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One for Gavin, where???? & who are they?

Karl wrote:

That bring's back scarey memories. Gary and I raced that outfit with a TZ700/750 in it. It handled so badly. We were doing the Race of Aces at Snett and the bike just jumped sideways about 4 foot. We finished the race, parked it and never rode it again. Originally it had "Kettles" in it. I think with TZ's and Gary's hard riding we reached the max of the outfit.

Not saying it was bad but we nicknamed it the "Ninja Turd"

Think it was built By Cliff(or Clive) Carter, friend of BFD.

~The guy you are thinking of is Cliff . Cliff used to make all Bruce's bodywork for him . He also made a one off bodywork kit for my F2 years ago which the desgin is still knocking about now . DDR were running it last year and it still looks lovely .

It was a long time ago but from what i recall it was originally a short outfit with a kettle in it , I think Cliff then extended it into a long un . I remember being told that it didn't handle when it was a short chasis so had no chance being extended !!

Tony Rozier run the long version with a Kettle at one point. When it rained the platform was like a bathtub!

ianw wrote:One for Gavin, where???? & who are they?

On the left is Ted Tucker & Dave Ward (not visable) Weslake v-twin / Ivan Ducker chassis, The team in yellow I are Chris Tyrell I think (in hat) from Cornwall they are 100% on a Wasp chassis & Mc Kenna backed team is Terry Skinner also on a Wasp V-twin....... This would have been 1983-4ish? at Donnington or Mallory........

go on then Ian how much of that is correct ??? The location I'm not 100% on nor the yellow team... The rest is all ok though

I'd say it was Mallory.

Or Silverstone

A couple of oldies that some of us will remember...... Dennis Keen & Roy / Doug Woodhouse...... Went to Dennis's birthday party a few weeks ago , the so & so is now 80 but still sprinting an R1 sidecar .