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Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
« on: July 31, 2005, 05:59:22 AM »
I went to Barbon hillclimb yesterday and took some pics, didn't bother with the standard bikes cos I can see them anytime on the net and it's nice to see the result of some blokes spares mountain and lots of ingenuity.

Is Hillclimb sprints the last bastion of cheap racing and will big budgets eventually make it boring like so many other sports.
I thought it was nice to see so many varied bikes competing in the same race.
With a bit of luck these should come out OK on the thread.
The one bike I really wanted a pic of was the Spondon framed Suzuki X7 250 but the bloke buggered off before I saw it up close :(


KX 508 with works SR 500 bits



Maico 500




Mettise framed Triumph Trident



Sidecar outfit without bodywork



CR 500


Weslake engine in a Sealey? frame




Two wheel drive, three wheeler beast.




Trike with one handed controls (fairly shifted as well)




Vincent V twin

 

Weslake engined Grasstracker with swing round right side footpeg for better ground clearance.

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RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2005, 12:47:03 PM »
Looks like a good event. Heaps of classy old machinery.
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RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2005, 07:47:15 PM »
Brakes on a speedway bike,looks like fun!
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Re: RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2005, 05:57:15 AM »
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Brakes on a speedway bike,looks like fun!


The bloke was pretty good also, not hanging around at all.

He did say that righthanders were a bit of a problem though :lol:

Some of those old classics were running on Methanol and a bit faster than I expected.

The KX engine was from a 89 works bike, used to have four gears.
You can see the casing isn't standard from the pics.
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« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2005, 08:37:46 PM »
To tell you the truth I remember pictures from my old moto magazines of SR500 works bikes and they had the same clutch cover as in the picture,very collectable!
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2005, 08:15:29 AM »
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To tell you the truth I remember pictures from my old moto magazines of SR500 works bikes and they had the same clutch cover as in the picture,very collectable!


The previous owner (bloke called Neil hutch as far as I remember) offered to sell it to me a couple of years ago but I was so skint that I didn't even ask what price he wanted :(
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