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Offline NR555

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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #120 on: June 09, 2011, 09:10:35 pm »
 :o  There's some history!!
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #121 on: June 14, 2011, 10:47:45 pm »
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #122 on: June 21, 2011, 12:39:39 pm »
http://www.grasstrack.net/s-wigg/Pages/3.html

Simon Wigg Pages with fairing,solid wheels,nose cones and all...  ;D
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #123 on: June 21, 2011, 07:16:03 pm »
BOUGHT SOME CLUTCH PLATES TODAY
FROM BERT KINGSTON
THERES AS WHOS WHO
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #124 on: June 21, 2011, 07:23:53 pm »
Bert even introduced his own tyre, the Kingston Katapult.
Some liked it but most didn't.
He certainly is one of the sports big names.
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #125 on: June 21, 2011, 07:36:18 pm »
I tried a Kingston on the back of my JAP 500. To much grip. It was sort of like  a small knobby running on a diagnal across the tyre 
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #126 on: June 23, 2011, 05:39:53 pm »
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #127 on: July 08, 2011, 07:12:35 pm »


Sydney Showground 8/10/77
Thanks to Mark Collins.
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #128 on: July 08, 2011, 08:39:38 pm »
Hey Slides
I see Whisper is off scratch with you there,
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #129 on: July 08, 2011, 08:56:33 pm »
Yep and he had his left elbow leaning on my right elbow until just past the Bullpens.
Being a big track and running high gearing it seemed to take ages to get into turn 1.
The forum's Jawa76 is in there as well, out of gate 4.
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #130 on: July 08, 2011, 09:03:05 pm »
Whats a clutch start in the program above, with all these Legends  :P  ;D ...in gear or out of gear ??
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #131 on: July 08, 2011, 09:08:27 pm »
Quote from: SlideRulz on July 08, 2011, 08:56:33 pm
Yep and he had his left elbow leaning on my right elbow until just past the Bullpens.
Being a big track and running high gearing it seemed to take ages to get into turn 1.
The forum's Jawa76 is in there as well, out of gate 4.
Sounds like he was taking lessons from Barry !!!!!
Foss

Oh and A, there aint no in or out of gear with a Skids bike, clutch start just means standing start, old time Speedway in the 30s used to be rolling starts , and all flying lap record attempts were rolling starts as well.
Foss
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #132 on: July 08, 2011, 09:43:41 pm »
Quote from: JAP 454 on July 08, 2011, 09:08:27 pm
Oh and A, there aint no in or out of gear with a Skids bike, clutch start just means standing start, old time Speedway in the 30s used to be rolling starts , and all flying lap record attempts were rolling starts as well.

So morehistory with perhaps the creation of Le'mans starts ??...you guys had it down pat before Jesus was walking on water  ;)   ;D
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #133 on: July 08, 2011, 10:11:39 pm »
Further on from that Alison, I'm pretty sure that in the real early days, some bikes were direct drive with no clutch, push start similar to early road racing.
The Peashooter Harley comes to mind.
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Re: Who's who of Speedway past
« Reply #134 on: July 14, 2011, 04:46:34 pm »

I don't know who but I know it had to hurt.
Liverpool Syd.
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