British Magnum at Cadwell on 17th & 18th August

Unread post by RP » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:09 pm

Anyone who wants to see Tony Wakefield and the British Magnum will be able to do so at the Beezumph Rally at Cadwell on the 17th & 18th August. His entry is confirmed and so is ours. CV will also be there on the Fath URS.

Unread post by **steve-e** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:15 pm

buggrit, we're at snet that weekend with Maz's Mob

Jim Sinnott · Unread post by **Jim Sinnott** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:42 pm

Been to Cadwell today.RP & Graham had 2 outfits their but no passengers,they managed to con 2 unsuspecting lads to ride with them, i have to say first time round the Mountain i thought "christ i have only meet Graham today and i dont think i will ever see him again, but it all worked out and they survived to have another run out later.

RP being the true professional came through in flying colours [ black and dayglo yellow ] with white headgear, he was suffering with a slipping clutch but everone had a very enjoyable day.

Tony Wakefield had a couple of mechanical problems but when the Magnum was running it sounded and looked great.

A few stars of the past Chris Vincent, Tommy Robb. Frank Perris,Peter Williams in the paddock, Mick Grant was going round on a MV

ianw · Unread post by **ianw** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:06 pm

Wish I had been there Jim. Someone needs to tempt out Nigel Rollason aswell.
The shear variety of outfits & engines in those days was mind boggling.
All you get now is one of 4 jap engines, all look the same & sound the bloody same!!!

Triplebrew · Unread post by **Triplebrew** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:02 pm

Was good to see the various outfits on track. The Magnum certainly seemed to struggle. Shame to see Derek Plummer have problems and go home early

If I had known RP was struggling for a passenger I would have gone and offered my services

Next year there will be a Triple race outfit there too

that is a promise (unless we suffer another mechanical catastrophe!).

Unread post by RP » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:53 pm

Triplebrew wrote: If I had known RP was struggling for a passenger I would have gone and offered my services

Wish you had done, we didn't even realise you were there until too late on Saturday. The solo boys who stepped in on Friday were Brian Stevens who passengered myself (he evidently once passengered for Mr. Hegarty senior) and the other lad who had never stepped onto a sidecar before was Pete Ranson. Both described the BSA experience as "the most fun you can have with your clothes on".
On Saturday the passengers were Ian Hart (a speedway rider mate of mine who had never been on an outfit before) and Kevin Bassam (our mechanic from our racing days who had been on before) who passengered my brother. Apart from Saturday when my battery went flat in the first session and I broke a chain in the second, I had a good couple of days. Graham didn't get so much track time due to a few problems (including him breaking a chain and failing to even start for the first session on Saturday). Tony Wakefield broke a timing belt on Friday but had a better couple of runs on Saturday.
Has anyone got any pics of this event, BTW?

Triplebrew · Unread post by **Triplebrew** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:55 pm

The TR3OC photographer (Jim Gaisford) will have pics. If he does, like he did last year, you will get a series of proofs through the post to order pics from. Glad it all went OK. Was nice to see the bike in use.

bluemartincbx · Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:35 pm

Jim, did you see that Honda 6 outfit at Cadwell? what did you think to it.

Unread post by RP » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:08 am

Sorry, I am not Jim but I was very impressed, although I was amazed that it got past the scrutineers.

Sidecar Class. Friday 17th August
- Two 15 minute track sessions.
- Open to any British, European or American sidecar outfits.

Sidecar Class. Saturday 18th August
- Two 15 minute track sessions.
- Open to any British, European or American sidecar outfits.

I expect we will have a job to get our BSA's entered for next year when the word gets round to the F1 and F2 boys!

Bob B · Unread post by **Bob B** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:20 am

Dave Bexley of Hadleigh Custom used to campaign a CBX outfit in the late 70s early 80s, quick and sounded gorgeous

Jim Sinnott · Unread post by **Jim Sinnott** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:11 am

Yes i saw the Honda 6, agree with Bob they sound great

GSX · Unread post by **GSX** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:46 am

ianw wrote:Wish I had been there Jim. Someone needs to tempt out Nigel Rollason aswell.
The shear variety of outfits & engines in those days was mind boggling.
All you get now is one of 4 jap engines, all look the same & sound the bloody same!!!

I'll second that Ian

bluemartincbx · Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:16 pm

RP
If you check the regs it states British, European or American FRAMED machines, hence on Friday Hondas, MZ`s, Laverdas, TZ Yams etc etc.
Bob
Yes i knew Dave Bexley well, and his outfit was nice, ran amal mk 2s` on it, we used to swop a lot of info between us on the CBX`s

GSX · Unread post by **GSX** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:39 pm

There used to be a guy from the Honda shop in Eccles that ran a CBX engined outfit in the early 80's also ......... guy called Bill - sorry can't remember his second name at the mo

Unread post by RP » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:50 pm

bluemartincbx wrote:RP
If you check the regs it states British, European or American FRAMED machines, hence on Friday Hondas, MZ`s, Laverdas, TZ Yams etc etc.

OK - stand corrected, but I imagine that probably covers any outfit ever built (except Masato Kumano's possibly). Not complaining though, it was a bloody good couple of days. Tony Wakefield is over the moon because his son George got to ride the Magnum around a road circuit for the first time.