Despite the weather turning quite miserable on Friday night, the weekend turned out absolutely splendid!
Saturday mornings' Laverda stint was unfortunately cut short due to a crash on the moist and incredibly slippery track. Apart from bike damage, no serious casualties. The afternoon run started on an almost dry track with rain clouds looming and still pretty cold, but the pace seemed to be rising...
Sunday started with clear skies and looked very promising! By the time the Laverdas took to the track, the sun had come out and did its' best to warm us up a bit. The afternoon stint was run under ideal conditions with a warm, dry track.
My thanks go to Michael and his team who did a splendid organisational job and for making this event possible. The MSC Porz for allowing the event to be staged within their traditional "Kölner Kurs" (Course of Cologne) race meeting which always draws a respectable number of spectators on its own and providing the infrastructure allowing such an event to be run smoothly and safely. Dozens of people behind the scenes doing their best making sure we have the best time possible.
Hoping they'll return in the same condition...
Looks like it's going to be soggy.
Harris gave us a bit of a fright, seemed a 40-year-old oil seal had finally given up. Turned out to be the grease flung out of the NOS Regina chain once it had warmed! The bike actually ran flawlessly, Günter was over the moon!
Stöggis' Street Scrambler. If it weren't for the old clunker of an engine, you could think it was a modern bike you'd be riding, very nicely thought out and put together!
Laverda Legends participants.
Threatening clouds...
Self explanatory.
Three boxes full of Laverdas!
A pile of four unique bikes, well, almost. Two tube-frame Segonis were built and a couple of surviving '73 SFCs still out there.
Everyone loves a rainbow. All's well that ends well!
piet
Saturday mornings' Laverda stint was unfortunately cut short due to a crash on the moist and incredibly slippery track. Apart from bike damage, no serious casualties. The afternoon run started on an almost dry track with rain clouds looming and still pretty cold, but the pace seemed to be rising...
Sunday started with clear skies and looked very promising! By the time the Laverdas took to the track, the sun had come out and did its' best to warm us up a bit. The afternoon stint was run under ideal conditions with a warm, dry track.
My thanks go to Michael and his team who did a splendid organisational job and for making this event possible. The MSC Porz for allowing the event to be staged within their traditional "Kölner Kurs" (Course of Cologne) race meeting which always draws a respectable number of spectators on its own and providing the infrastructure allowing such an event to be run smoothly and safely. Dozens of people behind the scenes doing their best making sure we have the best time possible.
Hoping they'll return in the same condition...Looks like it's going to be soggy.Harris gave us a bit of a fright, seemed a 40-year-old oil seal had finally given up. Turned out to be the grease flung out of the NOS Regina chain once it had warmed! The bike actually ran flawlessly, Günter was over the moon!Stöggis' Street Scrambler. If it weren't for the old clunker of an engine, you could think it was a modern bike you'd be riding, very nicely thought out and put together!Laverda Legends participants.Threatening clouds...Self explanatory.Three boxes full of Laverdas!
A pile of four unique bikes, well, almost. Two tube-frame Segonis were built and a couple of surviving '73 SFCs still out there.Everyone loves a rainbow. All's well that ends well!piet
