Doubt it Russ --don't forget he's very busy for the next 12 days , donning that red coat and frightening a lot of children --and probably the parents also

Ok Russ et al an easy one --don't think i've posted it before

Mr Fu out of photos? Impossible! He is probably at Brands, it's typical Brands winter weather, grey, wet, cold, rain coming down sideways, as only it can at bbrands and Eppynt, but when you get home again and thawed out, you start planning the next weeks sojourn

Santa used to go round brands on the back of a trailer at the old "Boxing Day" car races.......sometimes with snow on the track

Health and safety, what do they know

John Newbold, Druids, '80?

Don't know Mick thats rather strange Perhaps Mr Fu is useing his powers
But it is 'Noddy' Druids could be '79 --i'll check on that

As if by magic it's back

Yes it is 1980 John's on the Dave Orton/Appleby Glade RG Well done

Yes Phil, the piccy re-appeared suddenly, hence the quick edit.

X files...Twilight Zone...Mr Fu at work ???

Mr Fu spinning his evil twisted ways methinks Mick

Shhhhhhhhh gang Mr Fu's lurking must be hs lunch hour

Do we know rider 4th in line yet? do you Paul?

Thanks Glenn, had a look at the site, and also caught up with Murray today at Pukekohe, looks like we might have a possibility!
The post classic racing was good today, with some of the guys you may remember from the seventies and eighties (Trevor Discombe, Trevor Taylor etc. as well as Paul Pavitch doing the commentry).

Nigel

Great stuff Nigel, small world or six degrees of separation ? My oldest brother used to mechanic on Trevor Discombe's race bikes, then later bought the ex-Jim Allen, ex-Dale Wylie TZ700 that he eventually sold a few years ago to Trevor Taylor. Paul Pavletich bought my other brother's Egli-Kawasaki 1000 ! Glad to hear you may have things under way, get out there, son !

Bit of a coinsidence, you knowing all of them on that level! Spoke to Trevor Discombe today, he was riding the wheels off his TZ350C though still. Trevor taylor won all of the races.

The TZ that MDL have is not the model I was looking for, but I may have to go for it, got itchy feet again!!

Nigel

WWW? interesting front wheel brake duct!? Bike appears to have only a single front disc?

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Didier de Radigues, Honda 500-3... normally seen in Johnson livery, though ?

I spent 10 mins looking for this pic and you get it in 5!!
Yep well done GD, what do you make of the brake set up? anyone?

Silverstone, Club corner exit?

Must have been 'interesting' braking from flat out on a 500 with a single front disc !!

Looks like it has 2 calipers, a twin pot and a four pot.

One fourspot caliper and one two-spot on a single disc.... the product of a tortured mind... , not sure of the origin, smacks of the Chevallier school of thinking, ie try everything. Didn't catch on, but no doubt worth a try...

It is the Chevallier 500, wacky!! :\

Less rotating mass with one disc, so probably thinking it would be easier to turn the bike. However, possibly a little bit of a problem with heat so they required the air vent to the rear caliper. Also, this set up places one caliper, the bigger one in this case, in front of the fork, further from the steering head and possibly causing more of a problem with steering shake should a "tank slapper" occur.

Still, like us with the inside out disc on the carbon bikes, everything had to be tried. Great times, as there was a place for experimentation and people who thought about stuff to make their bikes quicker.

I wonder if it's a standard 500-3 disc? Didn't they have a reputation for warping?

As Mr Fu says, this is a Chevallier bike on which only the engine is from Honda origin . To be more precise, it is the second avatar of the 500cc Chevallier, the first one was the 1984 Honda RS powered, Elf-Johnson sponsored machine with De Radigues and Le Liard, then Didier was convinced by Serge Rosset that he would be better off with a full factory Honda NS so he went that way for 1985 ( taking with him the Elf-sponsorship to Rosset ) and did not succeed much, realised that he was more at home with both the long wheelbase , tube framed Chevalliers that he had always ridden so far , and the personal friendship and mutual trust he enjoyed with Alain Chevallier , so for 86 he managed to keep a factory NS engine that he took to Alain to build a frame around, and also found some sponsorship money from Rollstar in Belgium. The next year, Alain and Didier were both lured by the Castiglioni brothers to run the Cagiva team ( with, again, a belgian sponsoring deal from Didier with Bastos ) but that proved sadly uncompetitive as Alain could not come to grips with the ....ahem...peculiar company management style of Mrss Castiglioni

Was it Silverstone, Graham?

Yes Mick, though not Club, I seem to recall its the Becketts side cant remember exactly where though?

Mmm, defo not Copse, infield doesn't look like Stowe so must be Becketts exit methinks

I know its a bit off thread but Race of champions is live on www.freecaster.tv Poor old Bayliiss is up against Vettel
Enjoy

Um....no...

I thought I'd kept the programme (early '85 at Donington, maybe the Transatlantic) but I hadn't.

I knew the first two, Nige got the third, but I've no idea for the fourth............sorry!

Paul M

Is it Benght Dik on the Schirtfinkle ???

Hi Fellows,

New guy checking in. I've followed this thread for years, never thought I could contribute anything though. Just want you to know that I appreciate all I have learned.

Don

Hi Don, welcome to the TNF look forward to your input

Hi Don, welcome to the forum, I am sure you will have something to add at times. Most of our posts are just waffle anyway! (Well Phils are !!)

Nigel

Hi Don, your more than welcome, you might even get some of the USA riders right now!!

Hi Don and welcome to the site. Give us your Tee Zee stories !

What's up Russell ? Are you into the Xmas spirit early, son ? Yes, welcome Don, TZ750s are oft-referred on here as Rottweilers, so let your dogs out and give us some 750 pics.

Festive greetings to fellow posters as well , regards GD

Right then.
Good shout re the date, now I know that I'll have a delve in the bobness programme archive. I'm 99% sure I've got it, remains to be seen whether I noted grid positions on the day.
The front number looks like a 5? As someone said, Mez Mellor-esque helmet.
The game's afoot, Watson.

Oh....OH....I seems that my reputation has preceded me!

Thanks for the warm welcome all.

Don

Don , Don what can I say welcome to the Forum

BTW have you got a twin brother AKA Don lurking elsewhere ????

Oi Oi Oi takes a waffler to know one Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Take that mans name referee !!!

Hi Don and welcome to the madhouse !!

Looks like a six to me... ?6 dont think its Mez Mellor though, but I have been known to be wrong?

if you have programme Bob, who rode with ?6 or ?5

WWW? not a well known name, but Nigel & or the 80's racers would know him? I hope!! :\

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

PS and its not Leon Cooper!! (Phil!!)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by picblanc
[B]WWW? not a well known name, but Nigel & or the 80's racers would know him? I hope!! :\

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

PS and its not Leon Cooper, not sore, but is it Peter Gotzl?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LamboNZ
[QUOTE]Originally posted by picblanc
[B]WWW? not a well known name, but Nigel & or the 80's racers would know him? I hope!! :\

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

PS and its not Leon Cooper, not sore, but is it Peter Gotzl? [/QUOTE]

No, SV.

Are you sure

It's grrrreat Tony Tiger from the frosties pack

Anyone can see that it is not Leon Cooper

OH right it must be his brother Henry

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LamboNZ
[QUOTE]Originally posted by picblanc
[B]WWW? not a well known name, but Nigel & or the 80's racers would know him? I hope!! :\

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

PS and its not Leon Cooper, not sore, but is it Peter Gotzl? [/QUOTE]

Wild guess here, Steve Veasey?

Good guess, first name is right.

Doh! :\ Oh well, I was half-way there, as the bishop said to....erm, perhaps not.