)

De witte reus with a white top!

And full points to Bazza for wearing the right shirt!

Slightly better polaroid of the Rottweiler

Tricky one Graham, Brands onto long circuit, 1976, 3rd John Cowie, 4th Barry Woodland, 5th Nev Frost, 8th Asa Moyce in 350 race.

www.msrphotographic.co.uk

I see you junked the OE front calipers Did you have an adjustable Kwacker steering damper too?
Please remind me what it says next to the word Yamaha on the fairing...

The bike was alleged to be ex Ted Broad (ie Dave Potter) weather or not this was true I have no way of knowing. it did have an adjustable damper but as to its origin, I haven't a clue.
The name on the fairing at the time was Nicholls, the name of an imaginary sponsor. Well he must have been imaginary as he never paid any bills, so the name was not on there for long

Hi Rod , hope you are in good order , As the anorak I am I have the prog at hand King of Brands 25th May 1980 ( impressed ) .So what happened to M.A Nickolls Coachbuilder ? Did he have an accident

Very impressed No idea what happened to him and, as you may imagine, I really do not care

Not so much a WWW, but who dropped what down where I know one obvious gentleman, does anyone know who the rest are?

That would be Roger Keen, who apparently adjourned to his local some evenings, complete with a walkabout phone from his house next door...in the days before mobiles.

Hi Mick, yes to the riders 1977 Trans Trophy meeting, you and Dennis were out in the last race of the day the 250cc ;)

Yes Mike's been getting away with it for years!!

Well if no one can help with Roger Keens mates then maybe you can put some names to these two. i recognise them but can't put names to them.

Where's Avant when you need him? I reckon the big guy on the left is an Aussie...Mick ----???

Yes Mike we went to Rogers place to pickup the Tz 750 lump and inserted it to where it belonged in the pub car park using the vans lights as illumination on the way to an international at Brands BTW I seem to recall he hadn't had time to do a rebuild any way !!!!!

You don't need Avant, Mick Smith, my former mechanic, white jacket i think is George Vukmonavich, other gentleman i think is Graham Temple, worked for Michelin and then Castrol

Yes Jeff , i'll go for Graham Temple , he lived on the IOM I seem to recall looks abit to tidy to be George , but could be wrong :\ ( probably am )

Thanks Jeff, I think you are absolutely correct

I have just checked the programme for the 1979 event, and discovered that Steve Baker was indeed riding (it must have been his last UK appearance). However, having taken another look at the footage, I think you are right in saying that it was a mechanic working on the bike.

Andy

thanks Andy, what was Steve Baker riding I think he had a private Suzuki after leaving Yamaha.

He was riding for Yamaha Canada. He rode under number 21, rather than his usual 32, as the US team used numbers 20-28.

Andy

Hi gang , I don't know if anybody's interested , but there is a Ron Haslam helmet on good old flea bay Item no 290271605571 .Perhaps Mike could give it a once over and let us know if it's genuine if possible

I am personally sure 100% on this ocassion this is not a Ron Haslam helmet especially for those dates, he never had Rocket Ron or Ron Haslam on the front above the letters He only ever had Pharaoh Yam or team on the front, never his name, just checked my pics for confirmation.

One of these came up on Ebay a couple of years a go, and it had Ron Haslam on the front above the RH initials.
Another helmet made at the time by a fan probably, but sold on nearly 30 years later as one of Ron Haslams, just like the one in the above post.

Mmmmmmmmm I hadn't even thought of that that's why your'e Mr Fu ( if that's right )

Quick opinion here - but to me it looks wrong. If Ron didn't OK it, & he wouldn't lie, the easiest way is to say he doesn't know, as it was for a charity.

Ron's Kangol helmets at that time were signwritten (all the Pharoah bunch had them) but everything on this helmet has been sprayed. This period also pre-computer driven cutters, you can see it has been sprayed with a hand cut mask - it has the squared off Pharoah lettering. Always makes it easier to do lettering without curves I think there were quite a few of these around & I don't think they were official either.

Well, that woke you all up :yawn: :yawn: more postings than in the last 24 hours ( approx :\ )

The black lines are far to thick also on the Ebay one.
A poor res pic of Ron in 1980

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

As can be seen this has Pharaoh Team, up to 1980 it had Pharaoh Yam.

nice picture
thank Granny ;)

Andy

Thanks for welcome to post.

Having watched your posts, we must have been in the same places at the same time. Who did you work for?

There were many 'soda syphon incidents' so can't quite remember the one in the Kentagon. Seem to recall Niall had a joke that involved elephants & soda syphons!!

