125 Ducati Yes , but not Ken

John Robinson...wasn't he responsible for the Robinson 4 leading shoe front brake?

it was quite an intricate die cast bit of kit in its day....good effort but not as good as the established ceriani/fontana/oldani products

probably a lot cheaper though

Romoli Ferri on the works-Ducati?
PE

The pic is the R of the S Oct 1967 Renn , IIRC John's first public outing since the accident at Mallory

Not Ferri I'm afraid

Luigi Taveri

Yes Larry thats the chap. 1958 Lightweight 125 TT on the Clypse course.
Right I'm off to bed. Goodnight all

Thanks Phil, didn't know that Helmut and Wolfgang had already teamed up in '67...

Wasn't Eddie Robinson the one of brake fame ??

That's my recollection of it too, Renn. Eddie Robinson was the brake man. Very stirring to see good pics of Scheidegger/Robinson again, I remember being mortified at the time of their accident, as Fritz could do no wrong in my eyes. Now that I look back, I was an 11 year-old on the other side of the world....must have been a victim very early on, I reckon....


Edit : In fact, there's some info on the Robinson brakes on the Eurospares site.

Me too, remember quite well my brother collecting a autograph of him at the Norisring in '66

That's a Robinson brake in the allegedly quickest G50, at least on the continent..well, a bike in the shape of a G50

Morning all,
A sad loss,and wasn't the outfit known as the FCS BMW?Something unlucky in that?Obviously Owen behind,but who is the other outfit.Charlie Freeman perhaps?
HW

Bill Boddice behind. The FCS-BMW was built by Helmut Fath and Florian Camathias, but raced by Colin Seeley. And that brake in the G50 is a CMA / Degens brake, not necessarily a Robinson....

The FCS was raced by Camathias in '63 and by Seeley in '64 when Florian campaigned the Gilera. And about the brake I stand corrected....

Wolfgang was Helmut's passenger at the TT in '67 also Renn , so probably teamed up at the start of the season

I had walked up to the hairpin to see a couple of my friends who were marshaling there. I stood against the big tree looking down towards the Esses and I remember Fritz and John coming up very fast on the right hand side of the track passing everybody, something trailing from the outfit behind his right foot, which I thought was the gear linkage. I turned towards the hairpin to see John Robinson going up in the air. I guess Fritz was passing on the right because he couldn't stop and he didn't want to hit another outfit. A very sad day indeed and I can still run it through my mind just as if it was yesterday.

WWW, I can't remember when but I'll look it up, no doubt you lads will beat me to it!!

Frank Perris , Bill Ivy , Motohashi ? Post TT 66/7 125race

Yes 1967

Riders, circuit and capacity correct.

NOT 1967 and NOT the Post TT meeting!!!

Hmmmmm i'm suprised CP , Must be '66 then ?
I saw our Japanese friend Motohashi in the '67 TT , who finished 3rd behind his more famous team-mate , with Luton boy winning from Stuart Graham and Dave Simmonds 4th

Yes, Sunday 19th June 1966 Pre TT Meeting... The year of the seamen's strike!!! No TT 'till September.

what happened to the MGP that year ??

It was run , Renn a week or so late IIRC

Thanks

How do chaps fancy a go ??? WWW

An Ariel?

Looks more like a hillclimb than a circuit?

Or maybe its just my age

Yes , one to please fellow member HW , it is an Ariel and it is a hillclimb , well done , but where ?? and who's the pilot ??

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Good Evening Phil Hillclimb? Ariel Arrow? Has to be George Brown. Shelsley Walsh by any chance?

Evening to you , smart arse . That was a lucky guess was'nt it Rod ??? either that or you have the same edition of ' Motor Cycle '
Well done

It was indeed a lucky guess Phil

Right Rod and others , have a lucky guess at these , first is a gift I think , but who's behind him ??? WWW

Here's another easy one for you WWW

Sorry Phil. Pushing in again

Nice one,thanks,
Definitely GB.Theres a similar pic in his book,but with a different number.In 1961 he took the flying kilometre world record in 250,350 and 500 classes on this bike at over 108mph
HW

Les Graham ???

Thats ok Rod , means you're first to the bar

Correct Les Graham it is ,but where and when?

Is it a dispatch rider being dropped by parachute
Got to be Ulster

49 Ulster ?

Yes Phil Ulster it is. Being an ex Bomber pilot Les was used to flying!!

Later than 49

51?

Close, very close

1950 perchance ??

No! The other way I'm dragging this one out Oh and which circuit, by the way ???

Clady 52 Then

Yes !!! Well done 1952 Ulster Grand Prix it is,Cladys circuit

Wakey wakey have you all missed/forgotten this ??

I'm awake,just No idea who the man in front is. One behind looks a bit of a veteran, I was thinking maybe Jack Brett 1963 possibly but he had probably retired by then