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john
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Victoria
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 Posted - 17 Jun 2004 : 10:14:21 PM
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I thought I would ask the general question about when does maintenance become "development" I am aware it is an area of dispute.
When does an Historic become a "Post Historic" ?
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John Daley Sidecar #68
' there are those who do, those who dont do and those who undo. We must lampoon the latter." |
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acotrel
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Victoria
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Posted - 18 Jun 2004 : 04:27:38 AM
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John, there are two conflicting aspects to historic racing - preserving a piece of history, and racing development.
The Jawa engine in a Norton Featherbed frame is an excellent, reasonably cheap way of getting into Period 3. Trouble is I cannot ever remember seeing any such machine back then. The only Jawa single road racer had a Jawa factory frame.
When I see machines like the Velo engined Manx which Karel Morlang built, I despair. It's a beautiful machine, and it's worth buying for the parts. I suggest Velo engined manxes must have been very rare 'back then', if they EVER existed. I saw another one of these beauties at Central Motorcycles in Huntingdale a while back. It was an AJS 7R motor and gearbox in a featherbed frame. At least the owner had the decency to fit lights to it!
Both these bikes are 'eligible' under the rules, but it's a shame to see the good bits used in totally nongenuine bikes, just to get a bit of racing advantage (doubtful anyway).
Seems the guys have been making bikes from the best bits of classic machines with real historic value. I suggest that if what we intend with historic racing, is to recreate history, or preserve an era, or even preserve classic machines, we are not achieving our aims! |
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acotrel
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Victoria
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Posted - 18 Jun 2004 : 04:40:35 AM
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| I suggest that 'hybrids' (or perhaps ANY machine) permitted to run in historic races must closely resemble, or actually BE famous bikes which ran 'back then', and the owners should be required to submit documentary evidence to that effect (magazine articles). So if you want to build a replica of the Hunter Picannini, the Harold Carter Bantam or the Henderson Matchless go ahead, however the result should be fairly authentic. |
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