My old outfit

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Richard Rollings
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My old outfit

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Anyone know if my 1st outfit is still about. I bought it from someone near Gatwick in the late 80s. It had been converted so all the brakes were operated by hand by a previous owner. It came with pipes for a 4 cylinder 2 stroke engine. I didnt do anything with it because it was too much of a project for me at the time so sold it a few months later to fund another outfit that was complete. Can,t remember who I sold it to either.
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Hows that for a sketchy story :roll:
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By the swinging arm and tank, it looks like one of 'Gods' creations
BEARs sidecar 'Its racing Jim, but not as we know it' ;)
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it does look like one of trevs :D
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Maybe an MGF? I had a 1980 one & parts on that look very similar.
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Did they old owner have 1 leg, Gatwick, hand operated brakes, sound's a bit like Tony Calvey.
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The owner I got it off had both legs, it was a previous owner that converted/had it built that way.
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To early to have been Mike Skidmoor's ?
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Karl wrote:Did they old owner have 1 leg, Gatwick, hand operated brakes, sound's a bit like Tony Calvey.
Nail on head me thinks
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Love the look of it... no idea who it belong to or history though. :P

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I go along with Tony Calvey ;)
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Bob B wrote:I go along with Tony Calvey ;)
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Tony lives close to me in West Sussex, last saw him 30 years ago when he lived in Merstham nr Redhill
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Richard Rollings wrote:Anyone know if my 1st outfit is still about. I bought it from someone near Gatwick in the late 80s. It had been converted so all the brakes were operated by hand by a previous owner. It came with pipes for a 4 cylinder 2 stroke engine. I didnt do anything with it because it was too much of a project for me at the time so sold it a few months later to fund another outfit that was complete. Can,t remember who I sold it to either.
Bike4.jpg
Bike4.jpg
Bike2.jpg
Bike1.jpg
Hows that for a sketchy story :roll:
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In 1980 Tony Calvey with Alex Greatwood with their 1,000 cc machine, had been racing for about 4 years under the name "JC Racing" Tony said "when we started everyone was using flashy names. We decided to call ourselves after the character Joe Cool in the Peanuts strip- more of a joke really. Since then, the name has stuck."

They almost quit in 80 as money was a real problem. Tony said " I think we are the only team in the world with a one legged man".
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