Manky Monkey Motors

Now I haven't got a date for this yet but i think they are trying for June, they are going to open up the sands again for speed event's so us UK europe based speed freaks can get some action without heading to the Salt in the good old US of A... if anyone knows of more info please let me know as I have several people interested in going along...... now I must get that Pop finished so I can spend time on the Salster  :P :P

Ooh, I'd love to go to that.
Taz & I spent an afternoon on Pendine Sands a couple of years ago, (we'd been to Wales to collect the Moggy Minor cab back panel for my Pop -which I think you told me about Shaun).
Very atmospheric place.

taken from another forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/119507654875530/ june 20-23

seems like its just 2 wheeled action

For us dinosaur non-facebook peeps, anyone know of a website? Ta

How does one qualify for something like that, or can anyone just turn up & race?

I had just emailed my club,Hopefully get some information on this,
Like who's running it,Can i have a ride ;) ;D

That would be a great reason for a trip to Wales!  - spose I could visit my sister too......... 

I think the guy running it is PJ from the Sunday night Bonneville program, you need to book to run and as far as I can tell there is only the facebook page so far.. got me a place booked  ;) need something to look forward to........   

I have just been informed that it's the 20th 23rd of June Bikes only this one,
I think they are a bit concerned cars may cut the surface up making it difficult to run bikes,
There is a website being built as we speak,And they will be taking entries In Feb,
I am hoping to compete at this event, depending.

Kettle ??????

 ;)

Team Manky!
Reckon it'd be worth organising a mini bus for us Southerners.

Shame, just looked and it clashes with the Nos Nats  :(

Poo.

Well i had a chat with a lady by the name geogina,On tintrnet of course,
She  welcomed me on board,She gave me a contact number that i shall call tomorrow to finalize things,
I will report back tomorrow.

had a reply from PJ, got me a space booked on the sand, just need to build a bike now..  ::) no pressure then  :o
seriously my good mate Sumo is going to fabricate a rigid rear section for the Saltster, he has offered to put some time aside to help me get this idea rolling, I'm in desperate need of something positive to pull me through the long lonely hours ahead of me and he knows of my desire to ride the worlds slowest  :-[
I mean fastest Panther (single motor of course  ;D )
it is times like this that you really find out who your mates are, and boy do I have a smashing group of mates....

Just had long chat to him on the phone really nice guy,
The spanners will be flying from here on out.
 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

i,ll be flying  :o :o :o that sound dangerous, ::) ::)

At least you have a sense of humour ;D

are trikes allowed to run in this  ???

Maybe if it was a racing Trike, ;D
I don.t know.

are you on facebook terry t? if so check out their page and ask question's can't hurt..

not too familar with the mainland but if i were to get a ferry to heysham
it would be a fair distance to get here would it ???

scannerzer if you can get a ferry to fishguard you are almost there.

Thanks Hunter I'll look into that :)

ive been flying at pendine and pendean but like this and on 3 wheels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ87Sft5NIg

That looks like hard work stumpy.

its the best fun you will ever have without an engine 84 mph is the world record on a kite i love it

Can anyone tell me if the dates for this are correct as the 20th is a thursday. im just trying to book a caravan on the pendine site and want to get it right  :)

Date seems to have changed.
http://www.pendinelrc.com/events/

That's the date I put on my calendar - what's changed?

still the same...  8)

It was originally said 20th to 23rd.

O.K, I've marked it on the events calendar -22 & 23rd of June '13.

Ok so i have booked a caravan on the Pendine caravan park its the one closest to the beach and have a spare twin room going i only want to cover my costs so if anyone is interested please get in touch. The price for the room is £100 for the weekend and you get access to all the facilities on the site i would prefer someone to take the room and not just the one bed (unless you want to pay for the empty bed)
There will be five of us in the van if someone takes the other room so there should be plenty of room as the van sleeps up to eight. Anyway PM me if you want any details or to jump on board  :)
Dan

Anyone know if there's a campsite nearby?   

http://www.virtualtenby.co.uk/camping.asp?CampSite=Pendine Sands Holiday Park&phonenumber=Carmarthen Carmarthenshire

Thjat doesn't actuially give camping options!  Very hard to find as the same thing keeps coming up on a google search!

www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=7904

Now that looks really useful, thanks!

Interesting reading the reviews - the ones that complain about no facilities, etc, just make me think it's the right place to be.  When the children were small we always used to pick campsites like that!  And only a mile from the sands!

You should be able to hear the racing from there!

No I won't cos I won't be there while they're racing will I?

Well you'll definitely be able to hear it from the beach!

Maybe this is a silly question..... but what distance is the event running?  ::)

I can't tell you the distance that is being timed.
But the the distance from post to post will be two miles.

Thanks Hunter,

If the 'post to post' is the total length of the sand the club have, that could mean a 1/2 mile acceleration followed by a 1/2 braking, which could mean a standing 1/4 followed by a flying 1/4 (as was run in the left lane at RAF Odiham ran in 2011).

Be interesting to find out.

I think its the timing posts cover a 2 mile stretch, I will find out but they are using SCTA regs so I'm guessing a mile or so run up and same for slowing down.. and timed over a mile... have asked the question and will get back to you asap...

the reply I've just got from PJ, is one mile in, mile timed and one mile for braking  8)

IF they add another mile to it i could nip home for tea. :D ;D

If they make it much longer the tide will be in before you reach the other end.

it,ll be all round to hunters for tea then  ;)

Kettles always on.

You could regret saying that!

 ;) :-*

Room has gone thanks  :)

The website http://www.pendinelrc.com/ has just included an entry form (resttricted to pre 1990 machines)

http://www.pendinelrc.com/rules-and-regs/       

Entry is shown as £140 for the two days and includes club membership.

The website says (as of 03-03-13):
Our rules will be available shortly, we have been given the rights to use the SCTA Regulations and these will be provided to club members and to every entrant, but if you are building a bike -either NSA or SCTA Regulations are a good starting point:we will be using SCTA regs exclusively in the future, please check with us if there are any areas of doubt.

Well filled in the form and sent it,
But have not started work on the bike yet. ::)

 ;D No pressure then!

No not much,And it will probably be another week before i make a start.

So, are we allowed to know what you're building............ piccies????    ;)

what he said ^^^^^^  :D

You will.
As soon as i can find it. ;D

Buried in the sand?

Bit of background info - John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was the unfortunate fellow who was killed in Babs in 1927 at Pendine whilst attempting the World Land Speed Record.
The car was buried in the sand not long after the crash, where it remained until 1969 when it was excavated.

J G Parry-Thomas was buried at Saint Mary's Churchyard, Byfleet, Surrey, quite local to Manky Manor.

Pendine was used for Land Speed Records due too it long flat sands, but as speeds rose, so longer distances were required, Daytona basically took over.


Loads of info on the following website

http://www.parry-thomas.co.uk/

The website also states
John Godfrey Parry-Thomas was truly an understated genius as a driver and an engineer below are a few of his huge number of inventions that were patented between 1910 and 1926

Electrical Power Transmission. - 1910
◦Power Transmission.- 1910
◦ Electrical Controller. - 1911
◦Winding Apparatus. - 1913
◦Power Transmission Mechanism. - 1914
◦Suspension Of Rail Car Bodies And The Like. - 1914
◦Railway Motor Coach . - 1914
◦Variable Speed Power Transmission. - 1915
◦Gearing. - 1916
◦Driving Of Road Vehicles. - 1916
◦Driving Of Road And Rail Vehicles. - 1916
◦Electric Power Transmission. - 1917
◦Charging Of Accumulators from a variable Speed Dynamo Electric Machine. - 1918
◦Power Transmission. - 1918
◦Power Transmission Mechanism On Rail And Road Trains and the like.. - 1919
◦Electric Starting And Ignition System .- 1919
◦Ignition Of Internal-Combustion Engines. - 1919
◦Internal Combustion Engine (Lubrication). - 1920
◦Method Of Testing Gear Wheels. - 1920
◦Method Of Transmission Of Power. - 1920
◦Clutch and Brake Control On Road Vehicles. - 1923 [re issue]
◦Internal Combustion Engine. - 1924
◦Valve Operating Mechanism For Internal Combustion Engines. - 1924
◦Clutch and Brake Control On Road Vehicles. - 1926 [re issue]

I'd love to see "Babs" run. When Taz & I visited Pendine a few years ago, it was sat in a small museum on the beach front. Is it still there?

