piston197

Yes, just about as close to a Welsh dragon as you could get !

Variable valve timing by centrifugal force , whatever next ? If you have ever had a BTH magneto off a Triumph, you will find on the auto advance there is a very similar system, albeit a bit cruder, on the ATD ( automatic timing device) to advance ignition timing according to revs, just looks like a more sophisticated version on the end of the cam shafts. nothing new just another use for an existing principle . Old idea , new application ! When the Japanese came out with their posi-lube automatic oil injection systems it was only a revamp of what Villiers did on their two strokes in 1927, and the Bradshaw designed , oil cooled 350cc engine of the early 1920's pre-dated the oil cooled Suzukis by nearly 60 years.

Top double signing in PL since 2000 ? Charlie Gjedde and Jason Doyle Bewick fans please feel free to discuss

Knowing the locality suggest they stock up on shell suits, trackie bottoms ( and security)

I agree the catchment area is small and it is a depressed area, but the road networks are already great and are under vast improvement at the moment, it is already quicker to get to west Wales by travelling this route than it is to use the M4. I went to pretty much every home match at Newport from 1999 onwards travelling 40 miles from close to Ross-on-wye, if there was to be a new venue here it would get my full support and would be a similar mileage but a shorter time to arrive. Since Newport closed I have been to one speedway meeting , Somerset, premier league pairs 2014, and only then because I could not get tickets to Gloucestershire v Somerset 20 / 20 Cricket and it was on the way back from a disapointment. I did enjoy it, but it was not like having a team to support, so small steps , but put me down as one lost to speedway who would make a return if there was regular speedway at the Circuit of Wales at any level from National to Elite league.

Looks like the "major sponsor" is a toss up between Kleen-eze and Mr Sheen then ? or did you mean Polish and not polish ?

Frank Smart, entertainer wherever he went, unique head under the handlebars style

I have a set of his leathers hanging in my cellar, they came from a young rider with little money and were a gift from Lew , it speaks volumes of the man

Not bad at all I think even Fireman Sam didn't have his own hose, think he used one supplied by the county ? I could be wrong ?

I have often thought some starts are grippier than others, some are slicker, and the revs that the clutch are dropped at on these surfaces will govern the start speed, obviously coupled with reaction times . How difficult would it be to have an LED display of say 10 LED's where the first one lights at 5000 revs and subsequent ones come in at 500 rev intervals, a steady hand at the desired rev range and then concentration on the tapes could give consistency to some riders starts ?? Or is this cheating ?

Would the Rutherford who scored 8 points, same as Sissis the Ex Newport( Mr chequered flag/cobra) Shelby Rutherford, ?

Wihilst I think Alex has made a very sensible and adult post , why are the UKV&I applications being processed in Manilla ?? out sourcing a la insurance call centres ?? or maybe it is just in a Manilla envelope somewhere else in the world ?

Saw one years ago at Newport, think from memory it was Nicky Simmonds bike ?? 3 bikes left the line and one stayed still, the frame contained the cylinder and top half of the crankcases, the track staff were picking up bits of hot metal with a shovel and putting them still smoking into a bucket

A trick I was taught by Steve Saunders when trying to find grip on trials bikes up slippery surfaces was to hold open the throttle , but press firmly on the rear brake to prevent the wheel spinning and braking traction, i.e. killing the horsepower with the back brake. and finding grip , power can be fed in or out in this way Maybe "having no brakes" on a speedway bike is a disadvantage as they can be used to find grip if you know what you are doing, can't argue the case for a front brake though Happy new year

Maybe similar to A drag racing B any tarmac racing where exit speed is needed out of the corner with max traction formula one etc ( god forbid someone tries to bring traction control into speedway with limited slip clutches and the like) If you have the horse power you can tame it, knock back timing, gearing etc to find the optimum setting If you do not have the BHP in the first place you are at a disadvantage, it is easier to make a fast engine slower than a slow engine faster ?? I believe ??

Such is the nature of the beast, you are never going to win ! The junior Britain Kart class is governed in such a way that only stock engines can be used , no tuning parts etc, but I know a man who has been earning a good living by buying 20 engines at a time, stripping them and reassembling to blue printed tolerances by selecting parts from different engines, even fitting used pistons with carbon on the top will produce a small horsepower rise, The engines are then dyno tested and supplied to customers at a price significantly above the "stock " engine, when engines have just 1 BHP more it makes a significant difference in this low powered sport.. All engines are untuned , just assembled to get the best out of them with correctly toleranced parts to get the maximum out of them !

There is an advert and picture in "the speedway star" Nov19th 1965 for the "new speedway engine from Matchless" based on the G85CS trophy winning engine, an all alloy unit as used in the Rickman Mettise, These engines are still being manufactured in Holland for classic scrambles

I think Paulco was referring to Will Beveridge dragging Emil Lidqvist off his bike at the pit gate , kicking him when he was down and breaking his collarbone,? Still the best speedway meeting I have ever seen, the needle up to that point was epic,and a last heat decider to clinch it, The scuffle was just an addition to the atmosphere, shame Emil got hurt, but what a meeting

I blame the Victorians for starting it all off, the Florin ( 2 shilling piece if you are under 50) came in to replace the Half crown in or around 1850 as an attempt to implement metric/decimal reasoning i.e 10 to the pound,It failed spectacularly with the Half Crown hanging around till 1967, however I suppose the 10P piece is the new Florin as it is still there at 10 to the pound ? so it only took just over 100 years to wear us down.

A few years back a solicitor bought the old rectory in our village, opposite was a lorry operator, operating just 2 lorries, when his operators licence came up for renewal, the solicitor put in a complaint and tried to get it shut down, it had operated since 1962 and he nearly succeeded, but as the lorry operator had been a resident for his entire life and was well liked , local people made there feelings clear,The court action failed , the solicitor made no friends and was gone in under 3 years, Its the people who complain who make all the noise, who are tolerant say nothing, but are in the majority, it is time the pro lobby was heard, sheer weight of numbers will succeed !

Just looked at the list of riders and averages in the fantasy league and Brady Kurtz is at 3.00 ?? is in fact a 5.00 ,should be a 7.00, won't be many fantasy league teams without him at 3.00 methinks?

Harry Potter and the Suffolk sorceress ??

Nicky Mallet, ( as a rider of sorts and a promoter of sorts) never amounted to much as either

Mark lemon always leaves a sour taste for me, And any rider who does a "stonehewer" and drops it on the first bend and lies there hoping to get a re-start must admit that the sport needs riders like Niki Pedersen, because like them or hate them, they are giving 100% and providing opinions and interest, although I don't necessarily agree with the way it is done

Maybe, they just see speedway riders coming to this country are likely to need the benefits of our NHS system, maybe they will be insisting on seeing their private health insurance paperwork before putting them in the ambulance, it gets more like America every day