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Blyton July 1994. This
was my second ever race. The guy on the orange bike is my cousin
'little' John Hicken. For this race there was only the two of us
in the team as everyone else had jibbed out. I had my longest
ever stint doing 2 1/2 hours in one go. We also had 2 punctures
on the rear tyre. I was even riding on the flat although it was
slowing me down on the straights and we only gave up when the
engine started to vibrate badly. I did well to take this photo as
I was lap timing at the time. We finished last I think.
Blyton September 1996. This is a chap called Eddie
cornering pretty fast at Blyton in 96.He's just coming onto the
straight in the above photo. As he's leading some other fast
looking bikes, the bike must be doing well for a change. He's
also got it leaned over at quite an angle. We did quite well this
race coming 4th in class. We would have got in the top three if
the exhaust hadn't have fallen in two.
Rowrah May 1996. This is Mark of team
28-No Fear at the last corner of Rowrah. He used to ride my
machine regularly until he got his own bike. But the only thing
his machine does regularly is break down, so he still has a go
sometimes. This was the first race we used this bike and the
front tyre turned out to be made of concrete by the Death Runner
factory. No one could stay on the thing. We kept falling off the
darn thing and damaged the gear linkage.
Rowrah May 1996. This is me! It's shot at the
same corner as above. As you can see we had a slightly different
line though it. He choose to cut in earlier than me, but as the
corner opened out a bit I thought it was a good idea to stay wide
so I could use all the power coming out of the bend to get up the
big straight (well big for Rowrah) that followed.
Rowrah May 1996. Wow!!! Who'd have thought it
possible to get speed blur on a moped picture!!! Same bend at
Rowrah,just a little further on. Still this looked so good I just
had to put it on.
Rowrah May 1996. This one is taken at the hairpin
at the old Rowrah circuit berfore it was extended. The bend now
goes in the opposite direction. The chap on the bike is called
Karl, who thanks to a T**T in a car, can't ride anymore, which is
a shame as he enjoyed it and was pretty good.
Rowrah May 1996. Here is one of Ernie Sheldons
gems. No moped album would be complete without at least one. This
is based on a CB50. Notice the dry clutch,the racing brake and
the drool on the tank where I had a good look at it.
Blyton September 1996. Relaxing before the hard
nights drinking.How many idiots does it take to ride a moped? 5
and one to get proof! They said they wanted one more to go on
their shoulders, but I had the good excuse of taking the pics. I
may race mopeds but even I'm not THAT stupid.
Trackside Manby May 1994. This is the first time I
went moped racing. I'm on the right, Mark is in the middle and my
brother Stuart on the left. I'd just finished the race, thrown
off my jacket and helmet, and was told to pose for a photo. No
one told me I'd got a bad case of 'Hat Hair'. Can you see the
bottom of the number has got a strange cut out shape? It was
where the front tyre rubbed under heavy breaking. And the brown
Metro on the right, was how we carried the bike to the race.
Professional we weren't.
This is me at Blyton in 1995. I'm flat out round
this bend on the lightweight 95 spec machine. This really was a
flyweight ,but at his race ,it wasn't running too well. I think
the exhaust valve was set too tight and it was blowing slightly.
But it ran for six hours soild and we got our first ever points.
This is how moped races start A Le Mans style
start where riders race across the track and push start their
machines. Occasionally it can look quite impressive. I'm right at
the back as usual,and I prefer it that way. I like to keep out of
trouble because it can get a bit crowded at the first corner. As
the race is six hours long, there seems little point to me in
fighting for 3 seconds on the first lap.
I have no idea where this is, who it is
or anything, but I just thought I'd show anybody whose never been
to a moped race, that we race sidecars too. And they are not like
Wallace & Gromit. The're just like real racing sidecars only
smaller and cheaper. But if you've ever been in the chair on one
of these things, you'll know how kn*****ing they are.
Finally one of me. See, I don't just race mopeds.
I'm in Kavos on Corfu and I'd just thrown myself 200 ft from a
perfectly good crane.
