New on here Lancashire

[KingKenny1]

So here I am,
Riding bikes from 11 years old then hop skip jump from road bikes to starting racing, progressing from club to nationals to internationals and the MGP and the Classic TT. Proud to be on the odd video (old I know) signed autographs and collected a fair few awards and replicas.
All ending at the 13th milestone then an Aintree test day.
Bought a Harley, sold a Harley (dicky ticker syndrome). Bought a Matchless G80 1952 then added the Golden Flash 1954. Got a couple other but of nil regard.

Enjoy the bikes and the classic cars. 1966 MGB and MGF 1999 both driven dependent on what’s going on at the time.

I have enjoyed the renovations and now the playtime.

That’s me

KingKenny1

[Joolstacho]

Wow, pretty distinguished C.V. King, good to have you along for the ride.

[orabanda]

Hi King Kenny,
Welcome, (from Western Australia).
That's a beautiful A10.
See pic below of mine on the dyno (primary case removed).  You can see some detail of the sidestand. I bought the stand from C & D autos at the time (2004?).



I tigged the bracket to the frame.

Pic with me beside finished bike taken same year (I haven't aged a bit!).

Can we see pics of your Matchless? I am currently rebirthing a 1951 G80S.


Cheers
Richard

[muskrat]

G'day KK 
So you know how to twist a grip alright. Take it easy on that beautiful A10.
What years at the MGP and Classic TT? I probably have the Duke videos. I've only been to the TT in 2015. I'll be back when I win lotto!
Cheers

[a10 gf]

Welcome, thanks for intro, great looking bike!

[berger]

KK i don't suppose you came across one of my old mates in your racing days - pete wild  he tried it for a few years and i remember him saying some of the riders came past him like they were on missiles .

[KingKenny1]

G'day KK 
So you know how to twist a grip alright. Take it easy on that beautiful A10.
What years at the MGP and Classic TT? I probably have the Duke videos. I've only been to the TT in 2015. I'll be back when I win lotto!
Cheers

Memory not too good. Definitely on 2003 one. I have 19 silver replica’s and some finishers medals.

Went a fair few times tbf.

I think I am still on the TT Website and the IOM one too.

search Ken Davis should produce some info.

[KingKenny1]

KK i don't suppose you came across one of my old mates in your racing days - pete wild  he tried it for a few years and i remember him saying some of the riders came past him like they were on missiles .

Pete was before my time there (he was in the 80’s I think)

[KingKenny1]

Hi King Kenny,
Welcome, (from Western Australia).
That's a beautiful A10.
See pic below of mine on the dyno (primary case removed).  You can see some detail of the sidestand. I bought the stand from C & D autos at the time (2004?).




I tigged the bracket to the frame.

Pic with me beside finished bike taken same year (I haven't aged a bit!).

Can we see pics of your Matchless? I am currently rebirthing a 1951 G80S.


Cheers
Richard

[Sav]

Welcome aboard Ken.

I believe you knew Malcolm on the TTWebsite?

Best wishes,

Chris

[CheeserBeezer]

Good to have you on board. Welcome.

[KingKenny1]

Welcome aboard Ken.

I believe you knew Malcolm on the TTWebsite?

Best wishes,

Chris

I did Chris, know his nephew Ian, more though. Malcolm was certainly a character and a man who knew his stuff.
We only lived a couple of miles apart then one day whilst up in Oban we ended up next to each other fuelling our cars. Not planned it just happened.

Sadly missed

[Sav]

TTWebsite died after Malcolm passed. We were both in the middle of a cancer scare and were in regular correspondence.

I managed to trace the developer of the site and hence Iain and have taken over running it, I see you have an account AOMR. I've been reading about 2015, strange I don't remember your prang as I marshal at Laurel Bank 2 up until this year.

Iain is still the owner of TTWebsite but he has not replied to any of my emails for a couple of years. I run a begging bowl on the forum to pay for the hosting and have kept the site and forum going. All the software on it is way out of date but I have not managed to update it as whenever I try one thing something else falls over. I am content to leave it run for now as there is no point in spending further money when we don't own the site and members are few.

Good to see you have an A10!

Chris

[KingKenny1]

TTWebsite died after Malcolm passed. We were both in the middle of a cancer scare and were in regular correspondence.

I managed to trace the developer of the site and hence Iain and have taken over running it, I see you have an account AOMR. I've been reading about 2015, strange I don't remember your prang as I marshal at Laurel Bank 2 up until this year.

Iain is still the owner of TTWebsite but he has not replied to any of my emails for a couple of years. I run a begging bowl on the forum to pay for the hosting and have kept the site and forum going. All the software on it is way out of date but I have not managed to update it as whenever I try one thing something else falls over. I am content to leave it run for now as there is no point in spending further money when we don't own the site and members are few.

Good to see you have an A10!

Chris

It was the 13th milestone that sorted
me out Chris.

There was speculation and misinformation reported but here is the actual (short) story.
Dennis Hoffer approached the 13th wrong side of the road, no attempt to brake and collided with the big tree/marshals post. Dennis died on impact and his bike ricocheting around the first right bend. I hit his bike. The reported ‘separate incident’ was a stretch.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/34072630

I can contact Ian for you if you wish

[berger]

KK your avatar confirms to me that all you racer chaps are as mad as a box of frogs