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Anyone know who was the first rider to use an ESO or JAWA in British League Speedway?

It must has caused a bit of a ripple when one of these machines was wheeled out for the first time.

Anyone remember when, where and who.

Yeah, i know i'm asking a lot but you never know:)

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Guest Steve Dixon

Would have thought Mauger would be up there somewhere?

Wasn't he the first 'works' rider for Jawa?

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Would have thought Mauger would be up there somewhere?

Wasn't he the first 'works' rider for Jawa?

Don't know,but wasn't Briggo riding for the factory before Mauger?

Maybe Ove Fundin was the first.Briggo mentions him as riding one before he got a contract

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Guest Steve Dixon

Probably a close call,Briggo was the main dealer in the 70's(as you probably know)

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Yes.Just reading an extract from his biog,and he was invited over after winning the World Title in'64,given the full works and asked to test the bike out and report back on possible improvements.Seems through the season he had trouble with it and was in 2 minds whether to use it the Final '65.Did and it played up a bit and he finished 4th.So from that i reckon he was a bit before Ivan but as he says Ove had used one before him.

Edit:Maybe this confirms it Ove :blink: But it is a comprehensive site. Was a good history at one of the Exeter sites but they have changed it recently and the Jawa/Jap bit has gone :(

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Would have thought Mauger would be up there somewhere?

Wasn't he the first 'works' rider for Jawa?

Don't know,but wasn't Briggo riding for the factory before Mauger?

Maybe Ove Fundin was the first.Briggo mentions him as riding one before he got a contract

Yes, Briggo rode an ESO in 1966 and was the 1st World Champ on a JAWA.

Mauger wasn't a JAWA works rider until 1969.

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Might well have been another Kiwi called Rim Malskatis who rode one in his first season with Long Eaton in 1965.

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Might well have been another Kiwi called Rim Malskatis who rode one in his first season with Long Eaton in 1965.

 

 

The first of the ESO machines appeared in Britain during 1961 when it was ridden by the great Ove Fundin, though he reverted to his JAP machines for the more prestigous meetings. It was Barry Briggs who later became the UK concessionaire at his Southampton premises for the complete Eso machine.

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Was a good history at one of the Exeter sites but they have changed it recently and the Jawa/Jap bit has gone :(

 

Moved all the machine History across to the Workshop Pages which covers the biggest part of machine History

 

http://speedwaybikes.fortunecity.net/

 

Thanks Chris, Great website. Do you know if the ESO was more expensive than the JAP motor at that time?

I know a lot of riders didn't take to the (high revving?) ESO as opposed to the favoured JAP but was it down to economics and the fact that their wasn't an importer at that time?

The 1955 ESO doesn't look that different to an early 1960s model. Any idea why it took six years for one to arrive on the U.K. Speedway scene?

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Was a good history at one of the Exeter sites but they have changed it recently and the Jawa/Jap bit has gone :(

 

Moved all the machine History across to the Workshop Pages which covers the biggest part of machine History

 

http://speedwaybikes.fortunecity.net/

 

Thanks Chris, Great website. Do you know if the ESO was more expensive than the JAP motor at that time?

I know a lot of riders didn't take to the (high revving?) ESO as opposed to the favoured JAP but was it down to economics and the fact that their wasn't an importer at that time?

The 1955 ESO doesn't look that different to an early 1960s model. Any idea why it took six years for one to arrive on the U.K. Speedway scene?

 

They were cheaper to purchase initially, and I understand that the reason they took so long to get introduced over here was purely based on East/West relations at the time during the Cold War

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According to the latest issue of the excellent Vintage Speedway Magazine, Alan Butterfield of Newcastle was the first rider in Britain to use an ESO engine in Britain, which he fitted into a Mattingley frame. :)

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According to the latest issue of the excellent Vintage Speedway Magazine, Alan Butterfield of Newcastle was the first rider in Britain to use an ESO engine in Britain, which he fitted into a Mattingley frame.  :)

When was that then.While he was riding for Middlesbrough?

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According to the latest issue of the excellent Vintage Speedway Magazine, Alan Butterfield of Newcastle was the first rider in Britain to use an ESO engine in Britain, which he fitted into a Mattingley frame.  :)

When was that then.While he was riding for Middlesbrough?

 

No more clues :D

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No,just thought it might have given a date.He rode for Middlesbrough 63 -64 when it is possible he was the first if the date for Ove is wrong in 61.But if we are talking 65 then it doesn't seem right as Briggo say's Ove had already ridden one before 65? Wondering if one of the Polish riders who came over had one,Zyto,Teodorowicz ?

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