Little trip to the Spa classic

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Little trip to the Spa classic

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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..

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Thanks for sharing these pics, the BMW's are works of art :D
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Excellent!
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...visited Francorchamps on Friday...

...early start ; took off at 6 in the morning... :shock:
...came home around 10.30 PM...


Good Morning...!! (5.20 AM...)
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filled the old girl up at 06.20 AM (it's going to be a lovely day !)
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a quick kind of breakfast along the Dutch A2. Mate on his new BMW 600GT
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10.00 AM : Francorchamps
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yeah, yeah, yeah...
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great weather !
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some camperstuff...
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sorry..., but I don't like the exhaust...
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Guzzi ; always great looking stuff !
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...more boxers ; so not only Becks one
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pitbox
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more great looking Guzzi stuff
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old skool GS1000
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and this rider tried doing some off road ; it didn't worked out very well in the end...
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I always fancy a great looking Honda
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titty-tuning...
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superb !
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GoldWing racer..., yeah right... :shock:
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like these far better !
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yellow...
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Katana wrenching time
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great looking Segale Kawasaki
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and one odd looking Triple !
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almost stock looking Bol d'Or
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and this one is far from stock !
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Dutch screamers
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so don't tell us you haven't had a warning...
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some kind of World War 2 humor...
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...on a very fast boxer !
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and I just love these !
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...no sir, you didn't polished your boots as shiney as it should...
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a lof of GSXR's
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headlamp humor... :shock:
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rubber...
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...and a young OCC fan
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...Mom..., I think they nicked my frontwheel...!
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Milwaukee racer...
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and a very loud Dutch Laverda
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and just a great looking Suzuki !
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Honda
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and a ELR Kawasaki ; one of many #21's...
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a;ways good looking Barry Sheene colors
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...and even more Katana time...
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with a spare engine on the right...
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...and an extra headlamp on this nice Bimota
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weird looking oil filler plug thing...
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...and a not that good running Harris Suzuki
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...for hire..., so how many miles for free ?...
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and don't you love such a Vincent ?!
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...old love : Zündapp 50cc... :D
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...Dutch boys... :wink:
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Dutch mate on his Harry Klinzmann Replica Kawasaki
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another mate his Moriwaki Kawasaki
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and..., a mate his Wayne Rainey GPZ Replica
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...and some stupid looking Crocs... :shock:
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again the Klinzmann Replica
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guys going up very fast !
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German built Köning (speedboat powered) bike - 4 cilinder, two stroke boxer (in Dutch hands)
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...and back home : bike clean again, and a pair of real flip-flops, instead of these daft Crocs...
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...well, I think we had a great day !...
...good company, great bikes, lovely weather...

...see you again next year !...
Last edited by RoLoo on Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Have a nice day !
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Thanks Ron,great photos as always.Always good to hear from you.

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bikemad99 wrote:
Thanks Ron.
Always good to hear from you.
...you're welcome Reg !...
Have a nice day !
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Lovely photos , thanks for posting , Weird looking belt routing on the koning , or am I missing something?
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Seeley König : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0BwMeRTQ0E

more information : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhV0fzvH8MU

and the one in the picture above : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA1NyvpLDwc




...and somewhat more : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz9tLfC-jSA
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Thanks again Ron ! I'm drooling
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Fantastic. I like it.
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Fabulous pics, thanks for sharing, drooling at the BMW's Guzzi Laverda :D
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Great photo's, thanks for sharing :D
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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...
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Post 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.
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I took a few photos of this Konig at the Classic TT last year .

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