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Hi Merv, just to correct you, i passengered Rod Bellas in 1980. We finished about 8th, pushing over the line with a blown engine from Castletown corner.
Alan Fisher.

Also just noticed someone everyone forgot to mention, Benga Johansson was a very handy 125 rider till Jock was stuck for a passenger at Snetterton i belive.

Me,proddie raced a GT250 Suzuki before starting my passengering career with Rod Bellas on a 670 TFS [Triumph engined Ted Fenwick Special]

Alan Fisher

Well done Conrad, long overdue win for you and the team. Could`nt happen to a nicer bloke, all the best mate from Alan and and the CBX lads.

Hey Geoff, you should remember B2A & B2B, we both went to Silverstone in 79 to watch them! That was a great day till the Viva blew up on the motorway on the way home!!!

Hi Mick, i remember watching Mal at the Southern on it, late seventies, rode like a hero as usual. Still got some pics somewhere

Don`t know who is knealt on the chair, but its not me! I was never that thin!! That was Frank Illingworths bike from the previous year, we had gearbox trouble all week, we were sick of stripping the thing down every day! That is Stu and Vic with the bike. It ended up with a GPZ 900 in it after that.

Yes, it was a Baker F1 made road legal. My mate bought the rolling chassis from Geoff, and put his own engine in,but after a couple of years riding the camchain snapped! After 24 new valves and an expensive engine rebuild the outfit and engine were left in his garage for more than 3 years. Last year ...

Dave Bexley and i used to swap ideas, trying to keep those big motors in one piece took a lot of doing. He was a nice bloke and very helpful. The big advantage of the Honda was it was a super quick starter with loads of torque, it was very rare we didn`t lead into the first corner, wherever we were ...

Don`t know to be honest. It used to be Brian Tomlins outfit, but is an old chassis that has seen a lot of changes, from 10 inch wheels and a BSA twin to 13 inchers and when the Imp blew up the Honda 6 went in. Used to race against Brian a lot, so remembered the outfit well. We used to race the old ...

I always try and `parade` as fast as i can, but if i started racing it i would be really trying, so its safer to just get the occasional adrenalin rush now.

no 448 is paul hanson on his 750 armstrong / barton , a very fast bike ! no 775 is alan fisher on his 750 honda six , both top competitors from the 70s&80s

That was my son James first go at driving, and my first go as passenger for 15 years. I drove first session, so he could get his own back in ...

TonyW wrote:Any Honda 6 outfits still about ??????

Yes, only one that i know of, i bought and rebuilt Brian Tomlins old 6 outfit 3 years ago. Just use it for parades and track days. Did the Beezumph a couple of years ago, had a great time

Thats right it was Rob Cooper from wirral, Winstanley chassis looks correct too. Think he did the Southern one year too.

Correct Geoff the eurolease honda is John Coates and Ian Andrews on his CBX outfit. The naked CBX outfit is a bloke from the wirral somewhere, will have to look in a programme to find out his name. John Holden bought the outfit off John Coates, then we bought it off John Holden.