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i was told it wasn't a member as well, however it is part of denmark and in our weekly sunday night quiz two-weeks ago it was mentioned in the same breath as the 'big four' and nobody battered an eyelid!
nick-stop nick-picking!
ok frenchman, your turn! 10 questions with a nice variety, not too hard or too easy, bike relevant, facts right and as you work on computers you ARE NOT allowed to use web sites!
now don't run out to the garage and ask us questions like; give me the part number on the back of the coil?
easy hey!
Taffy
nick-stop nick-picking!
ok frenchman, your turn! 10 questions with a nice variety, not too hard or too easy, bike relevant, facts right and as you work on computers you ARE NOT allowed to use web sites!
now don't run out to the garage and ask us questions like; give me the part number on the back of the coil?
easy hey!
Taffy
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Heres ten more
1.may.20.1973 is considered to be the blackest day in motorcycle racing history.Why?
2.Who was sitting on the bike the last time H.D. won a AMA national road race?
3.What british motorcycle manufacturer offered a desmo kit in the fifties?
4.What was the name of the rider that hit Bubba Shobert from behind on the cool down lap in the 1989 u.s GP?
5.Who owns the Triumph motorcycle co. to-day?
6.Who is Sete Gibernau"s grandfather?
7.What is the man who holds the record for most 500cc m/x world championships doing now?
8.Who does Taffy call the greatest racer that ever lived?
9.Who's winning streak ended just last weekend?
10.In March 1974 G.Agostini and Yamaha won the Daytona 200,what world record did he set I week prior to that victory
1.may.20.1973 is considered to be the blackest day in motorcycle racing history.Why?
2.Who was sitting on the bike the last time H.D. won a AMA national road race?
3.What british motorcycle manufacturer offered a desmo kit in the fifties?
4.What was the name of the rider that hit Bubba Shobert from behind on the cool down lap in the 1989 u.s GP?
5.Who owns the Triumph motorcycle co. to-day?
6.Who is Sete Gibernau"s grandfather?
7.What is the man who holds the record for most 500cc m/x world championships doing now?
8.Who does Taffy call the greatest racer that ever lived?
9.Who's winning streak ended just last weekend?
10.In March 1974 G.Agostini and Yamaha won the Daytona 200,what world record did he set I week prior to that victory
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1) jarno and renzo agreed
2) cal rayborn
3) ?
4) ?
5) john bloor
6) ?
7) ?
8) i'll leave that one but i think i know it!!!
9) ?
10) '74? an hour record at daytona? just a guess?
regards
taffy
2) cal rayborn
3) ?
4) ?
5) john bloor
6) ?
7) ?
8) i'll leave that one but i think i know it!!!
9) ?
10) '74? an hour record at daytona? just a guess?
regards
taffy
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So far all correct.Good guess Taffy on # 10.
In march of 1974 I and three of my friends had just driven non-stop the 36 hours it takes to get from Halifax N.S. to Daytona speedway.On our arrival we were keen to see the track and walked through a unattended gate and sat down in the bleachers to take in a view of the speedway.We where a week early and the plan was to find a motel on the strip and see the sights before speed week got under way.Just minutes after we sat down we saw some activity on pit row and a lone motorcycle an rider exited the pit area.The rider did a few laps then returned to the pits.I recognized the machine as one of the new Yamaha Tz700 fours.It sounded spectactular on its four open expansion chambers.In a short period of time the rider exited the pits and proceeded to lap the speedway using the bowl only(no infield).I wanted to find out what was going on but there was no one in the speedway that I could see except the crew in pit row and a worker sweeping the bleachers,whose only comment was that he had heard that some guy was trying to set a record.My friends and I had never seen anything go so fast and we sat there and watched this guy lap daytona lap after lap wide open.I remember the riders leathers were all black and the bike was all white.We never heard a word more of this till months later when I read in Cycle World of Ago's world One hour record. Of course the excercise was to prepare the machine and Ago for the 200,and history shows he was the class of the field and won the 200 comfortably.
