Christopher Doyle Posted February 19, 2015 Report Posted February 19, 2015 I never did get my R6... other priorities came up. I do now own a YZF 750 though
mercuryg Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 "Cafe Racer" I never knew where that phrase came from! Thanks for enlightening me, it makes much more sense now!!
Maggie/915 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 HPW the question I asked about the bike was from my old 'Rocker' of a husband.Bikes were an important part of his teenage and early twenties life in Lancashire.He thought the bike was a 500 Clubman Goldstar,later he thought not. Tank and seat not quite right!The 'cafe' part I am informed was something that maybe started on the North Circular Road London at the 'Ace' cafe.
John Fox (foxy) Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 The ultimate cafe racer and the man they cannot catch
mercuryg Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 Who be that, Foxy? My recognition of bike racers stops at Phil Read and Mick Grant!
mercuryg Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 This topic got me reminiscing about my late Dad (George Turnbull), and a few Google searches brought up an interview with the great Jim Redman, a name I'm sure Foxy will be familiar with. There's a typical quote in an interview with him about trying to dissuade Mike Hailwood from riding on The Mountain; those who know me will recognise a similar trait in me: "....Then we walked into the Douglas Head pub and George Turnbull, who was always in the pub, never anywhere else, and wrote the best race reports, said; 'Here they come; the living legends.'" Remarkable.
John Fox (foxy) Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 This topic got me reminiscing about my late Dad (George Turnbull), and a few Google searches brought up an interview with the great Jim Redman, a name I'm sure Foxy will be familiar with. T Remarkable.I was fortunate enough to meet him at the TT in 2003 merc...great guy !!
mercuryg Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 He is,I remember meeting him when I was a kid, most likely at Oulton Park I think. Those were the days when Journo's worked from the pub, and bike racers were real men!
pilgrim Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 mick grants mechanic used to live in cramlington and often stored the race bikes there - first time i ever saw titanium bolts!met Mick grant a few times and he was the speaker at the NE road Race Association at the annual dinner etc.
John Fox (foxy) Posted February 21, 2015 Report Posted February 21, 2015 He's helping out at Norton now pilgrim, this was at last years IOM TT.
mercuryg Posted February 22, 2015 Report Posted February 22, 2015 A number of years ago one of Mick's helmets, that he'd worn - I think - on a then record lap of the IoM course, was sold for charity on the island. My father bought it, and my brother used to wear it while riding his bikes. He still has it, along with one of Hailwood's, and a couple of others.
HIGH PIT WILMA Posted March 3, 2015 Report Posted March 3, 2015 HPW the question I asked about the bike was from my old 'Rocker' of a husband. Bikes were an important part of his teenage and early twenties life in Lancashire. He thought the bike was a 500 Clubman Goldstar, later he thought not. Tank and seat not quite right! The 'cafe' part I am informed was something that maybe started on the North Circular Road London at the 'Ace' cafe.Aye Maggie,anybody could be forgiven for that one,it's the swept pipe lookalike that takes ya eye!
Maggie/915 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Aye HPW it all brings back memories of a life well lived.
HIGH PIT WILMA Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 Aye Maggie,a great old pic,a real rarity!
Christopher Doyle Posted June 23, 2016 Report Posted June 23, 2016 Upgraded again, The YZF was just a little too loud for me! (It attracted too much 'Plod attention!) Now riding a red Kawasaki ZX9R Ninja. I really need to start thinking about more appropriate bikes, and get out of this mid-life crisis!
John Fox (foxy) Posted June 23, 2016 Report Posted June 23, 2016 On 21/02/2015 at 08:40, mercuryg said: Who be that, Foxy? My recognition of bike racers stops at Phil Read and Mick Grant! Sorry, must have missed that one Merc, It's Michael Dunlop here he is on his way to victory at this years TT.
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