Topic: 1970 Dick Mann bike

[754]

That is glamping..
 Actually I was at a big roadrace, a while back in the US, and several of our members were there. And they had similar accomodations....  and to be honest.. I felt a bit out of place..
 But the good part, they had CR replicas, one or two and were flogging the piss out of them..

One thing about race bikes the constantly change, like 2 months after Daytona, the bike may have had different components.  And when not in use, parts get borrowed a lot.l

[simon#42]

Holy crap TG, no flies on you!

dont believe that for one minute brent , a friend of mine in italy has seen him transporting the race bike on a vespa with a side car !

[Tintop]

Holy crap TG, no flies on you!

dont believe that for one minute brent , a friend of mine in italy has seen him transporting the race bike on a vespa with a side car !

 

[bwaller]

TG may have acquired that beauty for his comfort, I hope so for his sake! Hopefully he's safe & comfortable in it right now. 

[bwaller]

Frank, I finally googled "glamping"    That is indeed what it is!

We have a 28 foot Toyhauler we bought used for the 4 of us to have some comfort at race tracks. It would be cheaper to rent motel rooms, but to live the experience of racing and partake of the pits after hours is worth every penny.

To be completely honest though these trailed things we tow around are close to junk. They leak and rot walls & floors in no time. Built of press wood and cardboard, and to effect repairs is time consuming and expensive. Ours is in for repair right now....

Our travelling race club has outgrown some tracks because of all these contraptions, believe it or not.

[turboguzzi]

my financial advisors asked me to cut down on expenses for this period  so going back to this, literally speaking ...

[Tintop]

I remember going to a CanAm race @ Mosport, lots of the McLarens & Lolas were on single axle trailers.  Not to mention Jim Hall's Chaparral.

[scunny]

I've sat in a few F5000 McLaren cars, not much room in there.

[NickO]

The only way you'll ever end-up with a genuine race bike is if you put it straight into the van after the end of a race.

Gospel right there.

Honestly in all the 20 years I've been helping a buddy at the Isle of Man, the number of times the bike has gone from one practice session to the next unmodified is zero.

[HondaMan]

That is glamping..
 Actually I was at a big roadrace, a while back in the US, and several of our members were there. And they had similar accomodations....  and to be honest.. I felt a bit out of place..
 But the good part, they had CR replicas, one or two and were flogging the piss out of them..

One thing about race bikes the constantly change, like 2 months after Daytona, the bike may have had different components.  And when not in use, parts get borrowed a lot.l

That was my experience, back in the day, too. I probably raced 2 races on the bike(s) without changing SOMETHING that I was not happy with, or found better, lighter, stronger, etc.