have also dwindled. There is little support for the true vintage class, the province of mainly JAP or Rudge engined bikes. Although there are survivors, most seem to be in museums or private collections. No longer viable? Perhaps surprisingly, and depending on precise model, most, sometimes all, engine parts are still available. The 500 Speedway JAP, or the 350 Grass Track version, may have dominated the sport for decades, but are an all-too-rare sight nowadays. There are classes for various years and capacities. The Jawa that eventually supplanted the JAP in the sixties can still be found at a reasonable price for a competitive machine. The 250 class regularly turns back the clock to when the BSA C15 and its successive incarnations remained competitive for many years. Seventies bikes, even the later four-valves, the club will always find a category for anything that conforms to the
Remember this? A typical seventies sidecar heat – except this was Swingfield in 2019! general VMCC rule of at least 25 years old. Excepted from that are the junior classes and that ever-popular GT140 class, where brand new bikes can be bought for less than the price of many a second-hand grass-track machine. The club is also hoping to entice sidecars back after a complete absence in recent years. An interesting formula will permit certain modern engines to compete against more traditional powerplants, but the outfit should
Extra TVTC Trial on 15th March ď Ž By Jim Connor
The event will be held at Mountain Wood Farm (a nice name) Mountain Wood, signed off Green Dene, West Horsley, Surrey. KT24 5TA. Mountain Wood is only half mile from Hookwood as the crow flies and the venue is compact with good parking. The land is sandy in places with a big bomb crater (a German bomber crashed there in WW2
and bits can still be found to this day). The owner Andy Todman is a friend of mine and with his late Father was one of the early Thames MCC members riding a TY175. Andy expressed interest to have a couple of Trials on his land and with the help of Thames members: Bob Brown, Paul Sims, Peter Steer and wife Pam and several others, a few
look period correct. So far, it has produced results from some close racing. So what's it all about? Find out at the first meeting of the year at Ashorne, Warwickshire on 29 March, later there are two meetings at Ugley (not far from Stansted Airport) on 28 June and 23 August for the pre-75 Championships. Other dates at Chalfont, Bucks, and Southend are still to be confirmed.
work parties were carried out to enable Hookwood Trials Club to run the first event in 2018 (a youth only event) This went very well and next events to run were Surrey Schoolboys and the Thames club. All events went well and its a nice bit of land to ride on. Look forward to seeing riders at the Trial there on 15 March. All classes youth and adult catered for.
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