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Ian Williams, back row 7th from the left.

Good news for all vintage enthusiasts, there is now a new site. Speedway History Forum here Please feel free to re-join and continue the banter. If you enjoy talking about the 'old days' have stories or interest in speedway history, old bikes etc. then please come and join us, new members will be most welcome. Ross, there were problems with the old board and i think the info may have been lost. Cheers Kev.

Anyone know what has happened to Jim Blanchards site? Would be a shame if it is gone for good.

Remember reading about Split Waterman in 'Nipper' Reads autobiography (he who nicked the Krays) aparently he made a brief case for someone, that had a false compartment for a gun. I ain't saying no more as I have an affliction to concrete boots!!!!

I think the other 'Briggo' rider was Wimbledon's Kiwi, Graeme Stapleton. As pictured near the bottom of the page HERE racing with Tommy Jansson against Simmo.

Jim, I reckon the rider 4th down, left pic is Dave Jessup.

Yes yes yes . I am the champion, and he went on and on and on......................

Jon Cook ain't that old! Must be Trevor Geer then?

Is it Neil Middleditch then?

Aces rider, is it Russ Hodgson? Eastbourne rider, could it be Roger Johns? he used to ride a JAP.

So is Uncle Eddie also Daniels uncle??!!! No doubt about it being Broady riding for Hackney it was only for one season I think, he was at the recent Hackney re-union, pictures can be found HERE Broady must have been the only rider still using a JAP in the British League at that time .

So Helge Langli Brother of Tormod I assume? Uncle Eddie, what of our superstar Jonas? Never heard of him. Good pics by the way. Ah, the good old days!

I reckon the 3rd pic is Martin Ashby although it doesn't look like his style. There are a couple of traits of his in the photo, If you look closely at his left hand he's holding the handlebars quite a long way from the end, he also has a plate on the engine, covering the oil pipe. A mate of mine has an ex Ashby 2valve engine with a plate just like that. He tells me it's to cover another spark plug!

Grachen, in the pic 'Mauger action' , are the Swindon riders Jan Andersson and Bobby McNeil?

There is a listing of serial numbers for 2v Jawa engines at the bottom of this page here I would also be interested in JAP engine numbers etc. As for max. revs of JAP engines, in Chris Mortons book 'until the can ran out' he talks about a conrod breaking in a JAP he was testing and the flywheels doing about 8000 rpm when it happened. 2v jawa's max. rev at 8000rpm.