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riflegreen

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Old newbie signing in .
« 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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Re: Old newbie signing in .
« Reply #1 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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Re: Old newbie signing in .
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2012, 08:22:23 am »
Welcome aboard Chris
from sunny Queensland-it is winter after all.
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« Reply #3 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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« Reply #4 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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Re: Old newbie signing in .
« Reply #5 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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« Reply #6 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   
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