In march of 1974 I and three of my friends had just driven non-stop the 36 hours it takes to get from Halifax N.S. to Daytona speedway.On our arrival we were keen to see the track and walked through a unattended gate and sat down in the bleachers to take in a view of the speedway.We where a week early and the plan was to find a motel on the strip and see the sights before speed week got under way.Just minutes after we sat down we saw some activity on pit row and a lone motorcycle an rider exited the pit area.The rider did a few laps then returned to the pits.I recognized the machine as one of the new Yamaha Tz700 fours.It sounded spectactular on its four open expansion chambers.In a short period of time the rider exited the pits and proceeded to lap the speedway using the bowl only(no infield).I wanted to find out what was going on but there was no one in the speedway that I could see except the crew in pit row and a worker sweeping the bleachers,whose only comment was that he had heard that some guy was trying to set a record.My friends and I had never seen anything go so fast and we sat there and watched this guy lap daytona lap after lap wide open.I remember the riders leathers were all black and the bike was all white.We never heard a word more of this till months later when I read in Cycle World of Ago's world One hour record. Of course the excercise was to prepare the machine and Ago for the 200,and history shows he was the class of the field and won the 200 comfortably.
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desmo kits on a brit bike????
didn't BSA develop a 250 4-valve that was dead-in-the-water? i'll go for that. geoff duke was involved.
i've no idea about the others. i have a copy of motocourse for '89 in the attic but it's a bit of an effort....!
cal is a guess as well.
1) jarno and renzo agreed
2) cal rayborn
3) BSA
4) ?
5) john bloor
6) don bulto
7) ?
i'll leave that one but i think i know it!!!
9) ?
10) '74? an hour record at daytona? just a guess?
regards
Taffy
didn't BSA develop a 250 4-valve that was dead-in-the-water? i'll go for that. geoff duke was involved.
i've no idea about the others. i have a copy of motocourse for '89 in the attic but it's a bit of an effort....!
cal is a guess as well.
1) jarno and renzo agreed
2) cal rayborn
3) BSA
4) ?
5) john bloor
6) don bulto
7) ?
i'll leave that one but i think i know it!!!
9) ?
10) '74? an hour record at daytona? just a guess?
regards
Taffy
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#7 is Roger Decoster,now team manager for Suzuki America M/X,Good one Lefrog.Cal Rayborn is correct he won 2 nationals in his last year I believe,one at Indy and the second late in the season in california.Tragically he lost his life only a few months later testing for Suzuki in N.Z. for the first race at was later to become the Marlboro series.
#3.This is really a long shot so will tell you the answer.Velocette developed a desmo kit for their 500 push rod engine (Thruxton),although I dont know if they sold many.
# 4 hint...From Horsham,NSW and a Spanish GP winner
#8.A fine Irishman whos name will forever be connected with pure road racing and the Ilse of man TT.
#3.This is really a long shot so will tell you the answer.Velocette developed a desmo kit for their 500 push rod engine (Thruxton),although I dont know if they sold many.
# 4 hint...From Horsham,NSW and a Spanish GP winner
#8.A fine Irishman whos name will forever be connected with pure road racing and the Ilse of man TT.
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i shall leave 8 for others. 4 is getting to me though....
gardner was from woolangong. doohan would have been about then but he won dozens of GP's. crosby was a NZ.
i'm going to guess michael doohan?
Taffy
gardner was from woolangong. doohan would have been about then but he won dozens of GP's. crosby was a NZ.
i'm going to guess michael doohan?
