Can anyone remember watching BBC Grandstand in the 70's and seeing some kind on off road motorcycle racing in the Welsh forests. I seem to remember they raced one at a time against the clock one way through the forest roads and then turned around a did the same track in reverse. Winner was the fastest on aggregate.
Am I imagining it or was there a name for this sport, cannot find any information on it!
Grandstand in the '70s
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high speed diesel
, Jan 23 2010 21:24
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Posted 23 January 2010 - 23:56
Can anyone remember watching BBC Grandstand in the 70's and seeing some kind on off road motorcycle racing in the Welsh forests. I seem to remember they raced one at a time against the clock one way through the forest roads and then turned around a did the same track in reverse. Winner was the fastest on aggregate.
Am I imagining it or was there a name for this sport, cannot find any information on it!
I vaguely remember that and thought it was somewhere near Llandovery? Thought it was enduro timed stages though? Geraint Jones?
Lots of those kind of roads where I am moving to so the SP250 should be fun!
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Posted 24 January 2010 - 18:25
Cheers Davis, thought I must have dreamt it.
Lucky man living near there, green lanes are getting rarer these days.
Lucky man living near there, green lanes are getting rarer these days.
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Posted 24 January 2010 - 20:33
It was early 80's i think, because the bikes were single shock and they didnt break cover till 1981, apart from Yamaha
It was a hill climb that was used a few times for this event, firstly for rally cars only , then the second year it was bikes too, but their track went off to the sides and had some man made jumps put into it too. I think a few top line riders did it , Dave Thorpe and maybe Jeremy Whatley plus some other good riders of the time .
The hill was call Esgair Dyffed i think, and is part of a stage used in the RAC Rally back in the day.
Would like to see footage of that.
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and here is some, not of the bikes though sadly
It was a hill climb that was used a few times for this event, firstly for rally cars only , then the second year it was bikes too, but their track went off to the sides and had some man made jumps put into it too. I think a few top line riders did it , Dave Thorpe and maybe Jeremy Whatley plus some other good riders of the time .
The hill was call Esgair Dyffed i think, and is part of a stage used in the RAC Rally back in the day.
Would like to see footage of that.
EDIT.
and here is some, not of the bikes though sadly
Edited by PhilG, 24 January 2010 - 20:39.
