I mostly spent the evening drinking wine & eating cheese, surrounded by 40+ 2-stroke classic/vintage race bikes in various states of togetherness. Road racers, scramblers, grass-trackers - the works. They belong to a guy who builds them for classic racing. And when I say build, that's exactly what I mean. He makes virtually every part in his workshop (a big shed in the garden), then assembles them in what used to be the ground floor of his house. He makes the frames. He casts lumps of metal then machines them to make the engines. He casts other lumps & machines them to make the brake hubs. I think the only metal bits he doesn't make are the wheel rims. Needless to say he does all this on old style machinary - none of this modern CNC stuff. Some of the toys on display included a gorgeous '1966' Dot scrambler that he'd built from scratch, apart from the engine internals which are CR250. It's for sale for 6k. Also an original factory race bike which had been used by Barry Sheene - can't remember what make. A replica something-else with a replica GT380 engine, again built from scratch. He raced MX for 40 years, & has been building & tuning 2-strokes for even longer (or 'learning how to tune 2-strokes' as he put it). A thoroughly interesting chap. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Krusty says... What sort of wine? -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X
Mature cheddar, wensleydale with cranberries & brie with chilli. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Red of course - a 2002 Rioja. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Krusty says... **** that, I woudn't have gone unless he had some whites in. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X
Sounds interesting. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
platypus says... Not for me. I hate port, and don't eat cheese with mould in it. Stilton makes me vom hugely. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X
Nige says... You are Whinging Courier AICMFF fat spotty sluts. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE Suzuki SV650 K3 Honda CBR600 F-W Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka Suzuki GSX-R750L Suzkui TS50X
