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Little trip to the Spa classic
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:16 am
by Fw190
Last weekend saw the chance to attend the Spa classic, mate of mine was riding a TR500 Suzuki, some interesting stuff to be seen, and being able to get really close to the bikes was great; we were in the garage with one of Mr V Rossi' chief tech's, you can guess which bike was his! he actually rode a TZ350 and the TZ750, and was pretty bloody fast on them both!
the MV is fully original, never restored, the fairing has flush aero rivets and all the switches and wiring from the era as well.
the BMW's are from Beck's Motor Werkplaas in Holland, truly beautiful, they're raced by 'Boy Becks' and won the championships in500 and 750. sound awesome and were properly quick!
the event was well attended, even though the Belgian weather did it's best to dampen spirits.. at €40.00 for a three day ticket it was pretty good value, as long as you didn't buy grub in the ciircuit (it made Silverstone look cheap!) enjoy the photos..
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:48 am
by big rob
Thanks for sharing these pics, the BMW's are works of art
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:00 pm
by nab 301
Excellent!
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:13 am
by RoLoo
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...visited Francorchamps on Friday...
...early start ; took off at 6 in the morning...
...came home around 10.30 PM...
Good Morning...!! (5.20 AM...)
filled the old girl up at 06.20 AM (it's going to be a lovely day !)
a quick kind of breakfast along the Dutch A2. Mate on his new BMW 600GT
10.00 AM : Francorchamps
yeah, yeah, yeah...
great weather !
some camperstuff...
sorry..., but I don't like the exhaust...
Guzzi ; always great looking stuff !
...more boxers ; so not only Becks one
pitbox
more great looking Guzzi stuff
old skool GS1000
and this rider tried doing some off road ; it didn't worked out very well in the end...
I always fancy a great looking Honda
titty-tuning...
superb !
GoldWing racer..., yeah right...
like these far better !
yellow...
Katana wrenching time
great looking Segale Kawasaki
and one odd looking Triple !
almost stock looking Bol d'Or
and this one is far from stock !
Dutch screamers
so don't tell us you haven't had a warning...
some kind of World War 2 humor...
...on a very fast boxer !
and I just love these !
...no sir, you didn't polished your boots as shiney as it should...
a lof of GSXR's
headlamp humor...
rubber...
...and a young OCC fan
...Mom..., I think they nicked my frontwheel...!
Milwaukee racer...
and a very loud Dutch Laverda
and just a great looking Suzuki !
Honda
and a ELR Kawasaki ; one of many #21's...
a;ways good looking Barry Sheene colors
...and even more Katana time...
with a spare engine on the right...
...and an extra headlamp on this nice Bimota
weird looking oil filler plug thing...
...and a not that good running Harris Suzuki
...for hire..., so how many miles for free ?...
and don't you love such a Vincent ?!
...old love : Zündapp 50cc...
...Dutch boys... 
Dutch mate on his Harry Klinzmann Replica Kawasaki
another mate his Moriwaki Kawasaki
and..., a mate his Wayne Rainey GPZ Replica
...and some stupid looking Crocs...
again the Klinzmann Replica
guys going up very fast !
German built Köning (speedboat powered) bike - 4 cilinder, two stroke boxer (in Dutch hands)
...and back home : bike clean again, and a pair of real flip-flops, instead of these daft Crocs...
...well, I think we had a great day !...
...good company, great bikes, lovely weather...
...see you again next year !...
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:25 pm
by bikemad99
Thanks Ron,great photos as always.Always good to hear from you.
Reg.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:23 pm
by RoLoo
bikemad99 wrote:
Thanks Ron.
Always good to hear from you.
...you're welcome Reg !...
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:06 pm
by nab 301
Lovely photos , thanks for posting , Weird looking belt routing on the koning , or am I missing something?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:26 pm
by RoLoo
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:32 pm
by nab 301
Thanks again Ron ! I'm drooling
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:21 pm
by tanneman
Fantastic. I like it.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:11 pm
by Mitch1100
Fabulous pics, thanks for sharing, drooling at the BMW's Guzzi Laverda
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:58 am
by Topcat
Great photo's, thanks for sharing
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:46 pm
by Fw190
one of the Konig bikes is a replica; the engines being built in Germany. it's 120bhp at the rear wheel on petrol and a massive 160bhp running Ethanol!
if you want to know more about the Konig and its developement, there's a very good book called Kiwi on a Konig, which is about Kim Newcombe and his season racing the bike in the 70's. quite a lot of the bikes that run Konig engines, run BMW gearbox and shaft drive.
it was a hydroplane engine originally, I worked briefly with a guy who raced them and have to say it was possibly the scariest thing I ever saw.
the neatest trick was that the expansion chambers could be lengthened and shortened according to where the 'plane' was on the circuit, the pilot (for the want of a better word) pushed a pedal to lenghten the pipes along the streight, then reduced the chamber length for better corner exit. Cagiva tried this as well, but it was banned by the FIM.
There were other BM's but I still think the Becks are by far the best turned out...
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:52 pm
by metropolis2k
Great photos, thanks for posting! That's a tempting road trip now. I haven't been to Spa since F1 in the early 90s.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:17 pm
by GerryB
I took a few photos of this Konig at the Classic TT last year .
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater
