Help skidlids

[hor5net]

Hi kev,

I have just spoken to Mark who I bought the bike off (No69), he says you sold him the forks.
Before I buy new fork springs I just wanted to check, are the forks from a monster originally?

Cheers

andy

[skidlids]

Andy they are probably from a Monster 620 which should be the same as the last of the Monster 600s from 2001
Would need a few measurements to confirm
Just about to leave for the Prescott Bike Festival so will be off line for the next 30 to 40 hours

[milesaway]

sorry to hear mark has given up- he never got round to trying the bike after we got his setup closer to how it should have been- apart from 1 session at cadwell only seeing through 1 eye

[hor5net]

Have spoken to Mark today, he is gonna be back in the 400s at Oulton.

Good to hear your back Miles, you didn't miss anything but wasting money...

[milesaway]

realised got my marks and 46/69 mixed up- now finally linked forum name to person- how's it going andy- are you and pete going to oulton?

[hor5net]

think I was getting my Marks mixed up too :)

I'm good cheers, looking forward to Oulton, will be there with bells on!
Never ridden Oulton before so should be fun, not sure how they are charging the same price and losing a day, is there no endurance?

be good to see you there.

[skidlids]

probably because it costs heck of a lot more to hire Oulton than it does Snetterton or Cadwell or for that matter quite a few other circuits in this country

[badgerpilot]

How/when are they doing an extra 2 races for £60?

[skidlids]

at 10:03 and 12:09

[badgerpilot]

Ok, so they're not DD championship races with points then?

[skidlids]

Nope, DD bikes can enter F400,
Same as it was a few years ago with New Era where we use to enter the 400 Allcomers

[badgerpilot]

Lol, but we got qually and 2 races for £25 back then!

[skidlids]

Lol, but we got qually and 2 races for £25 back then!

Really, I thought you only got one race for the £25 and qually and two races for £60, back when track hire was cheaper and VAT was less, and the races were about half as long, before New Era folded and there wasn't talk of Mallory closing

Just found a New era Entry form for Mallory 2010

One 8 Lap Allcomers race is £25.
If an extra Class (Two 10 Lap Races plus Practice) is entered then that is an extra £60.

Based on that two extra races and qually at Oulton for £60 looks to be a fair price

[milesaway]

will they be the moto solo allcomers- wouldn't that mean going straight from it into our race as they are next to each other in the schedule? is that even possible fitness aside?

[badgerpilot]

Really, I thought you only got one race for the £25 and qually and two races for £60, back when track hire was cheaper and VAT was less, and the races were about half as long, before New Era folded and there wasn't talk of Mallory closing

Just found a New era Entry form for Mallory 2010

One 8 Lap Allcomers race is £25.
If an extra Class (Two 10 Lap Races plus Practice) is entered then that is an extra £60.

Based on that two extra races and qually at Oulton for £60 looks to be a fair price

Must be my hitting 40 that's ruined my memory!
Defo remember following a 12yr old Jake Byford round Castle Combe in qually and scrapping with a big bloke on a KTM in a couple of races. Could've been 1 race per day or could've been a year apart!

[skidlids]

New Era did do a 3rd option (not usually on the entry form) where you could enter a second class and do only one of the races plus the qualifying. This was the preferred option for many and cost £30 iirc, brilliant I thought when the 400 qualily at Oulton was the session before DD qualiy, then I crashed in DD qualiy then arriving on my already warm tyres at the first chicane a lot faster than Mike Attack was on his cold tyres, braking hard when cranked over didn't work out to well for me