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Title: Pukekohe 2012????????????? GB500nz! What like???
Post by: themoudie on February 07, 2012, 11:35:35 PM

Aye GB500nz,

How did things go this weekend past, good racing?

My regards, Bill.

Title: Re: Pukekohe 2012????????????? GB500nz! What like???
Post by: guest295 on February 08, 2012, 07:32:06 AM

About as usual, so many classic singles that one race started as soon as the previous race's tail-ender pulled in to the pits. Gut-shaking sound as they started. Ambulances stayed parked. I suppose there were more Manxes ridden there than in all the rest of the world, partially due to the services of the good Mr MacIntosh. Vast array of Velocettes, too. A friend just got back from a long ride on his 350 Velo.

Title: Re: Pukekohe 2012????????????? GB500nz! What like???
Post by: themoudie on February 09, 2012, 12:30:46 AM

Aye GB500nz,

Thank you for your reply.

Sounds as though a good time was had by all, even better that the ambulances stayed parked up. It's the "gut shaking" that I enjoy so much and I have a soft spot for Velo's. Manx's are OK, but Summerfields have tweaked and re-made so much, its difficult to find a Manx 'Manx', if you see what I mean.

My regards, Bill.

Title: Re: Pukekohe 2012????????????? GB500nz! What like???
Post by: guest295 on February 09, 2012, 07:53:28 AM

Yes well, the MacIntosh Manxes may have 6-speed gearboxes on engines that are redlined at 11,000. From a distance they look like the old ones, but . . . .

Title: Re: Pukekohe 2012????????????? GB500nz! What like???
Post by: guest7 on February 09, 2012, 08:52:50 AM

They still sound like God's hammer drill though  ;)

GC

Title: Re: Pukekohe 2012????????????? GB500nz! What like???
Post by: guest18 on February 10, 2012, 05:48:59 AM

 8) lol, good point GC. Must check the dates for the Bob Mac this year  ;D

(16/17 June it seems)