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I blame the 'powers that be' for Penhall retiring when he did. If they hadn't started bringing in stricter testing for certain substances he may have carried on for a few more years allegedly

think somebody has just pissed me off

Kenny Carter for England.... he'd give the team a bloody good kick up the arse and get them working whatever the track conditions. England were beaten by the track in last years world cup and there is no way Kenny would have allowed that.

never mentioned any good things previously.... but if you're talking about safety, the cut-out was a good thing. used to see the bikes do an extra half lap with no rider but the cut-outs soon stopped that

are you saying the regs now are for 36mm carbs??

Good call Nora.... £150 just for a Briggo deflector is ridiculous. Bad changes a few years ago was when they were trying to slow things down and kept changing the type of silencer and the carb sizes. When I first bought a bike I could use a 38mm carb, then the rule was changed to 36mm and then 34mm. Carbs are not cheap. Another thing was tyres. We had Pirelli tyres and a few had Dunlop. I used to buy my Dunlop from Bob Humphreys for a couple of quid after he had done a couple of rides on each side, then Briggo (who else?!) started getting the Carlisle tyres from America that were meant to be the muts nuts, but they were so expensive. I think someone in the Control Board must have got jealous as we then had the rule where everyone had to use Barum

don't know why, but i seem to remember something about that... i've a feeling he even went on to ride at Mildenhall. suppose someone will correct me on this

Ivan Mauger Kenny Carter Billy Sanders Michael Lee all superstars...

Last comment there explains a lot....

Michael Lee managed it but I don't think he had to set his bike up

Just make sure you bring it along on saturday and i want it filled in with your best handwriting

Anyone at Rye hear the announcement about not letting the kids dig in the sand???? it was me trying to get away from Shazzy. To be honest it was a 'fairly pleasant' evening on the first bend with Shazz. There wasn't too much blood and I was able to limp to my car afterwards. I feel I must admit about being wrong when I told you all Shazzy was fat. She's bloody enormous

probably catch them down the pub allegedly

don't think Barney has managed to navigate his way into the new forum yet...

they gotta join the STRA first

so how about it...if me n gibbo entered a pairs meeting in canterbury colours would anyone come and cheer us on???

still got my coat from '87 shazz... trouble is the era Gibbo rode in they only had bearskins

same here... should have made the pilgrimage anyway shouldn't we? my ears weren't burning Dick but I hope everything said was good don't fancy sponsoring 'someone' to ride in the STRA do you Steve Gibson & me will be joining and intend wearing our Canterbury race jackets whenever we ride. Steve rode for the Crusaders in 1975. They have a pairs meeting which we will enter together so hopeful of getting some Crusaders fans along to cheer us on

Good to see you back Dick... If the meeting had been on you would have seen lots more old faces

it seems the 'powers that be' weren't even interested in a 75th anniversary meeting, let alone an evening of nostalgia. if things were left to 'the powers that be' there would probably be no speedway full stop

as i put in the previous post....

The problem then is that you might then not get all the riders you want

it's a buffet Shazzy

Fine, but does that mean you have to announce it to everyone?

There were a few unsavoury comments about Kenny as well as some very positive ones... mostly positive thankfully. If he had been alive he would have been included in the World Champions Nostalgia Night on merit I am sure