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 Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: Mallory Park 23rd July - afternoon |
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just a quickie ...... if anyones milling around with nowt to do, a few of us are testing race scooters at mallory park tomorrow afternoon - 1.30pm till five ish
come into the pits and say hello if you're around |
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JimC on Tscoot/X9ORC has taken his fuoco on a Brands hatch track day. He did pretty well in the novice class, of course the fuoco was slower in a straight line than the race reps but he did find he was getting annoyed at people slowing for corners so early as he could leave it so late to brake. I beleive he left big centre stand gouges all over the track._________________ 
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Well.... it was flippin' warm! Completed just over thirty laps, lost most of the first session after the rear brake pedal parted company ( stripped thread!).
Overall quite chuffed to have taken six seconds off my lap compared to first time out! need to find the same again to be in mid grid though, but I know exactly where I'm losingthe time ( fast bends! ) need more speed / bigger balls! 
anyways - a couple of pics - courtesy of performance art!
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Looks great.
One silly question - are lambrettas more widely used than vespas for racing? If so is it because they're more streamlined shape (which was the reason my dad had them rather than vespas in the 60's) or is it that the frame's better for handling/?_________________
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oooh .. now theres a question ...... yes Lambrettas are more popular, there are more options for tuning and modidying, and (arguably) they handle better.
The only Vespas in racing are small frames, based upon SS90 chassis. There are no bigger vespas racing, although in Europe its pretty much the reverse!
The front running Lambretta 200's are producing 35BHP+ ! Which from a 40+ year old 200cc Italian shopping trolley is pretty damn good! |
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35 bhp on those little wheels ... wow!
My dad had several lambretta's in the 60's he didn't go racing though. I think his favourite was an orange GP180. His parents owned a cafe in lynmouth in Devon and he used to take crate of milk on the Lambretta's footboards down countisbury hill which is the very steep bendy road from Lynton at the top of the cliffs down to Lynmouth at the bottom. It's the type of road that has gravel run-offs on the bends to stop cars if their brakes fail.. must have been very scary!
There's a great pic of my mum and dad sitting on a white lambretta in the 60's looking very moody.. I'll have to get them to scan it - it's a brilliant photo echoing the times.
I like to see these old classics and it's even better to see tuned ones that are faster than modern scooters!_________________
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: Mallory Park 23rd July - afternoon |
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| Gren. wrote: | | paulmgreen wrote: | just a quickie ...... if anyones milling around with nowt to do, a few of us are testing race scooters at mallory park tomorrow afternoon - 1.30pm till five ish
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Will let you know more in advance next time!
We areracing at Anglesey Circuit on 9/10th of August. then Lydden Hill 30/31st August
Season Finale is at Cadwell Park on 27/28th September.
I. expecting to do another test at Mallory late August / early September
What a sod  I did not go to Mallory last Wedesday. Perhaps you could give us more notice when you go again on a wednesday test day, thanks |
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| Thanks , Look forword to your next time at Mallory
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if I wasn't popping out this afternoon I would have come & I think Gren will be there today to, maybe next time 
