I am trying to find out information regarding John Judge and RGM which was based in Hastings St Luton. I have recently acquired one of John Judge's Triumph Daytona race bikes.
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Cranclive
, Jun 05 2012 12:34
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Posted 05 June 2012 - 22:20
All I know about Rose Green Motors, Luton is they used to supply sidecar chassis at one time,circa 1970. They were quite popular amongst the chair boys at the time.I am trying to find out information regarding John Judge and RGM which was based in Hastings St Luton. I have recently acquired one of John Judge's Triumph Daytona race bikes.
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 05:07
I seem to recall they also did a rather tasty large-diameter disc brake conversion for early Commandos.
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 12:49
Were there 2 racers named John Judge?I am trying to find out information regarding John Judge and RGM which was based in Hastings St Luton. I have recently acquired one of John Judge's Triumph Daytona race bikes.
John Judge from Burnley was a friend of mine who tragically lost his life in the '92 Junior MGP aged 33. Are they one and the same?
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 10:16
Were there 2 racers named John Judge?
John Judge from Burnley was a friend of mine who tragically lost his life in the '92 Junior MGP aged 33. Are they one and the same?
I was thinking the same thing John and I were entered as as team mates for the senior along with a guy called Rusty in 92.
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 06:45
Yes there were two riders. John Judge of RGM is still alive.
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Posted 21 June 2012 - 20:49
Thank you for clearing that up Cranclive, The John Judge who I and Steve O'Brien knew worked at the local Ford dealership (Skippers) in Burnley where I used to live, I got to know John very well from my dealings there and from our common love of bike racing, John lived for his racing and was always a force to be reckoned with when he raced. He lost his life in a tragic accident at Rhencullen in the '92 Junior MGP. Still much missed by all who knew him.Yes there were two riders. John Judge of RGM is still alive.
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Posted 27 March 2016 - 20:36
I am trying to find out information regarding John Judge and RGM which was based in Hastings St Luton. I have recently acquired one of John Judge's Triumph Daytona race bikes.
Apologies for resurrecting this old thread,
I also have one of Johns race bikes,a 500 Kawasaki triple.
In the course of having it rebuilt I managed to make contact with the man himself.This was a few years ago in 2009.
He was residing in France but still has a house in Bedfordshire: when I visited him he had 3 Triumphs in his workshop,all superficially identical but he explained one was lower,another a bit longer etc,and based on 350cc bottom ends for some reason.
If anyone has any pictures of him riding the 500 Kawasaki I'd appreciate seeing them,I have a few black and white shots but nothing in colour that I could base the paint scheme of the bike on.
As a result it was finished in the road bike orange and as a result I've never been happy with it,(in fact I've never ridden it,it resides under a cover at the back of the barn,virtually ignored since I got it back from the builders )
I'd like to get it painted as he raced it,maybe do a few parades or something if that was the case