Well apparently they are going to run it at the Hotrods event later in the year.

Pendine Museum - That's Babs' 'home' whilst not visiting events.

It can often be found in the Brooklands Museum (its 2nd home?).

I've seen it running a few times - tis rather wonderful...................  ;D

I'll definitely be at the hotrod event then.

The rules for the PDR June event are now available  £7.50 plus P&P


http://www.pendinelrc.com/

http://www.lulu.com/shop/pendine-landspeed-racing-club/pendinelrc-rule-book-2013/paperback/product-20934439.html

What! you have to pay for the rules!?
Rules & regulations are generally free and made available prior to entry of anything/anywhere.
Money grabbing tossers.

BRISCA, is the same you have to pay for a rule book before you can build youre stock car ,,

The MSA is the governing body of UK (non bike) Motorsport and thier Competitors' Yearbook, which Contains technical rules and regulations, Scrutineer names and addresses, list of ARDS, ARKS and BARS schools etc. costs £29 if you want a hardcopy
http://shop.msauk.org/productslist.asp?id=1560084&pagenum=1
It is however free as PDFs if you view online.

With respect to the ACU – The rules are available on line as PDFs.
A free CD of the rules/regs comes with the Competition licence (but you have to pay for the licence).
‘Supplementary Regs’ normally come with entry-application forms.

The SCTA (Southern California Timing Association) are the guys who run Bonneville, and charge $10 for their ‘Rules and Regs’ book.


This is how the folk who are organising Pendine describe themselves:
The Pendine Landspeed Racing Club (PendineLRC) is run buy a group of dedicated individuals, Petrol Heads, Bike Builders, Racers and Motor Sport Lovers.
Others involved with the club are involved with road racing, drag racing, sprints and other motor sports both on a technical and participant level.
If you want to help out get in touch, everything we do is voluntary so we need all the help we can get.

I’ve been involved in the organisation of motosport events, and it can take a whole team of voulteers an awful lot of time and patience, and everything that has to be done, has to be paid for.

I just think it's fantastic that they've been able to get permission to race on the sands at all. Taz & I visited the hallowed beach a couple of years ago & stood on it, imagining daring chaps in aero engined behemoths thundering by. Well done to the organisers for resurrecting it.

yup, hat's off to em I say.. it is all coming out of their own pocket's at the moment and is costing a small fortune.. I'm pleased that someone has got off their arse and organised this.. big boost for me and for such a historic event ( can only have a 1st time once  ;) ) i think ALL the cost's are reasonable.. far cheaper than trying to run at Bonneville eh  ;D

So what's the news on the bike builds peeps, the event is less than a month away and the thread has gone eerily quite................

Anyone else going along to enter / spectate?

Haven't heard anything from Shaun lately -you O.K Shaunus?
I'd really like to go along & spectate. Should be an awesome spectacle -& just in case it doesn't happen again, I'd like to be able to say I was there.

I'm still hoping to go - spose it might be worth getting booked into the campsite, it might get full!

I cant wait for this. Its going to be a busy month for me though off to spa with my mates classic formula ford team then off to see the Who then Pendine  im going to be knackered  :)

Well i hope to be there,Struggled with this build,My health getting in the way again,
Not had time for pics or wright up.

But will you be ready in time?

?

ahhhhh, the weather forecast for the event...........

Met office for Pembroke (about 15 miles away)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/pembroke_forecast_weather.html

Weather for Tenby (about 5 miles away)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/tenby_forecast_weather.html


http://www.weatherforecastmap.com/england/aberporth_/widget

Latest from the organisers regarding Saturday:

"We are looking at making the first run starting as close to 08.00 am as we can, running all day, non stop until the tide throws us off the beach."


Looking at the tide tables

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast_and_sea/tide_tables/11/502

this shows the tide will be about 4 meters around 08:00, with the tide going out.
When the tide comes in, a 4 meter tide will be around 13:30. (Maybe they'll run a past this as the beach will be 'dry' ??), but it gives an idea of what might be expected.

High tide is about 17:00


For Sunday, the tides move a nominal hour later (so the 4 meter ebb tide is just before 09.00)

So basically, it's a morning event?

Don't be daft mr manky. You have the lunch hour to put the knobblies on and spray the WD40 everywhere ;D
The track is at the high tide area so it should run until at least 4.

