rocketonarail
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Bud Ekins hides out with Eric Cheney after leaping over that fence ........ ( 1967 ) .......
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Bud Ekins hides out with Eric Cheney after leaping over that fence ........ ( 1967 ) .......
rocketonarail
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You`ve heard of a shotgun marriage ....... this sounds more like a shotgun divorce in the offing ......... ( 1981 )
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....... the best looking triple ?...... 9th October 1976 ..... Slaters give the Jota name an early mention ........
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1977 and early test mule ..... 350`s and 500`s dressed up in Darmah style bodywork , like the vertical twin .......shame they didn`t sell them like this ..... who decided the Pantahs looked better ? ........ probably the same bloke who gave the go - ahead for the Multistradas , and the Terblanche vee`s ........ ( the Supermono was ok though ) .......
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Laverda and Honda V-sixies , and a Yamaha V-four ....... ( 1977 ) ..... place your deposits now ........
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Giacomo Agostini at Olivers Mount , Scarborough ; and as a film star ....... ( 1971 ) ........
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Triumph 350 Bandit .... ( 1970 ) ....... Designed by Edward Turner , Re - designed by Doug Hele / Bert Hopwood .......
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rocketonarail
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Sept 1973 .......
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Kawasaki Mach IV 750 cc Snowmobile ......
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Bol d`Or 1973 at Le Mans .......... 9th place 750 Laverda was , I believe , a mix of `72 frame and `73 engine , except the `73 engine had a dynamo instead of the crank mounted generator ....... Segoni framed 750 in 23rd place ( it says here .... ) ......
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1977 ....... Honda RCB 1000 Endurance Racer ( complete with ComStar wheels ! ) ....... and Yamaha`s 1000cc V-4 , water cooled , fuel injected , road / endurance racer that never was ........
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Have never actually met Roger Slater , so can`t vouch for this being an accurate representation of him ......
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rocketonarail
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I take it those are both the relevant `73 Bold`Or bikes ? ........ that`s wonderful ! .........
BTW I mentioned " so it says here " referencing 23rd place for the Segoni in the report , as it mentions 26th place in yours and Tim`s book ........ just happened to notice when looking at your book for back-up info .....! .......
That frame spent 20 years in my attic. I gave it to a friend who put it to good use.
It was come upon in a breakers by the man who sold me my Electronica.
Paul
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They indeed finished 23rd.
You’re the first to notice this error, 28 years after the book was printed!
Biggest issue with the Segoni during the race was a dissolving fibreglass tank, causing the taps and carbs to clog up time and time again..
Marnix
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Only by chance ....... it`s taken me 28 years to find and dig out the report and compare it with your book ! .......
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3C(E) road test August 1975 ........ 0-60 mph in a shade under 4 seconds still compares well with current litre bikes time of just under 3 , although 0-100 mph takes 10 seconds , very impressive at the time , but now shaded by times of just over 5 seconds of course .......
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30th September 1973 , and it`s the Thruxton International 500 mile Grand Prix ........ Pete Davies and Lyle Govan in 14th place ..... just ahead of R Keating and Graham Bentman ( who features in an article by his son Jonathan Bentman in the current issue of Classic bike , incidentally .......) .....
Other well known names ...... Mick Chatterton ; Peter McKinley ; Bernie Tolman ; Roger Nicholls ; Clive Horton ; Martin Sharpe ; Ray Knight ; John Cowie , amongst many others .......
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