Hello everyone-
..New to Greeves, in fact new to scrambling!..
So a good friend wanted to race in the Catalina Grand Prix last year, and bought a Greeves 380 Griffon in decent shape to race the vintage class. For us Colonials, the Catalina GP was our low-rent version of your amazing Isle of Man TT . The race had been banned for 52 years ( some riders beat up the town Mayor or something )...until last December, and it was a huge event. We had guys from as far away as France racing. Some of the original racers were there as well---Preston Petty, Thad Wolfe, Malcolm Smith, Terry Pratt, Dave Ekins, Homer Knapp. Anyway, we went as a team, and were the only ones representing the Greeves marque. The bike ran well, and not for a mix-up in the course , our bike would have been in the top 5 in the vintage class.
here's a look http://youtu.be/HzUNrRtcp1Q
http://youtu.be/Uu9ExC-ftr4
There are now three of us; all on Griffons. We have formed a Greeves team and we are all complete newbs to Greeves, and two of us to racing. Our claim to fame is that we know absolutely Jack S**t about our old Brit bikes, but that we love them. I rode my first race two weeks ago and was introduced to the perils of Ethanol
, loose bolts, and the Greeves metal clutch. Nonetheless, we soldier on, wind in our faces toward ultimate victory.....or the parts bin, whichever comes first and I am sure it will be the latter prior to the former.
So, I'm here....and I'll try to not stink up the joint.
....now on to the search feature for 'clutch adjustment'
..New to Greeves, in fact new to scrambling!..
So a good friend wanted to race in the Catalina Grand Prix last year, and bought a Greeves 380 Griffon in decent shape to race the vintage class. For us Colonials, the Catalina GP was our low-rent version of your amazing Isle of Man TT . The race had been banned for 52 years ( some riders beat up the town Mayor or something )...until last December, and it was a huge event. We had guys from as far away as France racing. Some of the original racers were there as well---Preston Petty, Thad Wolfe, Malcolm Smith, Terry Pratt, Dave Ekins, Homer Knapp. Anyway, we went as a team, and were the only ones representing the Greeves marque. The bike ran well, and not for a mix-up in the course , our bike would have been in the top 5 in the vintage class.
here's a look http://youtu.be/HzUNrRtcp1Q
http://youtu.be/Uu9ExC-ftr4
There are now three of us; all on Griffons. We have formed a Greeves team and we are all complete newbs to Greeves, and two of us to racing. Our claim to fame is that we know absolutely Jack S**t about our old Brit bikes, but that we love them. I rode my first race two weeks ago and was introduced to the perils of Ethanol
, loose bolts, and the Greeves metal clutch. Nonetheless, we soldier on, wind in our faces toward ultimate victory.....or the parts bin, whichever comes first and I am sure it will be the latter prior to the former.So, I'm here....and I'll try to not stink up the joint.
....now on to the search feature for 'clutch adjustment'
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