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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: TooFastTim on January 09, 2011, 11:49:19 am

Title: British Rival
Post by: TooFastTim on January 09, 2011, 11:49:19 am

For Tim. I saw you had a chat about the British Rival over on mxtrax (http://forums.mxtrax.co.uk/showthread.php?t=247117 (http://forums.mxtrax.co.uk/showthread.php?t=247117)), so here's a piccy of the British Rival with Ken Sedgley.

(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u194/TooFastTim/BritishRival.jpg)

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: huskibul on January 09, 2011, 12:09:13 pm

    What a cool looking little steed !  :P

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: Nathan S on January 09, 2011, 12:10:24 pm

I didn't know that Tim Rogers was into VMX!

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: mainline on January 09, 2011, 01:30:04 pm

Quote from: Nathan S on January 09, 2011, 12:10:24 pm

I didn't know that Tim Rogers was into VMX!

i'll pay that

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: TooFastTim on January 09, 2011, 01:35:35 pm

 ???

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: SAABCOMBI on January 09, 2011, 01:37:56 pm

What year model is it. and what make is it, it looks Sachs

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: TooFastTim on January 09, 2011, 01:40:43 pm

Year: about '76/'77. Yup Sachs motor. Make: British Rival. Never made it to volume production.

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: NR555 on January 12, 2011, 09:40:14 am

Quote from: mainline on January 09, 2011, 01:30:04 pm

Quote from: Nathan S on January 09, 2011, 12:10:24 pm

I didn't know that Tim Rogers was into VMX!

i'll pay that

That's exactly what I thought.. he looks like Tim Rogers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Rogers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Rogers)

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: firko on January 12, 2011, 09:48:05 am

Tim Rogers interest in dirt bikes comes from his famous uncle Roy.
              (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/royhonda.jpg)

Title: Re: British Rival
Post by: TooFastTim on January 12, 2011, 09:48:54 pm

Ah well at least it's not Paul Rodgers... :P

Tim Rogers look alike is Ken Sedgley. Ken rode for the UK in the ISDT and on the list of greatest ever trials riders. Pretty Handy on an MX bike too and was a regular UK national points scorer in his day. Ken went on too some success in formula 3. He even scores a whole chapter in "Off-Road Giants!: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport, Volume 2" (http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R09pyWuHfbQC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=ken+sedgley&source=bl&ots=ekbmqsSNDS&sig=Fl2csfWYTBCGApsnuNR7NGfzgjw&hl=en&ei=MIYtTdujCYjCcZiTse4H&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=ken%20sedgley&f=false (http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R09pyWuHfbQC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=ken+sedgley&source=bl&ots=ekbmqsSNDS&sig=Fl2csfWYTBCGApsnuNR7NGfzgjw&hl=en&ei=MIYtTdujCYjCcZiTse4H&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=ken%20sedgley&f=false)). Ken was also something of a tycoon with a very successful dealership in Birmingham. Anyway he donned his patriotic hat and threw some of his money at the British rival.

Ken and Malcolm Davies were big mates and visited Zambia together on several occassions when they stayed in chez toofasttim.