KX Riders

General => In General... => Topic started by: demographic on July 31, 2005, 05:59:22 AM

Title: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
Post by: demographic on July 31, 2005, 05:59:22 AM

I went to Barbon hillclimb yesterday and took some pics, didn't bother with the standard bikes cos I can see them anytime on the net and it's nice to see the result of some blokes spares mountain and lots of ingenuity.

Is Hillclimb sprints the last bastion of cheap racing and will big budgets eventually make it boring like so many other sports.
I thought it was nice to see so many varied bikes competing in the same race.
With a bit of luck these should come out OK on the thread.
The one bike I really wanted a pic of was the Spondon framed Suzuki X7 250 but the bloke buggered off before I saw it up close :(


KX 508 with works SR 500 bits
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/6820652415e560ee0f3f788e1707213cbc8c6b177212abaece221a68.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/6084782499e1d6f8fc613cff21b7b3c12645460e57282f2e8a2b65a0.jpg)

Maico 500
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/45914168fe4e76b60875e32de198fea3324fa65334fa5922f7b2d9d0.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/3403940071041c677eeed07bb8727b0a3331316749bc398d29a4ef27.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/07935716c0992e8e2a8785010397424007478c56abdcfce730ccb733.jpg)

Mettise framed Triumph Trident
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/22848913db0cba0637163ee1e4d8644ac915d6493c27805293b3aa3d.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/3279888380a7ae264c00d7b9dc8a4aee9308b7aee2d722a7934998ab.jpg)

Sidecar outfit without bodywork
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/980628747dcdc6942620620e58180d4784e6a0718ed4dcd2927e5be2.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/26880987279352762aca70e14c216d62e32098dd060f0d4f265ef092.jpg)

CR 500
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/781768002020ae62f25fccd32dc73918c98a0967a758d4d75185a025.jpg)

Weslake engine in a Sealey? frame
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/61649447c6ddd483779493192f5eedc6b487defd814a7c00f0e96f4e.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/96155110024993a1cb68e33de8d4b1df069155ffb6d4b1abf579e037.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/79088663528577b8449f767de9bb1f6557697d14f4d51902aacc4191.jpg)

Two wheel drive, three wheeler beast.
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/09382537db73624d001982513b29d859ddcc0afe3e5eff092ab1df61.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/71650263956d7df74e72427a5822dd406d3ea372ebfd42cd9de867ba.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/59101614f424f3797ee2c20582c2cab90d0477b0388652603bd8884f.jpg)

Trike with one handed controls (fairly shifted as well)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/15030535bb1412413905acd4174282c76f6490ab4f91385d6e7b195f.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/8646694188412b8121b0c1646cc9e503f6a354e48d7a76ddaa991170.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/906208917e9d56cc58179050d54878a0b72440af22d48b911b52d585.jpg)

Vincent V twin
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/25560243e13c904d678168f0dcfe35effe416960c7dca02586bec7b6.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/65579715b92380b2b17a0225d011777cf4fd81ef335742d76f1ca909.jpg)  

Weslake engined Grasstracker with swing round right side footpeg for better ground clearance.
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/512451509c66b7d7e53738e8c431568381101da42b3ab00a63d6853c.jpg)
(http://img.photobox.co.uk/943922020139b346f8f3afe07bcf0e0fee293cfbe8af8d79e0f11a13.jpg)

Title: RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
Post by: Timbowe on July 31, 2005, 12:47:03 PM

Looks like a good event. Heaps of classy old machinery.

Title: RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
Post by: mikesmith on July 31, 2005, 07:47:15 PM

Brakes on a speedway bike,looks like fun!

Title: Re: RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
Post by: demographic on August 02, 2005, 05:57:15 AM

Quote from: mikesmith

Brakes on a speedway bike,looks like fun!

The bloke was pretty good also, not hanging around at all.

He did say that righthanders were a bit of a problem though :lol:

Some of those old classics were running on Methanol and a bit faster than I expected.

The KX engine was from a 89 works bike, used to have four gears.
You can see the casing isn't standard from the pics.

Title: RE: Re: RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
Post by: mikesmith on August 02, 2005, 08:37:46 PM

To tell you the truth I remember pictures from my old moto magazines of SR500 works bikes and they had the same clutch cover as in the picture,very collectable!

Title: Re: RE: Re: RE: Hillclimb sprints (the road type)
Post by: demographic on August 03, 2005, 08:15:29 AM

Quote from: mikesmith

To tell you the truth I remember pictures from my old moto magazines of SR500 works bikes and they had the same clutch cover as in the picture,very collectable!

The previous owner (bloke called Neil hutch as far as I remember) offered to sell it to me a couple of years ago but I was so skint that I didn't even ask what price he wanted :(