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Marque Remarks => Spaniards (Bultaco, Ossa, Montesa etc) => Topic started by: cappra on August 13, 2008, 08:16:06 am

Title: Lamppu pic
Post by: cappra on August 13, 2008, 08:16:06 am

The late great Peter Lamppu on the Works 360 at Carlsbad Ca.

Title: Re: Lamppu pic
Post by: firko on August 13, 2008, 11:13:21 am

I remember meeting Pete Lamppu out at Saddleback back when I worked for Mike Goodwin in '76 or '77. He was  past his serious racing days but was still pretty quick. He was doing a Pop Cycle photo shoot on an OSSA Phantom I believe and we were doing publicity photos for the upcoming Anaheim race. There were some Suzuki factory guys testing the new Ribi front end on an RM370 Suzuki and they asked him to do a few laps on it and his second lap was faster than Tony Ds (I think) the day before. He told them he didn't like the feel of it and only did those two laps.
I believe he was originally from Finland and even though he had become very Americanised, he still had the Euro way of doing things. I remember him telling me that he built movie sets at Universal Studios for a living and was appalled by the bad workmanship by some of his fellow "tradesmen".. He told me they wouldn't have held a job for very long in Finland! I guess he found it easy to open up to a fellow "foreigner"! He was a good bloke and I wasn't aware he'd died.

Title: Re: Lamppu pic
Post by: mx250 on August 13, 2008, 11:54:36 am

Quote from: firko on August 13, 2008, 11:13:21 am

There were some Suzuki factory guys testing the new Ribi front end on an RM370 Suzuki and they asked him to do a few laps on it and his second lap was faster than Tony Ds (I think) the day before. He told them he didn't like the feel of it and only did those two laps.

The Ribi suspension for those interested ;).
http://motorbikearchives.com/Features/Bike-Set-Up/DeCoster-s-New-Suspenders-1979.html

Title: Re: Lamppu pic
Post by: cappra on August 14, 2008, 08:28:11 am

Father of the VR.  Kalevi Vehkonen

Title: Re: Lamppu pic
Post by: firko on August 14, 2008, 04:50:03 pm

I think Roger De Costers married to Vekhonens sister or daughter, I can't remember which.

Title: Re: Lamppu pic
Post by: mx250 on August 14, 2008, 06:41:24 pm

(http://i323.photobucket.com/albums/nn458/mx250syd/mont15b15d.jpg)

Notice the subtle 'claim to fame',
"1st European Make in the 1972 Moto Cross World Championship".