Scooterotica

Just got back off hols last night, and convinced the Mrs that we should go to the scooter shootout at Elvington today.....I say convinced, she wasn't convinced at all......so we went regardless. Had 4 kids in tow......who incidentally loved it!! lol. I was gonna enter the pushchair into the 1/8th but it hadn't been setup properly on the dyno, maybe next year.....

Anyway, loads of pics flying about of today already, so here are a few more!

Johnnys scoot, fuelled by Mars bars....

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Wilf elbows deep into his Lambo:

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I'm sure he got this Vespa started after I left......

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Looking lovely:

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Paul Green reunited with his age-old original steed.....untouched, unchanged and un-molested after a years stashed away in a shed! A bit of a wash n polish and back on the track doin the business! Nice one Paul, good to see you today and loved your enthusiasm for this old beast. Hope to see it at more events.


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The original kickstart-blanking that Pauls dad fitted way-back-when........still working and not so much as a drip of oil!

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Love this:

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Getting stuck in:

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Drink anyone?

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This bloke looks like he knew what he was doing:

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The Green Hornet:

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Ram-air!!

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Did Al & Art pull a rabbit out of the.....

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Captain America (owned by Pikey)& Burlesque (owned by John) having fun:

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Ricspeed!! We love him, superstar that he is!

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Now that's different:

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I like that:

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PM Tuning could only afford a small stand this year......

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The Ric-mobile......

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Ric shoe-horning his massive plumbs into his sweaty leathers.....go on son!

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Great scooters, great weather....sad I didn't have more time to spend there, but the Mrs and kids were calling!

Don't ask me about any results as I've no idea, hopefully someone will post some times up etc.

drunkmunkey6969 wrote:
Ric shoe-horning his massive plumbs into his sweaty leathers.....go on son!

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getting them off ..needed tyre levers

Dan.... Just to add.... Until last week it was over 18 years since I last saw my original group 4 . It's been in a shed under a blanket since 1999 and not started till last week! It did over 20 runs at the Shootout with no issues!

... And yes mate ...... Very enthusiastic to have that original bike back in my life . .... And amazed it is virtually unchanged in the 18 years.... With my original paint !

Hi,

Wow, looking through the results (the Class Points Results gives everyones best times I think) some truly amazing times and speeds achieved by all this weekend!

As I've not been to one of these events before (though seriously considering next year) I'm not familiar how the different distances/speeds etc (1/4, 1/8, 1/2 flyer etc.) are calculated? Are they all, including the 1/2 mile run (or is this the Flyer maybe a longer distance?), from a standing start?

One result/speed that did stand out, is did Stuart Day of SRP get their full bodywork race scoot (with the Group 6 motor), number 1601 (pic above) to do 101.6 mph!!?? I thought over 100mph on a full frame was very VERY difficult to achieve, mainly because of the drag factor and lack of aerodynamics, and therefore if this is correct, well that's just awesome and VERY impressive!!

Cheers,


Tom

yes Tom.... all from a standing start! and there was a headwind most of the day too!

paulmgreen wrote:yes Tom.... all from a standing start! and there was a headwind most of the day too!

Thanks for confirming this Paul. There being a "headwind" as well, makes all the results even more impressive!!

And a poorly group 4 204 cc at 94.9 mph flier on its second and last run on the 1/2 mile running Cadwell gearing

Really great results from a number of people.... rather puts me to shame

... should I say, inspires me to keep tinkering!



Adam

wack 63 wrote:And a poorly group 4 204 cc at 94.9 mph flier on its second and last run on the 1/2 mile running Cadwell gearing

Yep, and that's another amazing speed, and very impressive for a poorly running scoot!! Can't remember what gearing I used to run at Cadwell, think I ran Pacemaker 15 x 46 everywhere!

So, whose motor is this, JB, Chiselspeed, Charlie "Performance Tuning", Replay etc??

Also, can someone just confirm exactly what a "Flyer" is, and over what distance is the speed calculated??

Thanks

Motor is a 2 year old Rapido by Chalky at Replay. A flier is from a standstill to a 1/2mile