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Ah, Ian the corn dealer. I remember the bike well. Small world. Nige' has got three of my bikes in there at the moment....

Nige' at NRP is one of my best mates. Was it Paul Rogers' old bike?

Our paths may have crossed at CRMC meetings, I'm assuming the bike in the kitty litter in the picture is a K4..........

MAR wheel.....

Looks like a get off at Russell's....

Happy days mate. Ray Pettit, there's a name from the past, top class metalworker.

Build sections?? I thought they grew out of the ground.....

I PM'd Andy about this and am yet to receive a reply....

Couple more....

Looks like you'd need to make some drop plates to lower the pegs. Then ground clearance would be compromised. Mallory? Have a look at our website for dates.

I'd rather see my bikes ridden than stood in a shed..... the offer stands. I'll have a look at the picture after you've done with the Ralgex.....??

Excellent. Borrow mine and make sure it's the bikes and not the rider!! Offer still stands. Could you alter it to suit you by changing the height or angle of the handlebars, rather than cutting and welding?

C'mon John, how did it go?

Grandson's TY80.

Rob Gregory's mate???

Best of luck with it, John. You'll be back into it like the old days within half an hour.

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At the moment, no, I'm working on a new ignition system, very light weight and programmable curve.

They did a multi speed Yamaha 50 too, with an 'extra' gearbox on the swinging arm. The '50 class is wonderful. Pure racing. I wish I'd got that barrel now.....

Yep, love places like that.

Hope this works...

I know John Surtees rode an REG racer, (R.E. Geeson) at some point in his career, but can't think of any racer they sponsored.

This is my Garelli 50, I bought it unseen over the 'phone. A chap rang me to say he'd done a house clearance and there was a Garelli moped in the shed and did I want it. I said I'd have it as I love little 2 strokes. I went to pick it up and found this. Definitely not a moped. A pukka reverse cylinder racing machine. A bit of research shows it to be a Wooley Bone Garelli 50cc race bike. One of two made by Brian Woolley/Wooley a motorcycle journalist and engineer and Des Bone, who had a motorcycle shop in Nottingham, both of them excelled in the 50cc racing scene in the day. It's a lovely little thing and next on my list for preparing.

Well, to use a well worn saying, 'what a small world'.... my dad retired and every day him and my mum would have a drive out, it was on one of these ventures they visited the Geeson Museum. My mum spotted the outfit first and shouted my dad to tell him their old sidecar was on show. One of the brothers came across and asked them about it and my dad filled in some missing info' and later went back with a lot of the original paperwork he still had. There's a picture of me in it as a baby at a rally in Lincoln where my dad received a prize from Titch Allen for the bike. It had a wickerwork sidecar on at that time. I seem to think my dad bought it with a flat 'tray' on the side, presumably from it's hauling days. As you say, our paths cross again......

My wife has just come in from work and informed me she has a copy of the magazine feature on her computer at work. It might be of interest to some on here, I'll post it asap.