gazer Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Just got my entry back to ride in the pre65 scottish, look forward to it, so if you see some one lying on the deck under a 1947 500t norton it will be me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munch Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 as a back marker, i hope not to see you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big john Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Just got my entry back to ride in the pre65 scottish, look forward to it, so if you see some one lying on the deck under a 1947 500t norton it will be me Are you riding the 500T that was ridden by someone in the Scottish way back in the late forties? Good luck to you, you will need it! Mind you if Munch is back marking, he's a solid guy! Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot 3 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Are you riding the 500T that was ridden by someone in the Scottish way back in the late forties?Good luck to you, you will need it! Mind you if Munch is back marking, he's a solid guy! Big John You got your's back John??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 You got your's back John??? John is riding. Probably get his ass whooped by his eldest lad again, but he's got an entry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot 3 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 John is riding. Probably get his ass whooped by his eldest lad again, but he's got an entry Well you see there was a cunning plan in there Andy...David wanted me to follow them round taking pics every time the old boy dropped it.......I said I didn't have a memory card to take that many pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big john Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) Yes I got in, but David isn't riding next year. And before anyone asks, the answer is no, they cannot borrow his Cub! And the answer is no, I'm not riding a 350cc Matchless, I'm riding something different...still a 350 but a totally different make of machine! Big John (Number 132) Edited December 30, 2008 by Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 And the answer is no, I'm not riding a 350cc Matchless, I'm riding something different...still a 350 but a totally different make of machine! Hate to tell you, but I don't think this is eligible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big john Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) Hate to tell you, but I don't think this is eligible Curses, foiled again! It's actually a 350cc BSA Bantam, Post Office Telegram bike I've got and entry with in the Pre-65! Apparently Jeff Smith and Bill Nicholson secretly tested a 350cc Bantam in January 1959 with the view to making it into a big bore two-stroke trials machine. I have had one specially built using a disguised Husqvarna motor tuned down with programmable ignition and had the frame and cycle parts painted Pillar Box Red especially for this event, should raise quite a few eyebrows methinks! Big John Edited December 31, 2008 by Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Curses, foiled again!It's actually a 350cc BSA Bantam, Post Office Telegram bike I've got and entry with in the Pre-65! Apparently Jeff Smith and Bill Nicholson secretly tested a 350cc Bantam in January 1959 with the view to making it into a big bore two-stroke trials machine. I have had one specially built using a disguised Husqvarna motor tuned down with programmable ignition and had the frame and cycle parts painted Pillar Box Red especially for this event, should raise quite a few eyebrows methinks! Big John I thought I was the only one riding a 350 Bantam ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big john Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) Well it's actually around 325cc to be honest. The barrel is taken from a Bultaco Sherpa but I've had the fins machined down to resemble the Bantam profile and painted black to make it look like iron, head is the same a mate has re-profiled the fins to look like a Bantam. Bottom end is rejigged and I have retained a four speed gearbox. Third gear is quite high for the tracks. It will have the tongues wagging, but there again, maybe no-one will notice! They will all be too busy criticising the bright red colour to notice the hydraulic clutch, fiddle forks and the switch for the digital ignition re-map! Plus I'm using rubber balls in the rear tyre this time instead of a tube! Apparently the top riders experimented with that set up back in 1952/53 according to a guy I spoke to in the pub, so it must all contribute to the genuine Pre-65 spirit! Big John PS: as announced on a separate thread on this website, replicas being made, orders taken now at Edited December 31, 2008 by Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazer Posted December 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) yes john the 500t was riden by jack blackwell in the first ssdt after the 2ndww jack was a factory rider for norton he was also shop forman for commafords, my dad rebuilt it he knew jack as well as he worked at commafords before he started motorite comp shop, see you there. my rider no is 64 never riden the pre 65 scottish before got any tips ??? Edited December 31, 2008 by gazer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot 3 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 yes john the 500t was riden by jack blackwell in the first ssdt after the 2ndww jack was a factory rider for norton he was also shop forman for commafords, my dad rebuilt it he knew jack as well as he worked at commafords before he started motorite comp shop, see you there.my rider no is 64 never riden the pre 65 scottish before got any tips ??? Bribes for the observers...whisky is generally appreciated..... Big John always gets FIVES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizza5 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Bribes for the observers...whisky is generally appreciated..... Big John always gets FIVE Whiskys before he starts Edited for you might explain his riding................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big john Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 yes john the 500t was riden by jack blackwell in the first ssdt after the 2ndww jack was a factory rider for norton he was also shop forman for commafords, my dad rebuilt it he knew jack as well as he worked at commafords before he started motorite comp shop, see you there.my rider no is 64 never riden the pre 65 scottish before got any tips ??? Don't listen to that Slapshot chap, he's out to make mischief! My pal Chris Haigh is riding number 68, so you will be pretty close to him, he's on a Velocette. Of course, John Wright, Motorite Comp Shop once upon a time business partner with Vic Allan (well known Scotsman) Hook Road, Surbiton, Surrey. The very place where I bought a pair of 'Big John' Fenman boots, made by Maurice Arden if my memory serves me correctly! As it's a rigid, then you should speak to Clive Dobson, he's the rigid specialist and rides a 500T, a man's machine! Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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