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Blyton July 1994. This
was my second ever race. The guy on the orange bike is my cousin
'little' John Hicken. For this race there was only the two of us
in the team as everyone else had jibbed out. I had my longest
ever stint doing 2 1/2 hours in one go. We also had 2 punctures
on the rear tyre. I was even riding on the flat although it was
slowing me down on the straights and we only gave up when the
engine started to vibrate badly. I did well to take this photo as
I was lap timing at the time. We finished last I think.
Blyton September 1996. This is a chap called Eddie
cornering pretty fast at Blyton in 96.He's just coming onto the
straight in the above photo. As he's leading some other fast
looking bikes, the bike must be doing well for a change. He's
also got it leaned over at quite an angle. We did quite well this
race coming 4th in class. We would have got in the top three if
the exhaust hadn't have fallen in two.
Rowrah May 1996. This is Mark of team
28-No Fear at the last corner of Rowrah. He used to ride my
machine regularly until he got his own bike. But the only thing
his machine does regularly is break down, so he still has a go
sometimes. This was the first race we used this bike and the
front tyre turned out to be made of concrete by the Death Runner
factory. No one could stay on the thing. We kept falling off the
darn thing and damaged the gear linkage.
Rowrah May 1996. This is me! It's shot at the
same corner as above. As you can see we had a slightly different
line though it. He choose to cut in earlier than me, but as the
corner opened out a bit I thought it was a good idea to stay wide
so I could use all the power coming out of the bend to get up the
big straight (well big for Rowrah) that followed.
Rowrah May 1996. Wow!!! Who'd have thought it
possible to get speed blur on a moped picture!!! Same bend at
Rowrah,just a little further on. Still this looked so good I just
had to put it on.
Rowrah May 1996. This one is taken at the hairpin
at the old Rowrah circuit berfore it was extended. The bend now
goes in the opposite direction. The chap on the bike is called
Karl, who thanks to a T**T in a car, can't ride anymore, which is
a shame as he enjoyed it and was pretty good.
Rowrah May 1996. Here is one of Ernie Sheldons
gems. No moped album would be complete without at least one. This
is based on a CB50. Notice the dry clutch,the racing brake and
the drool on the tank where I had a good look at it.
Blyton September 1996. Relaxing before the hard
nights drinking.How many idiots does it take to ride a moped? 5
and one to get proof! They said they wanted one more to go on
their shoulders, but I had the good excuse of taking the pics. I
may race mopeds but even I'm not THAT stupid.
Trackside Manby May 1994. This is the first time I
went moped racing. I'm on the right, Mark is in the middle and my
brother Stuart on the left. I'd just finished the race, thrown
off my jacket and helmet, and was told to pose for a photo. No
one told me I'd got a bad case of 'Hat Hair'. Can you see the
bottom of the number has got a strange cut out shape? It was
where the front tyre rubbed under heavy breaking. And the brown
Metro on the right, was how we carried the bike to the race.
Professional we weren't.
This is me at Blyton in 1995. I'm flat out round
this bend on the lightweight 95 spec machine. This really was a
flyweight ,but at his race ,it wasn't running too well. I think
the exhaust valve was set too tight and it was blowing slightly.
But it ran for six hours soild and we got our first ever points.
This is how moped races start A Le Mans style
start where riders race across the track and push start their
machines. Occasionally it can look quite impressive. I'm right at
the back as usual,and I prefer it that way. I like to keep out of
trouble because it can get a bit crowded at the first corner. As
the race is six hours long, there seems little point to me in
fighting for 3 seconds on the first lap.
I have no idea where this is, who it is
or anything, but I just thought I'd show anybody whose never been
to a moped race, that we race sidecars too. And they are not like
Wallace & Gromit. The're just like real racing sidecars only
smaller and cheaper. But if you've ever been in the chair on one
of these things, you'll know how kn*****ing they are.
Finally one of me. See, I don't just race mopeds.
I'm in Kavos on Corfu and I'd just thrown myself 200 ft from a
perfectly good crane.