pat Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hi, Wounder if any of you may have a clue how this rider is? http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu54/pa...0_BantamBSA.jpg The photo came from a French classic website, but unfortunatley I dont remember the address, apologize. Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 its a grand lad called Odgie, rides his sunbeam tigress scooter engined BSA in the Red Rose and Yorkshire Classic rounds when he is not drag racing Yank cars.. A true modern day "character" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted March 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thanks Alan, Do you have any idea if this pic was taken in the 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Look's like odgie to me, the guy's a star He's got a website now: odgie.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted March 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thanks AMO, "Me in the dirt" nice reading C11G "The Yorkshire Classic Club Machine Examiner thought it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieboy Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Did he used to write for some custom type motorcycle magazines,Back Street Heroes or something like that? He came north of the border a few years back to the Scottich Classic Motorcycle Racing Club's big trial and scramble at Thornhill in July,maybe 6 or 7 years ago.I never watched the scramble but I rode the trial and seem to remember he was a good rider. I'm sure I have seen him at the Scottish pre-'65 a few years back. Definately a character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odgie Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yep, bang to rights on all counts everybody - guilty as charged..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieboy Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yep, bang to rights on all counts everybody - guilty as charged..... When are you coming north of the border to visit us again? Are you still writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odgie Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I write for 100% Biker, Real Classic (by far the very best classic bike mag you'll ever read), plus a bit for Custom Car and a couple of American hotrod mags. Well, it all beats working for a living...... Doubt I'll be up't north anytime soon though unfortunately. I gave up scrambling after wreckin me knee (snapped the cruciate ligament in that muddy slot at a scramble near Edinburgh a few years ago - but two ops later it's cool now though), still trials riding (just got a very nice 1932 JAP-powered girder forked OK-Supreme, won the Rigid class first time out last weekend), but do a lot of hotrodding and nostalgia drag racing now, plus a few VMCC runs (our kid's secretary or our local group). So too many busy weekends, not enough Odgie to go round..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamjayzee Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Odgie, Love your website! Breath of fresh air in this politically correct age! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcq46 Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Odgie, I have to agree with Graham on your website mate......one in the eye for all the PC brigade, and great fun to read. .........it took me back to my mispent youth, and then made me realise that I clearly wasnt trying hard enough! Did you also do a couple of articles in Trail Bike Magazine many years ago, I have a dim recolection of a BSA scrambler with a cracked piston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat Posted March 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Odgie, A great site, thanks for a lot of fun reading. Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieboy Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Odgie, A great site, thanks for a lot of fun reading. Pat Got to agree,great site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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