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New Sat 22 Feb 14 20:36 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - Zero
Ah those were the days, before it got called Motocross

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY2jvzAWR2k
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New Sat 22 Feb 14 20:42 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - Robin O'Reliant
It was proper racing too, none of this rubbish where they spend half the lap 50ft of the ground.

Used to get a regular slot on World of Sport.
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New Sun 23 Feb 14 05:39 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - Pat
No chairs?

Pat
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New Sun 23 Feb 14 10:11 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - Zero
>> No chairs?
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>> Pat

That was always a bit of a side show, the filler between the main races, fun to watch them get tangled up tho. I remember a fantastic meeting at Hadleigh in the 60s, Dave Bickers, Arthur Lampkin, Vic Eastwood (seem to recall he was the baddy - the dirty rider) Jeff Smith and a host of other names were all racing. Dot, Greeves, Matchless, and the nasty foreign Husqvarna and ČZ were all represented, Car park was a giant quagmire, the spectator areas were a quagmire, with the flimsiest chicken wire fence between you and the course, (the crowd got covered in mud, chain oil and castrol R at the bends) the bogs were buckets behind a canvas screen....

It was a place of awe and wonder for a 10 year old boy and his dad.


And then Motocross happened and ruined it.
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New Sun 23 Feb 14 12:20 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - bathtub tom
Should've gone grasstrack racing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbndyt__N4I

Chairs, to keep Pat happy.
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New Sun 23 Feb 14 13:55 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - jc2
Hadleigh is,of course,just round the corner to Thundersley,home of Greeves.
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New Sun 23 Feb 14 14:40 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - NortonES2
Odd sound track. The 360 2-stroke engines sound just like 500 4 strokes! Dubbed from IoM Sound Stories?
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New Sun 23 Feb 14 16:01 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - Pat
This is what I mean....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjSaQ3gb5-k

Pat
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New Mon 24 Feb 14 21:13 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - MD
Thanks Zed. I wish we had more speed than 0.5 meg. It's driving me mad.
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New Mon 24 Feb 14 23:58 
 Look at Life "Scrambling" - Ted

Ah...happy days ! Incidentally, the Dot factory still stands in Manchester.

goo.gl/maps/Gdvc2

A number of small firms in there now although the building is pretty time-expired now.

HO
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