Andy wrote:

Zeus wrote:
I have Les’s old bike and the sister bike to Andy’s (reg number wise anyway). It was in the cup noodle colours but now back to its original factory scheme.

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Do you still have the old Noodle bodywork? I might need some clothes for mine for a while in the summer. I've junked my Noodle bodywork as it was crap GRP, but still have the Noodle tank.

I do still have it but it’s the only complete and genuine panels I have so I want to hang on to them. It also has lots of old bad repairs on it that need sorting.

The Chinese fairing have come on a lot in the last few years and fit well, just do your research before buying as some are still crap.

Ahh, OK. Fair enough. 🙂
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Three years ago and mid rebuild, me and my dad (Spid Snr)attended the Bristol Bike show and he quipped “I can see your bike being here one day” and it’s been an aspiration ever since

And today… with support from the VJMC I managed to achieve that aspiration

Show starts tomorrow, so bikes are lined up purely for security, at one end is a Wayne Gardner rep and the other end a replica Steve Spray Norton (used to have a picture of Steve Spray along with Simon Buckmaster and Trevor Nation on their bikes popping wheelies)












As I arrived late in the afternoon and spend best part of an hour hanging all the plastic bodywork back on, time wasn’t on my side, so I’ll get a few more pics for the album when I go back.
As the Bath and West is famous for its agricultural shows, sitting or kneeling on the concrete floor left me with jeans infused with the distinct odour of sheep pee 😆

Are you going to the show Rob ?
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Bloody hell! Time flies! I forgot all about your stickers!

Looking good though!
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bike looks bloody brilliant. I remember seeing one of those chaps launch one of those Nortons at Butchers at Knockhill. Tank went flying spraying fuel. He was mad.

I was there. Lots of lovely 2 strokes. Saw Nicks bike. No Nick. Hope you're ok?
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RobH wrote:I was there. Lots of lovely 2 strokes. Saw Nicks bike. No Nick. Hope you're ok?

So sorry to have missed you - had a few things I needed to do today so sadly couldn’t be there, so still haven’t got to put a face to a name … maybe see you at the next Bibury classic motor hub day

Did you take any pics of the other 2 stokes?
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Andy wrote:Bloody hell! Time flies! I forgot all about your stickers!

Looking good though!

No worries Andy - your right time is flying by, It’s March next week and spring is round the corner 😁

Hudtm60 wrote:bike looks bloody brilliant. I remember seeing one of those chaps launch one of those Nortons at Butchers at Knockhill. Tank went flying spraying fuel. He was mad.

Knockhill 😳 now that place isn’t exactly the centre of anyone’s universe especially for someone over 4,000 miles away. Were you there ?
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Well what a weekend !

Aside from being made super welcome by the entire Dorset section of the VJMC who took me under their wing despite the fact I live nowhere near their region, I also made new friends so a BIG THANKS and big thumbs up to them

For various reasons I couldn’t attend the show on Saturday so arrived early Sunday morning and greeted by the VJMC team (Family) with some very un-expected news, the old girl had won a prize – the least glamourous of the NSR trilogy had only grabbed top stop “Best in show for the 1980’s section” … As I’d only attended to scratch an itch and for all intents and purposes make up the numbers to say I was surprised would be an understatement!





So proud of the old girl -she scrubbed up well





And to top it off even got a Trophy







Chas Mortimer and Alex George presented the prizes, must confess and to my shame I had to Google them to find out who they were. Propper legends especially Chas Mortimer.




Love this bike just need to get Mr Gardner to autograph it and then I’ll totally made up.




Anyway in a WARHOL esq way I guess that’s my fleeting 15 minutes of fame done


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Brilliant. Looks amazing from every angle. Well deserved and well done.

Excellent, and congratulations! 😀
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Congratulations Nick. I know you’ve put a lot of work into that bike so it’s well deserved. 👍

Thanks for the comments, even without the unexpected surprise it would have been a great day out looking at all the weird and wonderful machinery on display like CX500 with MX tyres and wide bars to the dam right exotic mega bucks machines and tons of garage queens/show ponies



Regarding the two unassuming guys who presented the prizes – who I had no idea who they were, well after a 30 second goggle search they are every bit accomplished as I’d been lead to believe – legends in fact


Alex George 3 wins at IOM TT a win at the Bol d’Or and regular GP rider



Chas Mortimer - highlighted area below says it all



Looking at the 1975 500cc GP results – coming 7th and 11th respectively is quite an achievement when the field includes Agostini, Reed, Sheene and Mick Grant – made me smile that it was only the Brits and Irish were up for racing the IOM round (proper hardcore)


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Getting back to the real world and lesser mortals

As it was a relatively warm and dry weekend, I took the old girl out for a spin, and ended up going out both days including a soirée into Wales for an extended day trip and a stop off at Tintern Abbey for lunch – cracking place for saying it’s been in ruins since 1536
Anyway total mileage for the weekend was 134 or 215km as the Odo now reads

As it’s been a good few months since I last properly got out I have to confess to a bit of neck ache but otherwise its still as good to ride as it was on back in the 1990’s albeit the insurance is a lot cheaper these days – downside I’ll spend the next few evenings cleaning the dust and muck of her, something I wouldn’t have done in the 80’s and 90’s



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Having been off the road for a couple of months over winter I wasn’t surprised that the old girl was a bitch to start when stone cold - however two fresh tanks of E5 later and a couple of decent outings cold starting on the choke hadn’t improved so it was duly booked in Spa Motorcycles for a carb clean

Being an avid fan of Chris’s well documented MC18 build I read about his struggle with a perished reed/carb manifold which only came to light during a leek down test, something I hadn’t done as I lacked the tools to do one, so thinking this could be contributing to the poor starting and seeing as the carbs would be coming off anyway it seemed good opportunity to replace it with a new one



Turned out I’d wasted my money as there was nothing wrong with mine🤦 never the less whilst the carbs were off it was replaced - turn out my choke jets were blocked and causing the poor starting, which makes perfect sense as once warm it runs sweet.
Bike started first kick this morning despite being cold and damp first thing … so damp in fact that after starting it I didn’t venture out

Did find these old gems whilst cleaning some old gear out, actually had these two well before I got the NSR
Bought both of them from Donnington park when watching the GP, had to make a donation to a riders charity for Terry Rymer to sign the poster, never been a Yamaha fan but the Loctite livery was cool even if never graced a 2 Stoke racer




Sadly both have suffered water damage from being left in a damp shed for 30yrs - anyone got any other gems kicking around ?
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