The White Knight Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 Thing is, while I find the team kevlars busy, that doesn't really cause me the confusion. In the old days, everyone looked the same in black, but it was easy enough to recognise most riders. Likewise the full face helmets. In the late 80's. there were a lot of riders wearing Bell Moto III's, and again, it wasn't difficult to identify everyone. I really think that it is down to the "generic" riding style that everyone seems to have adopted, and it's not just a case of the cornering; even the body positions on the straight all seem the same now. Also, speedway riders used to be a much wider variety of sizes and shapes than they are now. Compare some already mentioned here, like Broady and Schoie, and "Big Arthur". You had Les McGillivray, Eric Boothroyd, Andy Buck, Graham Miles, Peter Craven, Norman Strachan... Sigh... Steve It was far, far easier to recognise Riders by the personal style of riding, sitting on the Bike and Race Jackets than it is these days. The Riders all look the bloody same, both on the Bike and off it. The Bikes look all the same. There is no room for a bit of individuality any more unfortunately. Yet more reasons why Speedway is suffering, in my opinion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourentee Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 We even had 'Villains' in those days to entertain the crowd. Jack Millen, Tony Childs, Taffy Owen and Frank Auffret just to name a few. Workington's finest, Taffy Owen, a villain? How dare you, sir?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Workington's finest, Taffy Owen, a villain? How dare you, sir?! He was when he came to Sunderland back in the day. Shared a Taxi with him at a Crewe Reunion once and we got on really well. Great bloke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 He was when he came to Sunderland back in the day. Shared a Taxi with him at a Crewe Reunion once and we got on really well. Great bloke. There's articles on Taffy in both the 'Classic' & 'Backtrack' magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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