Taffy
4. Kevin Magee
OK here are mine (and Taffy will have to give us #8 because I can't read his mind from here):
1. What two brothers won the Bol D'Or?
2. Which is the animal whose call supposedly does not make any echo?
3. According to On Any Sunday, which is the only sport that uses more energy than motocross?
4. What insanity did Trigger Gumm commit last month?
5. In what offroad race did an assisting driver lose a foot in a land mine explosion?
6. What former AMA champion designed a prosthetic to help hand amputees ride a motorcycle?
7. Whose slogan was "Ready to Race" before it became KTM's?
8. Who performed the motorcycle jump in The Great Escape?
9. Which is the other American-owned motorcycle manufacturer with Harley-Davidson?
10. Who made the first twin-cylinder motocross bike?
OK here are mine (and Taffy will have to give us #8 because I can't read his mind from here):
1. What two brothers won the Bol D'Or?
2. Which is the animal whose call supposedly does not make any echo?
3. According to On Any Sunday, which is the only sport that uses more energy than motocross?
4. What insanity did Trigger Gumm commit last month?
5. In what offroad race did an assisting driver lose a foot in a land mine explosion?
6. What former AMA champion designed a prosthetic to help hand amputees ride a motorcycle?
7. Whose slogan was "Ready to Race" before it became KTM's?
8. Who performed the motorcycle jump in The Great Escape?
9. Which is the other American-owned motorcycle manufacturer with Harley-Davidson?
10. Who made the first twin-cylinder motocross bike?
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LeFrog said:
WELL I TRIED!
Taffy
Taffy got: 1 and 7.
Msman got: 3, 6, 7 and 8
For #10 I was thinking Aprilia, but hmm you got me doubting here. They do claim to be the first but I guess I'll have to believe you on that one.
And no, the legend tells that McQueen did the jump but a stuntman did it and I believed it. Apparently McQueen wanted to do the jump real bad but production said he was an actor, not a stuntman.
Msman got: 3, 6, 7 and 8
For #10 I was thinking Aprilia, but hmm you got me doubting here. They do claim to be the first but I guess I'll have to believe you on that one.
And no, the legend tells that McQueen did the jump but a stuntman did it and I believed it. Apparently McQueen wanted to do the jump real bad but production said he was an actor, not a stuntman.
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1 ?
2 Sasquatch
3 Soccer
4 I haven't the faintest
5 Paris To Dakar
6 I don't know who it was but there was a guy in last months Dirt Rider who
uses one.
7 Husaberg
8 Steve McQueen himself
9 Victory
10 Husky, back in the day I think it was a 400 twin, parallel that is.
Well looks like I got at least one right
2 Sasquatch
3 Soccer
4 I haven't the faintest
5 Paris To Dakar
6 I don't know who it was but there was a guy in last months Dirt Rider who
uses one.
7 Husaberg
8 Steve McQueen himself
9 Victory
10 Husky, back in the day I think it was a 400 twin, parallel that is.
Well looks like I got at least one right
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Can I venture a couple??
1)Where was the last speedway long track raced in Southern California?
2) Who has the most american enduro titles?
3) What Baja Motorcycle racing great lost his left foot in a racing accident and continued to race baja?
4) Who is/has been the top placing female motorcycle racer in Paris to Dakar?
5) Who brought moto cross to the United States?
6) What company put the boysen chain anti torque device on their production motorcycles?
7) What was the model name of Can Am's 4 stroke dirt bike?
8) What after market company produced Rick Johnsons 4 stroke national winning bike in 1980?
9) What bike did Johnny O'Mara win the combined Moto Cross Des Nations race on in (I think) 1983?
10) What motorcycle racer has the most Baja wins combined 500 & 1000?
1)Where was the last speedway long track raced in Southern California?
2) Who has the most american enduro titles?
3) What Baja Motorcycle racing great lost his left foot in a racing accident and continued to race baja?
4) Who is/has been the top placing female motorcycle racer in Paris to Dakar?
5) Who brought moto cross to the United States?
6) What company put the boysen chain anti torque device on their production motorcycles?
7) What was the model name of Can Am's 4 stroke dirt bike?
8) What after market company produced Rick Johnsons 4 stroke national winning bike in 1980?
9) What bike did Johnny O'Mara win the combined Moto Cross Des Nations race on in (I think) 1983?
10) What motorcycle racer has the most Baja wins combined 500 & 1000?
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