Plan B!!?

Time for plan B. After numerous weeks cleaning, um..ing and ah…ing, auto jumbles searching for missing parts, a chat with friends at  Redmax Speed Shop has confirmed our suspicions that it will take more time and money than it is realistically possible to muster to have the Pre-unit Triumph with AMC gearbox up and running for the spring. It's still the ultimate aim to get it restored but it seems a plan B is need for next year that still fits the new ACU twin sidecar class regs. Big thanks to Lisa & kenny White, John Smith, Jez Phillips & Bill Carter for the time, ideas and parts. It's back to the drawing board Bill!

Southern Off-Road Show goodies

Both Sets of leathers for £95, both fit (sort of!) 

First things first!

First thing to sort is the Front wheel, it doesn't fit, there is some play there as the spindle is not quite the correct size. Bill Carter (builder of Jez Phillips 1977 Western Winner winning outfit) makes me up some bushes to fit over the spindle and solve the problem. 

couldn't find the right cutting tool in the garage, so Bill just makes one. probably simple to an engineer, quite impressive to me!

Pickering Grass Track / Eboracum Club Trials 1970

Vintage German Grasstrack!

Herxheim

British Masters Grasstrack Final 1988

On some rare occasions in the late 80's / early 90's Grass-track actually made it on to the telly. Here's a clip from one of those occasions, Steve Smith and John Mitten winning a heat at the british masters on their Yamaha TZ750 outfit. Cheers for the heads up Geoff.

Talking of TZ750's. This is great. King Kenny. Some great vintage flat-tracking footage in the middle of the clip.

Sideburn magazine

I have an article on my dad's recollection's of racing RH sidecar in the 70's in Sideburn magazine issue 10. Sideburn is also full of lots coverage of the exciting and rapidly growing flat track scene and is as they declare themselves 'the worlds best go fast, turn left magazine'


Available here
http://sideburn.bigcartel.com/product/sideburn-issue-10

http://www.sideburnmag.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/lewis-wharton-jnr.html