One of my hobbies... (motorcycle restoration)

Up until recently, my main hobby was the restoration and sale of old GP race bikes along with a few road bikes thrown in.

The following is a few examples.

You will have to forgive my tatty lawn!! :hehe:


From this..



To this...

 

Grass track, are you mad!:D

I've done trials and found it very boring, and spent many happy times racing with Bemsee in SS400 and GP250, but grass track is for nutters!!:D
Strangely, my old BSA M21 was one of the few bikes that I wished that I had kept
I used to love the un hurried pace of it. And country lanes were never more enjoyable.

I don't have any digital pictures of me racing, just a couple of scanned photos. I packed it in for several reasons. Firstly I couldn't afford it, then I had two very big crashes, which gave me the wake up call that my passion wasn't fair on my wife and daughter. Then very sadly, the son of my best friend was killed. I packed it in there and then. I met some lovely people while racing, and the paddock atmosphere was just so much fun. I'll always miss it, but family is more important.

 

Fantastic job, real works of art.

Not wishing to hi-jack your thread, but our youngest son has turned this.



Into this.

 

Thanks for the video, I enjoyed that. For some reason, the name Rob Fortune sounded very very familiar to me. A few of my friends have competed and won at grass track, but just watching it frightens me.:D I love the bikes, and the simplicity of them, but that's it for me.

I've never been to Castle Coombe, but I did my fair share of grass track when I got it wrong!!:hehe:
After one particular incident at brands, I remember being called up to the race control tower and being told that perhaps my riding style might suit a different class!!:D

I agree about bikes and road riding. After racing, I found that I hated riding on the road and packed it in, as the enjoyment had gone. My wife even rode as a pillion on my ZZR1100 up until she was 7 months pregnant. It just somehow never seemed dangerous back then.

I can't see me ever getting another bike, but trying to find something to get the same adrenaline fix is impossible.

WOW!!! That is stunning, how about some more details of the vehicle and also some about your son. You must be very proud of him.

 

Hi Eddie,

Thanks for your kind words.

I'll start another topic.