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Hub centre steering

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:32 pm
by petercaughlin
Went to the Bristol Show at Shepton on Saturday amongst exhibits was a Difazio Hub Centre outfit owned by arch sprinter Henry Body for many years, according to the history on the bike Difazio road raced it from 1959 and Henry bought it and then grass tracked it in the 60`s ,I bet that's another one that blows a hole in the eligibility rules

Re: Hub centre steering

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:10 pm
by steve-e
Think of them more as 'guidelines'
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Re: Hub centre steering

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:47 pm
by petercaughlin
Steve,
I thought guidelines were something you used to evade Income Tax :? :? :?

Re: Hub centre steering

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:46 pm
by kew
I remember seeing a couple of outfits in the late 60s / early 70s with a Reliant front swinging arm and hub centre steering.
I can't remember who they were ( I've got trouble remembering my own name these days). 8-) 8-) 8-)

Re: Hub centre steering

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:48 am
by kermit
most notorious and succesful of difazio hub centre outfit: bill COOPER as raced by brian MEE and john PHILLIP. superlative handling impecable workmanship. rip bill!. will NOT enter the contoversy it is beneath ANY serious afficionado.but of course therer is the "RENWICK!!!!""LEVEE DE BOUCLIER GUARANTEED!!!!!!!!!.

Re: Hub centre steering

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:08 am
by 666
I remember racing against a Renwick with a 1000 Vincent in at Snetterton, that was 1972 if memory serves me correctly.

Re: Hub centre steering

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:08 pm
by lang
John, that Renwick Vincent used to compete at Croft in the early 1970s, I think the driver was from Grimsby, which is about midway between Snetterton and Croft.