Okey dokey. How's the weather forcast looking?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/tenby_forecast_weather.html

Looks like it might be a bit damp (well it is Wales) and blustery.

well,, who,s ready , ?  and who,s going ?
sorry i can,t be there but i,m stuck here till late saturday,, so i,m hoping to make ,shakey,, sunday .

I can't go - no pennies!

I'll be leaving home at 6 in the morning. About 3 1/2 hours according to Google maps, so I should be there mid morning. Basically get on the M4 motorway & just keep going West till it runs out.
I've just spoken to Hunter by text -he's still in his garage & doesn't think he'll be racing, but will be there.

I won't be racing  :(but will be there. 8)

Well, I've decided to give it a miss.
Torrential rain & high winds here all night &, as far as I can see on the 'net, similar or worse on the Welsh coast. Of course, it's bound to clear up & be a fantastic day's racing, but on the other hand, it might be a 4 hour drive to find it's been cancelled.
So the very best of luck to anyone who's racing there today & I hope someone takes some snaps for us.
I'm going back to bed!
 

Typical -now the sun's out!

Do not worry monkey no racing today ???or  that is what one website said but maybe they are running.

I'm mooching about at home, waiting for an Ebay auction to end, so have been looking for info/photos but haven't found any.
Anyone got a link? Hang on -I'll text Hunter. He was going.

Text report from our on the spot Monkey, John, (Hunter).

Yes they're racing.
Very windy but dry.
Bumped into PantherShaun. Looks like he's enjoying himself.
Shame you couldn't make it.

Bugger.

Shauns done a 74.74 mph run  ;D :o :o :o

On what?

http://www.pendinelrc.com/tag/speed-trials/

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Ha! Good for you Shaun!  ;D

Really chuffed for Shaun!  I couldn't make it due to having to buy a new computer but I would have been camping and I can't say I'm sorry not be in a tent tonight!

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Nice one Shaun ;D

A young lady on a diesel bike.
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A couple of guys Britchopper members from Liverpool built this.

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Did you see Tony Oily Bike & Dslam while you were there?

Vincent Streamliner.
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No but going back down tomorrow so will keep a look out for them.

Just about to leave will report back later. ;)

Well home again,And yes got to meet Tony Oily Bike and Dslam this time Dslam and i spoke for some time  while  everything that has happened in the world just ;D,While Tony Oily Bike created a groove up the course with his non stop action,I think he enjoyed himself.

seeing pic of shaun on his bike brought a lump in me throat, just brilliant.
well done to everyone.

well i told shaun to ,, go for it,,,, ;) and he obviuosly did, :D  ,,VERY WELL DONE THAT MAN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I bumped into him as i was leaving and asked if he had enjoyed himself,F$$$$$g awesome was the reply with a huge smile on his face.

Well done to everyone who took part.
I had a text earlier from Shaun. It said:

Had a blast & achieved 49, 73, 74, 74, 75, 78, 79, 78mph. So pretty consistant once the clutch was sorted.

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Fixing clutch.
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Waiting for the thumbs up.
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And he's off.
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Tony Oily Bike on the bike,And Dslam standing.
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Tony Oily Bike
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Great event!!! wooohoooh!!!  ;D   ;D

I left the house around 06.15 on Friday to collect Dslam and our mate Juan, and got home around 21.30 on Sunday - what a great weekend!!

Good to have met both Shaun & Hunter (Hi Guys!), good bit of chin-wag too.......  ::)

Due to the condition of the sand in a certain place, the Sunday running (with better weather than Saturday) ended up being a less than the flying mile that was hoped for.

The sand is, to quote Murray (our start line marshall and overall knowledgable person), 'organic' and can change during the course of the day, and due to a softish section getting too soft, the initial distance was reduced in length.

Big grin factor from all the riders as best I could tell, and a really nicely run event by a great set of petrol heads. Thanks must go to all those who made it happen (and there were quite a few of them), but a special big thanks must to PJ for taking a great idea and turning it into reality - well done mate!!


As a rider, being able to run on this hallowed sand was a privilege........


