Great bike pictures and videos.

[The Spin Doctor]

Also Honda withdrew from GP racing (all classes) at the end of 1967, but allowed Hailwood to contest non-GP race on 'privateer' Honda machinery. So if this pic was really taken in 1968 then the race was a non-World Championship event.

OK, that's clearer.

But at that time, there were very many non-championship events... they may even have been in the majority. Right up to the days of Freddie Spencer, top GP riders regularly competing in international events outside of the GPs.

Soo... back to the question... is it Montjuic Park?

[mangocrazy]

Also Honda withdrew from GP racing (all classes) at the end of 1967, but allowed Hailwood to contest non-GP race on 'privateer' Honda machinery. So if this pic was really taken in 1968 then the race was a non-World Championship event.

OK, that's clearer.

But at that time, there were very many non-championship events... they may even have been in the majority. Right up to the days of Freddie Spencer, top GP riders regularly competing in international events outside of the GPs.

Soo... back to the question... is it Montjuic Park?

Yes, I remember in particular that there were a lot of early season races in Italy with good prize money that attracted the top stars. Rimini was one 'round the houses' race I remember, and there were plenty of others. You'd need someone whose speciality was pre-1970 European architecture to pronounce on country and location I suspect. But Montjuic was (as the name suggests) held in park-land. That photo doesn't look very park-landish to me.

All this Parklife chat is a bit of a Blur to me...

[mangocrazy]

I'm trying to make out the wording on one of the signs in the pic and it appears to say 'Percolo', which (apparently) is 'danger' in Italian. So on that (admittedly flimsy) basis I think it's Italy, and early in the year due to the lack of leaves on the trees.

[Rockburner]

Is it still there?

[mangocrazy]

While trawling around on Classic motorcycle racing sites I found this photo:





The caption underneath it reads: Mike Hailwood on his 500cc four-cylinder Honda at a pre-season race in Rimini in 1968.


It's the right year and the right number (9) so circumstantial evidence points to the location of the pic being Rimini...

[Taipan]

Is it still there?

A question I ask myself most days...

[Count Steer]

Is it still there?

A question I ask myself most days...

Can you fitted a tracker? (Although some local discussion recently about fitting them to cars. Apparently some of the scrotes nick cars, park 'em up somewhere random for a couple of days to see if there are trackers in them, then move them to the planned destination).

[Taipan]

Is it still there?

A question I ask myself most days...

Can you fitted a tracker? (Although some local discussion recently about fitting them to cars. Apparently some of the scrotes nick cars, park 'em up somewhere random for a couple of days to see if there are trackers in them, then move them to the planned destination).

Its got a monimoto going in it this weekend.

[Taipan]

[rodbargee]

Ago!!

[KungFooBob]

On a Trident.

My old man always wanted a Rocket three (which was pretty much the same bike with different tank badges) cos he was a BSA fan boi.

[Horse]

On a Trident.

My old man always wanted a Rocket three (which was pretty much the same bike with different tank badges) cos he was a BSA fan boi.

Didn't they start off with different engines, 'upright' and 'inclined'?

[Count Steer]

On a Trident.

My old man always wanted a Rocket three (which was pretty much the same bike with different tank badges) cos he was a BSA fan boi.

Didn't they start off with different engines, 'upright' and 'inclined'?

Indeed they did. I think the Triumph had the sloping engine but I always wanted the BSA (despite my experiences with an A7 ).

[Count Steer]

'Sloper' -1976 T160

[Horse]

Wiki says:

"In November 1974, the T150V was succeeded by the modified T160. Some changes were due to market response to the earlier Tridents; others complied with American safety legislation. With forward-sloping cylinders (like the BSA Rocket 3)"

A mate had one of the 'upright' bikes, with lurid purple paint. It also had straight through 3 into 1 pipe, no silencing. He was stopped one morning. Copper told him that the locals had complained, so they waited specifically for him To be fair, he was on the way in to work for early shift

[Ian]

A mate I sadly lost touch with had an immaculate Cardinal Red T160. It was one of the nicest 'feeling' bikes I have ever ridden. The noise, vibration, the whole sensation as it accelerated was glorious.

[Count Steer]

Wiki says:

"In November 1974, the T150V was succeeded by the modified T160. Some changes were due to market response to the earlier Tridents; others complied with American safety legislation. With forward-sloping cylinders (like the BSA Rocket 3)"

A mate had one of the 'upright' bikes, with lurid purple paint. It also had straight through 3 into 1 pipe, no silencing. He was stopped one morning. Copper told him that the locals had complained, so they waited specifically for him To be fair, he was on the way in to work for early shift

Ah...looks like I misremembered the way round it was.

[rodbargee]

BOB AND JENNY BEALE PLAY TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER
REALLY MUST HAVE BEEN LURVE

[rodbargee]

Talk about bottle lent over in the wet on that waiting for the green powerband

[Skub]

Talk about bottle lent over in the wet on that waiting for the green powerband

That'll school ya on throttle control.