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But getting back to the original post.... LPC or HPC.... anyone...
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I have and i must say i was impressed with Charlies bike but i did see Ralph race back in the late 90`s and i must admit,ive never seen another race scooter go as well and sound so perfect.It was a while ago mind but i can say they were two different bikes.He does do the odd bit of development but the main bulk ofit is as it was when it was concieved in the early 90`spaulmgreen wrote:Muttley McLadd wrote:The fact that Ralph is old enough to be Charlie's dad, only rides now and then, and is on a bike built over fifteen years ago is nothing to do with it then?tony wrote: The fact that Edmonds is anywhere near is amazing, but to win outright is a remarkable achievement.
I'd expect half the pack to be ahead of Ralph, considering they're all half his age on newly built machines.
have you actually been to a race meeting recently?
Riders are all half Ralphs age? ermmmmm I don't think so?
Ralphs bike built 15 yearsago.... ermmmmmm don't think so!
The bike may have ORIGINATED 15 years ago, but has had continual development and additional work since.
could charlie been out in front have anything to do with 'fancy fuels'?tony wrote:Not actually true special X. Check the results mate.Special X wrote:It wasn't until Ralph Saxelby took his hook!tony wrote:Well hi Dave. Things move on. Come and watch..A group 4 machine shouldnt be winning outright should it in the 'traditional' way of thinking? Smallframe vespas setting outright scooter lap records on the full cadwell circuit on its second outing? Tuned by the same man.
I wouldnt dispute the figures. They are correct.
Btw Mr S said he was beating them all with aprox 25 bhp and loadsa torque. Given how low revving that bike is it's probably true.
Ralph last raced at Donny.. race 1 he won, race 2 ,Charlie won. And thats not because Ralph crashed on last lap as the red flag was out and it was counted back a lap as per rules. Ralph second.
Going back to 2007 as Ralph hadnt been out since.. he won both races at Oulton with Charlie second.
They next raced at Anglesey to which Charlie won 2 out of 3 races as he didnt finish the other race Ralph won. http://www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/ ... esults.pdf and http://www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/ ... esults.pdf and http://www.theresults.co.uk/theresults/ ... esults.pdf
And thats the last time he was out. In my mind (and Dave will correct me if I'm wrong I'm sure ) a watercooled reed valved ,cut down, lightweight group 6 bike should be miles ahead of a grp 4, full bodied, piston ported , air cooled Lambretta running an inboard disc. The fact that Edmonds is anywhere near is amazing, but to win outright is a remarkable achievement.