Cemetry circuit.

[pggg]

Two bikes. Britten - hand built believe it or not and probably still holds lap records.




Old 1920's Indian - modded with melted down Chev pistons cast in paint - tins and hit 206mph in the 60's (non-turbo) Still top speed record for 900cc bikes.

[pggg]

Britten was the only bike(apart from Ducati888 superbike) I saw that makes K5 gixxer 1000's look sluggish. Checked out a TZ750 parked, but it wasn't racing damn. Pat Hennan cleaned up at that circuit once or twice. Randy Mamola raced there when 19. Some local whizz-kid kicks ass usually. Scary f1 races when the crowds hushed for 14 laps. It's sprint race at 50 secs a lap. Saw 5 prangs that day. Heard plenty of others. About 30 races for the day. Track marshalls seemed slow to react. It's true sidecars do cartwheels.

600cc is fastest on the street - 1 litre machines too powerful. A good handling z900 Kwak blitzed 1/2 dozen snarling GSX and GS1100's including 80's Mckintosh Suzuki - which are good for 170mph. Even the matchless's Nortons Triumphs are no slouch. Who ever's game enough to get round the corners the fastest. Bikes pass the crowd at 220kph six inches away in places. Not a lot of fences either...

[xs650mike]

Thanks pggg!

Thanks for putting this up. Sounds like an exciting day. Sidecars are my favorite as a spectator, the most thrilling road racing there is.