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Clubroom => Introductions => Topic started by: riflegreen on July 24, 2012, 03:42:26 am

Title: Old newbie signing in .
Post by: riflegreen on July 24, 2012, 03:42:26 am

Hi to one and all ,

Rather old newbie introducing hmself , can't ride now too much arthritis and cancer has reared its head .

Worked for Greeves Mc/s for fifteen years , seven of those in the Comp Department , in that time I worked on the bikes of every rider that rode a Greeves from 1966 to the end .

Actually ended up as the last Comp Manager ( of a very reduced list of riders ) ;D.

Attended all the 250 /500 GP , Britsih Campionship rounds , Trophy & Motocross des Nations . ISDT .

Prepared the last British bike to win the Scottish Six Days .

Also knew all the other Works riders .

Chris Goodfellow

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Post by: Davey Crocket on July 24, 2012, 08:02:20 am

Welcome Chris, your Greeves knowledge on here will be well sorted after, we have a few in the Brisbane motorcycle club.

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Post by: EML on July 24, 2012, 08:22:23 am

Welcome aboard Chris
from sunny Queensland-it is winter after all.

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Post by: jerry on July 24, 2012, 11:08:43 am

Welcome indeed Chris you will like it here. Where are you located? Cheers Jerry

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Post by: firko on July 24, 2012, 11:53:13 am

Welcome aboard Chris. It's great to have a Greeves insider to add to our online team of "experts". It's always a treat to hear stories from blokes who were in the thick of it as you seem to have been.

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Post by: John Orchard on July 24, 2012, 02:42:24 pm

Welcome Chris, great to have another here with such a great life for motorcycle racing.

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Post by: riflegreen on July 25, 2012, 04:35:44 am

Thanks for the warm welcome guys , Jerry I am in Essex , bout seven miles from the old Greeves factory .

If anyone has any Greeves questions I'll try to answer them .

Who was it was in touch with frank Hipkin ?, ask him if he remembers Alec Rayner , if so I worked for him and his sone Dave in their bike shop for four years .

Knew most of the Sprite boys , all from around Birmingham & were big buddies of Arthur Browning .

I put some pics up later on .

Chris