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Offline cobra

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Daytona 70
« on: October 27, 2011, 08:09:41 am »
I went to visit a mate of mine last night, he was in America in 1970, and did a bit of odd jobbing in motorcycle shops in LA, on Daytona week he was asked if he would be interested in going to daytona with 2 lads out of the shop who were racing there, just to keep an eye on the bikes over the weekend, he helped out with the Honda works garage as well, one of the jobs he had was to remove the burned out tyre from the ill fated CR750 that crashed, here are a few photos of the Honda garage,with Tommy Rob working on his bike, also a picture of the original program, that i am reading through at the moment.
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Offline Sam Green Racing

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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 08:30:55 am »
Were they really that heavy that they took 3 pushers.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D On the Bars is Bill Smith, My two mates pushing from the rear are Tommy Robb in red and Steve Murray in mustard. Steve was at Stafford last week Tony.

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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 08:45:59 am »
In the other thread Sam, is that Dick Mann, at the back of the bike drinking coffee?
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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 09:44:08 am »
touching stuff.... thanks
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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 09:52:29 am »
Quote from: cobra on October 27, 2011, 08:45:59 am
In the other thread Sam, is that Dick Mann, at the back of the bike drinking coffee?

Billy Smith.

Sam. ;)
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Offline CR750

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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2011, 10:33:07 am »
great pics Cobra ! Is it just me or did you mistakenly placed  4 and 5 twice instead of 2 and 3 ? If so I'd be very interested to also see those missing pics !
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Offline cobra

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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2011, 11:00:03 am »
CR750 check out other Daytona thread.
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Offline bwaller

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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2011, 05:13:15 pm »
Yea those are super cobra, thanks.
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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2011, 06:29:57 am »
i already did beforehand, just thought cause of the numbers (6 & 8) we we're missing out on something  8)
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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2011, 08:11:22 am »
The Red Shirt guy pushing in the back looks like an extra from Star Trek! ;D
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Re: Daytona 70
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2011, 12:16:18 pm »
Quote from: CycleRanger on October 29, 2011, 08:11:22 am
The Red Shirt guy pushing in the back looks like an extra from Star Trek! ;D

That's Tommy Robb...........and a nicer bloke you couldn't wish to meet, a really great guy. First met him at a dinner party in the IoM during the 1997 races. I had no idea who he was at that time, but boy can he tell a story.
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