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No_rice
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 12:48 pm: | 
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i hope you guys make it. i want pics of a flying buell! some of the jumps on that course are amazing. |
Terribletim
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 01:24 pm: |
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That's what I'm sayin' No_rice! I see some bad-a** t-shirts coming! |
Aeholton
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 03:09 pm: |
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Irishago - Good luck in gaining entry. I'm rooting for you! If you are successful at gaining entry, I would be happy to send you a few bucks toward your effort. Is the mailing address correct on your website? |
Tigerbythetail
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 03:24 pm: |
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Go luck Irishago. I will follow your efforts closely.
Possible see ya at the TT.
tiger |
Gentleman_jon
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 04:07 pm: |
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Just to add a bit of historical perspective, the first hundred mile an hour lap of the Island was done just fifty years ago, by Bob McIntyre on a Gilera, air cooled 500 cc. four.
Three years later, the "King of Brands" Derek Minter lapped the Island on a Manx Norton 500cc Single at 100, and Mike Hailwood did the same, lapping in a little over 22 minutes.
It seems to me, that a Buell, with twice the horsepower, and better suspension and tires, running on a continually improved course, could easily put a minute on a Manx , which now a days is considered sort of a slow historical relic for old guys to race.
Unless of course, I have gotten something terribly wrong.
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Rocketman
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 05:11 pm: |
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Slick Bass? You're kidding man. That guy is a legend in his own underpants!
Slick Bass and your 11th place puts that Buell in no better hands. Rock on!
Jon the Gent, you have. Those Manx 500's you speak of can be bought brand new and much upto date whilst still allowed in Classic racing. The likes of Gardner, Spencer, Sheene and a host of other ex GP500 champs have tried their hand at classic racing on these very machines, and they are not slow historical relics as some would wrongly assume.
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Rocketman
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 05:19 pm: |
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It just dawned on me. These modern day Classic racers, many have a Buell connection.
Graham Dyson, one half of Barton Engineering (Buells roots), is the man behind Nova Racing Transmissions who make transmissions for modern bikes as well as new transmissions for classic bikes. Many of the classic racers running today are equipped with Nova transmissions.
Rocket |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 08:03 pm: |
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Let us know if there is anything we can do to help you get your chance to race! Really cool stuff! |
Irishago
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 08:09 pm: |
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Yes Anthony Slick Bass none other, Foggy,s Ex Ducati Factory Spanner Man. Hes working on my 400 Honda this season . Im hopeing to take it to the NW 200 and give it a run out.
I will try and get a photo of it when i race this Sunday. Will upload it. It looks like Freddy Spencers CB 750 Superbike i do like to race the unusual all the best Irish Ago.... |
Mikexlr650
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 08:27 pm: |
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ago,
you have picked up many new fans today. good luck! we'll be lookin and rootin for ya.
be cool to hear that old lump screamin at the tt. |
Mikexlr650
| | Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 - 08:30 pm: |
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maybe a t-shirt to help raise funding for you. we've got some talented artists here on badweb. |
Davegess
| | Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 07:48 pm: |
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"Something is happening here but you don't know what it is do you Mr. Jones?"
Stay tuned interesting things may happen. |
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