Where Are You Now? Series 'A' Twin: Speedway Special
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Interesting bike. Any details about it or the owner so I can try and identify it?
Simon
Simon
Looks to be a Triumph rigid frame and gearbox along with Norton Long Roadholders.
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The reason I’m a petrolhead
I got my love of motorcycles (and cars) from my late father whose birthday was yesterday, so I thought I’d do a post on his racing days. My dad was a genuine petrolhead with a passion for motorcycles. He started drag racing in the early ’60s with a bike called the ‘Silver Flash’ progressing on...
Was this in the UK,
We had something like this Sprinting in the 60 s,
Looks like the chap in the photo only much older ?.
Cheers Bill.
We had something like this Sprinting in the 60 s,
Looks like the chap in the photo only much older ?.
Cheers Bill.
Hi Squiggles, small world isn't it? I must have met your father as I was there the day that Ian Ashwell died. The Speed Trials did not stop but the course was shortened, not after the events with your father and Ian but a few years later when someone just kept on going at the end of the kilometer and was killed at high speed after the end of the track.
The guy Sprinting the series A Twin in the Brighton Area was Les Fields. Speedways was a motorcycle shop. It was in I think an Ariel Frame. Bill Lawless bought it and I tried to mend the motor but suddenly Bill sold it. I have no idea who to.
Les then built a sprinter around a V8 car engine and on a first run at The Brighton Speed Trials managed to demolish a bus stop after it veered left off the start line.
roy
Les then built a sprinter around a V8 car engine and on a first run at The Brighton Speed Trials managed to demolish a bus stop after it veered left off the start line.
roy