Third Wednesday eve each month through the summer there is the chance to have a hare down Henstridge airstrip. There's no timer, but then again there are no rules apart from wear a legal helmet, pay two quid and sign a disclaimer. A good chance to race a mate, give your bike its head or make practice runs with a pukka drag bike / sprinter.
A few classics turn up, I haven't seen anyone else run their oldie down the strip which is a pity given that there's no bar on what bike you ride. I was hoping to give the Gilera a run but it was off colour on the way over so I decided to skip it. There were a few monkey bikes and chinese 125s running so I might have given them decent competition!
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| Always good to see a Beemer toaster. This one an R75/5. |
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| BB32 touring Goldie. |
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| In my mind the BB motors are the most handsome of Gold Stars. |
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| And again with its Triumph TR6 buddy. |
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| Yamaha TDR250 should have given a good run down the strip if its owner felt so inclined. |
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| Suzuki B-King, one of my favourite recent bikes. |
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| Comic book brutalist looks but heaps of character, monstrously quick and a hoot to ride. |
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| And this is what it is all about. |
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| Gadzooks! Anything goes. |
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| Slightly off colour Gilera - blocked jet I believe. Then a split battery on the way home leaking out acid everywhere. |
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| Laverda triples in lary colours. |
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