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Hi Phil, with the demise of F/Era races, it was replaced with a class called Post Classic, no resembalance to F/Era. The class allows multi 2 strokes, muli 4 strokes etc. You could race your TZ with them. You'd be up against long outfits that they allowed in. Don't know if you heard, Nigel passed aw...

I heard as long ago as 2011 steer clear of Garner, he is a crook, these are not my words. Very sad that Spondon Eng. was bought by Garner,home of the masters of Aluminium craftsmen. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/30/taken-for-a-ride-how-norton-motorcycles-collapsed-amid-acrimony-and-s...

Hi Phil, the MAJOR difference between Forgotten Era & Classic Club was that Forgotten Era allowed 13" wheels & slicks where as at the time Classic didn't. Centre hub & single sided swingarms were also allowed in F/Era. F/Era was very relaxed on chassis. Forgot to mention "Kettl...

Hi Phil, I'm not having a moan I'm stating a fact. The original F/era rules were two classes within the race, ie Twin Cylinder machines & Multi Cylinder machines. Thought up by the late Dave Hawley RIP. I say machines because the machines wern't just sidecars, 3 wheelers were allowed in the race...

Good move Phil. Forgotten Era Racing ( Now Post Classic!) in the 90's was a thriving class with full grids at every meeting, but there was a small group who didn't race with Forgotten Era who wanted to change the rules. Why alter a perfectly good class of racing? Proggression they said, stop the cla...

The "Club Circuit", brilliant, flying into the hairpin 4 abreast!, no chicane to slow you down going into the hairpin.
I rode the club circuit in the 70's, 80's & 90's, back then the mountain section could be covered with fog but the club circuit was relativily clear.
Good day's

So sad, what an Engineer. Another part of Motorcycling history has gone.
RIP Colin.

I ran a Puma Weslake engine.
Vince Winstanley & also the Hogg brothers ran BMW engines with Krauser 4 valve heads.
There were also Triumph Weslakes, Triumph, BSA, etc.

RIP Dick, one of a kind.

If I remember correctly, it was 1988 when they were first used???
F2 for the TT in 1990 it was 350 2 strokes & 600 4 strokes, the year 1000cc twins were banned from the TT.
Geoff Bell could throw some light on this.

Just heard about the death of Phil Biggadyke. Very sad, a lovely guy, RIP Phil.

I'm not on face book so I couldn't post, in the early day's of Forgotten Era there were 2 classes within the races, twin cylinder & multi cylinder. Both classes ran 4 stroke & 2 stroke engines. There was a specific ban on Jap multi 4 stroke & 2 stroke engines, ie, TZ700, GS1000 etc. Ther...

It was mean't to be "tongue in cheek" Chris

I built this Benelli a few years back & the guy who bought it( ex sidecar passenger) sent me this brilliant pic of him racing it at Anglesea,
trying to beat the RAF jet taking off behind him

Ignore, posted twice!