Those days were great, where it was normal for riders & teams enjoyed a refreshment together!

D

Jeff

The Doc was eccentric, but I got on well with him. What does that say about me??

Barry Hart was before my time at Armstrong, so did not really know him. Does anyone know where he went to? Seem to remember he was building guitars?

Was in Australia for a (long) holiday. Spent time in Sydney, visited Melbourne, and then meandered in a motorhome up the coast to Townsville before flying back to Sydney. Nearly got to a Supermoto race in Newcastle, but missed it by a day!

Great place but VERY big. (Scotland is quite small!!).

George Beale told me a few years ago you were involved with the glass fibre industry - I was running a glass fibre factory at the time. Is this/was this correct?

Donnie

At that time I was helping Neil Tuxworth . I also worked as a runner for Chris Carter for short spell . After I left school I was with John Weeden briefly before going to work with Wolfgang von Muralt where I got to know my all time hero Jon Ekerold (Have you read his book? Its a must!). I often used to hang around with Steve Blackburn (Now back in HM PLant BSB team ) .Steve spannered for Donny Robinson , Gustav Reiner And Kenny Roberts in over 20 years on the GP circus .

Steves the one in the cap.

Ah yes Ivan Gray , Mick Withers , Eriic Sunderland , Conor McGinn , Jock and Benga wre all drinking buddies. It doesn't seem that sort of "all in the same boat" spirit survived long after the early 80s.
Quite surprising we didn't have more dealings with Plod considering the capers we got up to !
BTW Loved the tale about your Tranny breaking down
All the best
Andy

[QUOTE]Originally posted by andyb1963
[B]
I also worked as a runner for Chris Carter for short spell

Well , Andy he could'nt do it himself could he .He used to do the PR and mike at Daytona including on the local radio station transmitting from a nearby cocktail lounge -- we did one with him in '83 were you there ??

The Kentagon......

I popped in there few weeks back at the BSB round..

What a let down,I went in there expecting to find it all nice and dark,scuzzy and smokey as I remember it from those classic scenes from that all time cult? classic Silver Dream Racer...to my horror it was clean,bright and completely atmosphere free like a burger bar franchise

some things just need leaving be...who nicked all the nice period memorabilia and replaced it with all the glossy corporate shite?

suppose that is what happens when you only pop in a place every 20 years

[QUOTE]Originally posted by fil2.8
[QUOTE]Originally posted by andyb1963
[B]
I also worked as a runner for Chris Carter for short spell

Well , Andy he could'nt do it himself could he .He used to do the PR and mike at Daytona including on the local radio station transmitting from a nearby cocktail lounge -- we did one with him in '83 were you there ?? [/QUOTE]
No Phil I never got to the good ole US . Chris and I remained friends but we didn't really gel work-wise
Anybody know if he's stil on the go ?

Know what you mean and why no proper glasses for your pint ?? and where was the disco in the centre ?? BTW how about the old BRDC bar in the paddock ??? sometimes we would walk the 1.5 + miles to the 'Portabello' on the A20 ahhhhhh happy days

Did any of you see that the ' Ron Haslam ' bone dome fetched £115 !!!!
Ps must get out the aerosols

Did you notice the seller's handle, Phil?

He is Deputy editor of BSN, and also doing some race circuit commentary, he did Brands last year 'Motostar Championship' for New Era.

What was it Mike? didn't see the end of auction.

I missed that too can you post the item number so we can see the detail please Mike

Morning Andy i'll do it for you item no 290271605571 and the seller was a certain
' Junksport ' ---how apt

Sorry Andy, Graham, but Phil's faster than me ;)

Hi Phil
Thanks for that mate . Do you think its the genuine article , maybe mike would know ?
Doesn't look right to me but I may be wrong (as uaual)

Now i'm semi-retired the 'puter is at hand more often Mike

Found this yesterday in an old magazine, it brought back some memories!! 1971.

Nick Nichols

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Was it something I said!!?

Ok i will talk too you.
The thing i found interesting about the above photo, the 3 different style helmets, presuming Pickrell's helmet is a 'puddin basin".Would not be seen much in one photo.

Donnie answer to your question, i work for a fibreglassing company. We specialize in waterproofing bathrooms mainkly in brand new houses,have done so since returning from Europe,25 years, OMG. Big trade in Australia,probably not much call for it in the UK...LOL

Your to kind Jeff!! yes Ray's was a puddin basin, the next year he had a Bell, Percy Tait had a Jet, (he never used a full face ever in his many many days racing) and Paul Smart had a Bell.