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rocketonarail said:
That`s interesting / sad ........... I`ve got a Performance Bikes magazine from 1998 where a R1 , ZX9R , FireBlade , and 916 are ridden over from England to Circuit Carole for some track time testing ........ Never realised the connection regarding the naming of this circuit .

Also sadly , three of the testers are no longer with us ......... ( riding a scooter ..... collision with a marshal at the TT ..... and natural causes afaik ...... ) .......

After the circuit test the bikes were ridden down to the French Riviera ......... parked outside a hotel overnight ........ and promptly nicked ......... all four of them !!! .......

There`s a video on YouTube......... " Performance Bikes - Lost in France ....... " ....... which details the whole ( mis ) adventure ..........
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Back in the 90’s when I was importing ROOF helmets I went to circuit Carole as a guest of the Japauto accesories lady Agnes. It was open for track day use - the only stipulation was helmet and jacket- loads of frogs zapping round with no gloves and trainers! Very Team Joe Bar!
 
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More from John Hobbs and his Weslake powered Hobbit ..........

Forget those embarrassing gay boy winglets on your Ducati Panigale V4S mate ......... what you want is a set of wheelie bars .......

( Actually you could probably fit them , now they`ve gone back to a double-sided swing arm )

8.5 seconds to cover the standing quarter mile .........
Not bad , but a healthy Laverda Triple will get into the twelves ......... 11.8 seconds is best I`ve seen care of a Cycle World test of a Jota 180 ..........



Tax payer subsidised wind turbines busy doing bugger all ...........
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My own minor contribution to Jota quarter mile history. The bike (1980 build 180 S1) was standard I believe, save for a 3-1 exhaust. Did a number of other runs, mostly low/mid 12secs. Venue was Long Marston, Warwickshire. Terminal speed not recorded on best run unfortunately, but was on others, with a best of 119mph. Great fun and a fitting introduction to the pleasures of bike sport. Regards, Steve.
 

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What a cool vid - quite therapeutic, recognising every single part he pulled out of the quagmire of boxes. A genuine barn find if ever there was one ... complete with mouse shit and deep corrosion!
 

The car and bike ( and scooter ) bits from the film ........ Simca ; Alfa ; Citroen ; Vespa ; BMW ...........

Don`t mess with the OAS ? ......... Actually they`re a bit crap at this assassination business and riddled with informants ........ so the top knobs secretly hire an Englishman in order to get the job done properly .................

Unfortunatly The Jackal ends up in an unmarked grave , officially recorded as " an unknown foreign tourist killed in a car crash .... " .......... and de Gaulle survives to do us all a favour by continually blocking British attempts to join the European Common Market ...........
 
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As a postscript to the above ........ some of my favourite parts of the film are the conversations between Edward Fox ( The Jackal ) , and the gunsmith when discussing Fox`s requirements ..........

" Will the gentleman be moving ? " .......... " No , standing still " ...........
" Head shot or body ? " ............ " Head " ...........

Then The Jackal testing the weapon by taking aim at a melon hanging from the branch of a tree ....... and making slight adjustments with a tiny screwdriver to the sights until it finally fires in a straight line .........
 
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Don't forget the exploding Bullets. Edward Fox was so young when it was made. His death when shot was implausibly impressive, being hurled skyward by the Sub Machine gun blast. Great film.
 
Vince said:
Don't forget the exploding Bullets. Edward Fox was so young when it was made. His death when shot was implausibly impressive, being hurled skyward by the Sub Machine gun blast. Great film.
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The nervous system and muscles can do strange things in case of agression. Remember the head less frogs at school.
Paul
 
The implication I got was that the lift was caused by the force supplied by the bullets, not confirmed on Mythbusters or some other Science-tested TV show. He virtually went up the wall to the ceiling, if my memory is correct. Don't you LOVE THE NET? According to my Google search that went AI and that's never wrong, YER RIGHT, in the 1973 Film, that gun killing never lifted his body, BUT according to IMDB film review site of the 1973 film, here is that quote.
When the Jackal is shot with the machine gun, his body is lifted up several feet in the air and thrown back against the wall. This would not happen with any small arm or light weapon. I have no idea if that Submachine gun is chambered at 7.62 or NATO 5.56 rounds that are less powerful, or even a .45 pistol round, most likely. That body lifting made a huge impression on me, but apparently, it's not possible just from the bullet energy alone. Looks fantastic in the film, though.
 
Vince said:
The implication I got was that the lift was caused by the force supplied by the bullets, not confirmed on Mythbusters or some other Science-tested TV show. He virtually went up the wall to the ceiling, if my memory is correct. Don't you LOVE THE NET? According to my Google search that went AI and that's never wrong, YER RIGHT, in the 1973 Film, that gun killing never lifted his body, BUT according to IMDB film review site of the 1973 film, here is that quote.
When the Jackal is shot with the machine gun, his body is lifted up several feet in the air and thrown back against the wall. This would not happen with any small arm or light weapon. I have no idea if that Submachine gun is chambered at 7.62 or NATO 5.56 rounds that are less powerful, or even a .45 pistol round, most likely. That body lifting made a huge impression on me, but apparently, it's not possible just from the bullet energy alone. Looks fantastic in the film, though.
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Just what I said, not bullet energy.
The bullets are hitting a complex living system which reacts.
Paul
 
I stumbled across this channel today — leaving a link to one of their videos here, but if you’re keen, I totally recommend having a little snoop around the channel, especially the ‘Subscribers’ Success Stories’ playlist. Good stuff in there!


 
Found this on Youtube:


As a documentary, I'm not sure that it's aged gracefully - full of stereotypical attitudes. But certainly it's a historical document. The on-board footage from Dennis Neill's CB1100R is impressive, remember that in 1981 the cameras were not compact.
 
What an absolute classic piece of documentary cinema - despite the daggy commentary. Very familiar time and territory. The year the front end fell off Dennis Neill's Honda - ouch!! I think my first year up there was '82 - the year they burnt the Channel 9 car and really went to town on the copper compound. and the track ... no chicane at the bottom of Conrod, and push starts in the pits!!

On the mountain, piss, piss and more piss. What a pretty bunch ...!!
 
My first year was either 77 or 78 —hard to remember —but I never missed a year till the end, including the failed comeback attempt. That comeback year, sometime in the early 2000s, saw 2 Laverda twins racing. Boy, did that pique my interest. What a sound that produced, it was a few years till I met Chris Cuttler. There was nothing like waiting on The Mountain, hearing the race bikes approaching in the distance or hanging about in The Bull Rings choking on dust from constant all-night doughnuts. So much fun.,
 
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