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[helicopterjim]

Anyone know Jim from Birkenhead ? .......

Sounds like Jim is a bit of a Birk. He'd fit right in with this crowd!

Jim from Lone Butte

 

[Andy J]

I cant recall noticing the endurance racer, but perhaps Alex Frost may remember. I’ll ask him.

Actually , looking at it again , I`ve just noticed the " Laverda Endurance Racer " going for £4k ........ Dennis didn`t get hold of a Space Frame along with all those 350`s and LZ175`s did he ... ? ....

 

[Tree Hugger]

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Here`s the Monty you mentioned Andy .......( I`ve included the Personal column for amusement value ) .......

Notice the Alpino S is only a 100 notes less than the Monty. Is that still the difference

 

[Paul Marx]

Notice the Alpino S is only a 100 notes less than the Monty. Is that still the difference

£100 is a lot for half a can of orange paint.

Paul

 

[CLEMTOG]

Dennis did buy a (genuine) space frame Andy, I think two of them came in via Slaters
CLEM

 

[Andy J]

Notice the Alpino S is only a 100 notes less than the Monty. Is that still the difference

I was wondering about those prices too, but there again the factory was apparently losing money on every 500 sold.

 

[rocketonarail]

Barry Sheene`s 500 Yamaha after the 1982 British GP practice collision with Patrick Igoa`s fallen Yamaha .....

.....and Sheene reflecting on it all later in hospital .......

 

[rocketonarail]

IoM Formiula 2 TT ..... ( 1978 ) .......

 

[rocketonarail]

What did Lawrence of Arabia and Dick Emery have in common ..? .........

They both picked up their new bikes directly from the Factory ........ ( Emery with wife Jo ) ..........

 

[Andy J]

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IoM Formiula 2 TT ..... ( 1978 ) .......

The bike in this picture is now owned by Dave Watkin-Jones, who plans to get it up and running again.

 

[rocketonarail]

Slater Bros splash out on a full page advert (1978) ........ I`ve chopped it up to make it easier to read ......... All the Championship and Cup references presumably relate to the FIFA World Cup being held that year ........

 

[rocketonarail]

19th November 1969 ......... The first ? of several attempts at a triple ....... 650/750 lookalike with 120 degree spacing .......

This was the bike described by Piero as " sounding beautiful , but heavy and slow ...... we want a sports bike , not a tourer " ........

Journalist Dave Minton tried this bike , and confirmed it was heavy .......... the claimed weight of 538 lbs probably only achieved by ( in his words ) ......... " subtracting oil , petrol , battery , light bulbs and morning dew " .........

 

[rocketonarail]

1973 Formula 750 TT ........ Australian Jack Findlay ( Suzuki ) and winner Peter Williams ( JPN ) .....

Findlay was timed at 164 mph through the Highlander , and went onto win the Senior two days later on a Suzuki 500 twin .....

 

[rocketonarail]

August 1969 ..... the Macey 8 from Canvey Island ....... he was supposed to be emigrating to the USA a few weeks later , not sure if he took it with him .......

 

[rocketonarail]

It`s our friend Broer Dirks plus ballast Willem van Belk again with their Wasp-Laverda , entered by the Dutch Laverda importer , getting ready for the 1971 European Sidecar Championship .....

 

[rocketonarail]

1969 Vostok 500 GP racer , with riders Endel Kiisa and Yuri Radler ( plus Sunbeam Rapier in the background ) , pictured at the East German GP , their last outing before Vostok withdrew from Grand Prix .........

 

[rocketonarail]

April 1974 ..... Road test of the Ongar 3C .......

 

[rocketonarail]

........ and the last couple of images ........

Bosch " black box " is in the original problem prone , pre- modified position .........

 

[rocketonarail]

British ISDT Trophy Team manager Ken Heanes tries out a ( proper 2 - stroke ) KTM in 1974 ......

( See his dealership ad next to the Ongar Triple test ) .......

 

[rocketonarail]

Leige 24 hour race held at Spa (1978) ........Winning machine was a two year old ex - works Honda entered by the Franco - Belgian team Dholda , their first decent result after 5 years of trying .........

Also shows the Honda Britain of Stan Woods just ahead of Gino Mandre on a Segoni - framed Kawasaki ? .... maybe , it doesn`t say .......