CLEMTOG
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Wednesday spent about two hours taking dozenz of photos of my 50cc miniscooter for a prospective buyer, preceeeded by two days of chucking rubbish out of my cellar just so that I can get to it.
Thursday hitched up the carvan,and drove up to Lincolonshere to casmp overnight at the bubble car museum.
Friday, laid in a little (nice and warm in the heated 'van, with two sleeping bags) then gloated almost the whole day at the microcars and scooters, and yes there is a Laverda 60cc scooter, not dispalyed with the other hoeards of Vespa's etc, but in a 60's garage setting all by itself, a very low mileage not restored, not mint, but very nice example.Moved the 'van late pm to Cadwell parK
Saturday, woken up to a very loud tannoy "attention paddock we dont have enough marshals etc etc", watched the racing (all classes, all the day, later went over to Toddys, about 30 minutes away, for dinner in the barn,lovely hot food and plenty of it, listened to Piero give his presentation, managed to give him an ale from my home town (Westerham),met a few new Laverdistsi jawed with them and lots of already known to me types, drove back to Cadwell about 2300.,one of the first to leave the party (I currently hardly touch alcohol and only had the one bottle)
Sunday, up early again at cadwell, watching the racing (bumped into big Nev) missed the all important title clincher due to endless tea and gassing, but managed to leave the circuit without any traffic hassles.moved to east Kirkby
Monday,now camping at the Lincolonshere aviation centre, where they have a Lancaster that does ground runs, a verty enjoyable day, with the arrangement to meet Toddy here at 1400 to recover some stuff I had loaned him, he made me jump in the shop at 2159, I could not belive where four and a half hours had gone, and I wasnt done yet,chatted to Phil and Dianne for a good hour, back into the museum to peruse the bookshop, then back home, neatly missing all rush hour chaos,(M25 etc) a great few days.
Today *Wednesday, transmitiing those dozenns of mini scooter pics, tomorow fitting a new centre stand to TOG, opening the primary cover to check the jesus nut, and so on and so forth,
the future? a change of drive chain and sprockets,fit refurbed Astralite wheels, remove no longer need luggage/pannier rack, get a chrome grab rail (new if poss) ignition upgrade, new Mikuni's, and bung that lot in with the fresh engine complete with RGS head, h/c pstons and 4c cams (yes this is TOG, who was once on 6.8:1 !!!) probably going to make another new set of handlebars and might even do a one off ally tank., with all the welds left showing, because Shoiney thinks that I am a plumber not an industrial tubular fluid handling technician, which I am
CLEM
Thursday hitched up the carvan,and drove up to Lincolonshere to casmp overnight at the bubble car museum.
Friday, laid in a little (nice and warm in the heated 'van, with two sleeping bags) then gloated almost the whole day at the microcars and scooters, and yes there is a Laverda 60cc scooter, not dispalyed with the other hoeards of Vespa's etc, but in a 60's garage setting all by itself, a very low mileage not restored, not mint, but very nice example.Moved the 'van late pm to Cadwell parK
Saturday, woken up to a very loud tannoy "attention paddock we dont have enough marshals etc etc", watched the racing (all classes, all the day, later went over to Toddys, about 30 minutes away, for dinner in the barn,lovely hot food and plenty of it, listened to Piero give his presentation, managed to give him an ale from my home town (Westerham),met a few new Laverdistsi jawed with them and lots of already known to me types, drove back to Cadwell about 2300.,one of the first to leave the party (I currently hardly touch alcohol and only had the one bottle)
Sunday, up early again at cadwell, watching the racing (bumped into big Nev) missed the all important title clincher due to endless tea and gassing, but managed to leave the circuit without any traffic hassles.moved to east Kirkby
Monday,now camping at the Lincolonshere aviation centre, where they have a Lancaster that does ground runs, a verty enjoyable day, with the arrangement to meet Toddy here at 1400 to recover some stuff I had loaned him, he made me jump in the shop at 2159, I could not belive where four and a half hours had gone, and I wasnt done yet,chatted to Phil and Dianne for a good hour, back into the museum to peruse the bookshop, then back home, neatly missing all rush hour chaos,(M25 etc) a great few days.
Today *Wednesday, transmitiing those dozenns of mini scooter pics, tomorow fitting a new centre stand to TOG, opening the primary cover to check the jesus nut, and so on and so forth,
the future? a change of drive chain and sprockets,fit refurbed Astralite wheels, remove no longer need luggage/pannier rack, get a chrome grab rail (new if poss) ignition upgrade, new Mikuni's, and bung that lot in with the fresh engine complete with RGS head, h/c pstons and 4c cams (yes this is TOG, who was once on 6.8:1 !!!) probably going to make another new set of handlebars and might even do a one off ally tank., with all the welds left showing, because Shoiney thinks that I am a plumber not an industrial tubular fluid handling technician, which I am
CLEM
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