howling gorgon Posted April 30, 2003 Report Share Posted April 30, 2003 Whatever happened to these machines, are they still around? any riders use them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted May 3, 2003 Report Share Posted May 3, 2003 There's actually one for sale on ebay, alongside a load of other speedway relics. So I think that speaks volumes about what has happened to Wessies HG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbiker Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 HG, as far as I know Don Godden took over Weslake, and produced the magnificent GR500, an engine that many riders used with great success including Hans Niesson, I bought a GR for Glenn Doyle when I sponsored him, Don was brilliant to deal with and a great engineer too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff. Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 Weslake were taken over by Bill Davies and Tig Perry. Their decline came about by most riders preferring the GM and to a lesser extent the Godden or the new (at the time) single overhead cam Jawa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 Looking back there are certain riders that seem to be at the start of a new trend due to their success with a certain machine - eg. Egon Muller with the GM and Neil Street/Phil Crump with 4 valves. Who was ther rider who started the trend for Weslakes in the first place? Was it Peter Collins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIPIRATE Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 My memory bank is getting overdrawn now, but ISTR that Nigel Boocock was one of the first to use Weslake engines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 Looking back there are certain riders that seem to be at the start of a new trend due to their success with a certain machine - eg. Egon Muller with the GM and Neil Street/Phil Crump with 4 valves. Who was ther rider who started the trend for Weslakes in the first place? Was it Peter Collins? Â If my memory serves me correctly I believe it was John Louis who was the first Weslake rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngy105 Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 I'm sure PC had a hand in making the weslake popular with his magnificent win in the 76 world final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Man Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 1975 British Speedway Final  1 John Louis  2Peter Collins  4 Ray Wilson  5 Martin Ashby  All mounted on the British Weslake   What a brilliant man Harry Weslake was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Magro Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Hi folks, my name is Steve Magro from Australia. I have a Weslake Mk3 (brought here by Marvin Cox in 1986) mounted in my living room, by the TV. I can highly recommend investing in one as they are relatively cheap now. It doesn't take up much space, it's clean and makes me smile when I look at it. It's also often a topic of discussion when people drop by. Â Also some info please. Am I able to have emails of various messages on 'Years Gone By' sent to me, or do I always have to get on the web site and view each topic of discussion individually? Â Finally. I have an historical web site which may be of interest to some of you. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howling gorgon Posted August 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Wow, theres flash for you, big living room is it? Â Can't answer the e-mail question, sorry. Â Good website though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Hi folks, my name is Steve Magro from Australia. I have a Weslake Mk3 (brought here by Marvin Cox in 1986) mounted in my living room, by the TV. I can highly recommend investing in one as they are relatively cheap now. It doesn't take up much space, it's clean and makes me smile when I look at it. It's also often a topic of discussion when people drop by.  Also some info please. Am I able to have emails of various messages on 'Years Gone By' sent to me, or do I always have to get on the web site and view each topic of discussion individually?  Finally. I have an historical web site which may be of interest to some of you. cheers  Hiya Steve nice to see you on here  Afraid the forum isn't set up for e-mail Steve, just message board format but I hope you'll keep coming back 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I have a Weslake Mk3 (brought here by Marvin Cox in 1986) mounted in my living room, by the TV. Â You've got me thinking now mate. I wonder if there's any chance that Mrs Lt will let me mount a Jap in the bedroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howling gorgon Posted August 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I have a Weslake Mk3 (brought here by Marvin Cox in 1986) mounted in my living room, by the TV. Â You've got me thinking now mate. I wonder if there's any chance that Mrs Lt will let me mount a Jap in the bedroom. Â Oh Lt, never had you down for kinky............never mind Mrs LT, have you considered how this Japanese person might feel about being mounted, (ooh er missus!!), more to the point how you going to coax them into your bedroom in the first place? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howling gorgon Posted August 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 I have a Weslake Mk3 (brought here by Marvin Cox in 1986) mounted in my living room, by the TV.  You've got me thinking now mate. I wonder if there's any chance that Mrs Lt will let me mount a Jap in the bedroom.  Oh Lt.........., could'nt ignore this one, never had you down for such a kinky pervert............never mind Mrs LT, have you considered how this poor Japanese person might feel about being mounted in your bedroom?, (ooh er missus!!), more to the point how you going to coax them into your bedroom in the first place?  Ray Wilson still lives in a bog  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hullangel Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 Talked to both Eric Boocock and Ian Cartwright about the first rider on a Weslake, and they both said ..........Gordon Kennet. He only lived 2 mins away from factory, and helped in the development. So Weslake made him first works rider...........Hope this helps....... :-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Magro Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 :-o Gordon Kennett and Weslakes: In December 1975 I saw the British Lions in Sydney, with all of their bikes on show. Gordon Kennett definately had a two valve Jawa, as did Chris and Dave Morton. John Davis, Peter Collins and captain Chris Pusey were all Weslake-mounted, while Dougie Wyer used a Swedish ERM 4 valve conversion. Â All of which may explain why Australia were walloped by 6-1 !! Â So if Gordon was a Weslake works rider before this tour, I would like to know why he reverted back to the trusty two valve, because by late '75 they were clearly obsolete. For the majoity of the test series the only Aussie to use a 4 valve was Phil Crump, who used a Street 4 valver. Â cheers Steve Magro http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~stvmagro/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hullangel Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Bumped into Dave Jessup the other day. he told me that it was Chris Louis who was the first to ride a wessie. I seems they gave him one to do a grasstrack meeting at Lydon, and nobody could catch him. and as he didn't want to give it back , he became the first rider to use a wessie in speedway..................unless anybody outhere knows different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 doubtful considering he would have been 5 or 6 years old..... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 a five or six year old on a wessie sounds reasonable to me, maybe 50 hp and havent you ever heard of a child prodigy? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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