Here's an idea of what a run was about:
Pull away and try to get some level of traction (spinning up is pretty darn easy on the sand in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and to a degree in 4th), notch the bike up through the gears (trying not to break traction too much), compensate fro the breeze/wind, and keep it nailed increasing speed to aim for a top speed at the timing trap at end of the designated distance (I think we running around a 1km).
Then gently sit up and allow engine braking and/or rear braking to slow the bike down (whilst also trying to keep the rear from breaking traction / skidding). Slow down sufficiently to either miss the 'soft' section, or gently run through it, before doing a 180 degree left turn to head back towards the assembly area, check the speed on the way back from the team at the timing trap who kindly held out a hand written speed for each rider (nice touch that!).

Saturday speeds started at 72.98 mph for the sighting run, then 86.6 mph, 90.70 mph concluding with 92.84 mph.
This meant I really wanted to get into the triple figure bracket on Sunday. First run was around 97mph, and then ended up with a 101 mph ( ;D), and then a 102 mph -result!

The sand between the paddock/assembly area and the ocean was then treated to a few rooster-tails and power-slides as a celebration (as ya do!) heh heh!!


Will hopefully post a couple of piccies in the next few days

Making the groove.
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That's fantastic Tony! 100mph plus, on, as you say, hallowed ground with so much racing history, must be a real buzz! And well done to your team too. Congratulations!  ;D

Well done to all who took part or even went along to watch.
You can tell it's Pendine in mid summer by all the scantily clad, beach bunnies, NOT. 

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Thanks.

British summer............You (fortunately) haven't seen the "classified" photos of the scantily clad various Mankyites!!!!!  :D Even more fortunatly, I'm joking - phew!

The wind was so bad on Saturday night that at 2am on Sunday morning, the gazebo/baby marquee that I'd blagged a space to store my bike in, was pitched a reported 60 feet in the air, and landed the other side of the paddock/campsite against the fence!!
Fortunately it missed just about everything, only a slight dent on ones guy's van.
I only found out about this around 8am on the Sunday when I went back to my bike and found it all on its lonesome, having spent a few hours getting seriously rained on. (it started third kick!!)
Luckily the other two bikes using the gazebo were unscathed too.

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The Lady herself.
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Ahh, beautiful Babs ...can't remember her name.

And the all important people at this event hard at work, without people like this it would not have happend.
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Yeah, it's very easy to just turn up at events & assume they somehow run themselves. There's always an army of dayglo jacketted volunteers working their socks off though, to make sure the rest of us have a good time. Hope it was a huge success & becomes a regular event now. Is the car one still going ahead later in the year?

ahhhh... Mr Fork 'andles himself  ;)

Car event is still on according to the to a chap and his misses we were talking to in the 'Parry' cafe at the weekend (forgotten their names tho) who are the folk who started the Hot Rod Hayride a few years ago, and I think its them that are organising the Vintage Hot Rod event on Sat 7th Sept.

Track scheduled distance is relatively short (flying 1/4) compared to the (scheduled) flying mile of the bike event (however bike event was shortened due to weather an sand conditions)

Oh so right!

I made a point of trying to thank as many of them as I could, there's soooo much work that has to go on to get events running. Many of the Pendine folk were on the sand at 06.00 both Sat & Sunday


Over and above the dayglo volunteers are all the "behind the scenes" folk and related tasks.
Dslam and to lesser extent, me, do a similar thing for the Sprint Section of the VMCC. (www.vmccsprint.co.uk)
We'd use up the lion's share of a Sunday for a logistical committee meeting 80 miles away.
Dslam gave up his ride at our most recent event in order for it to run smoothly, AND spent a big chunk of the day before the event getting the venue organised.

ahhhh... Mr Fork 'andles himself

-glad someone picked up on that one!

A big wet kiss on the nose to each & every one of you then.  :-*

It was great to meet Hunter again after all those years. We sprinted yonks ago at Treffil (I doubt I spelt that right!) and was good to catch up with what has happened with who and all that stuff. Such a shame you missed the build deadline though mate. You now have plenty of time to build that double.
I had a chat with the owner of Impulse, The 3 wheeler I rebuilt last year, and he is all for a few adaptations to make it compliant for Pendine next year. Standing on the beach looking at all the riders having so much fun was kinda depressing. As the day went on I wished I had a suitable bike to ride. Now I have ::) A Hillman Imp engine in a 3 wheeler. Oh yes :D Supercharged. Oh yes yes yes ;D
Game on.

You know it makes sense Andy!

Yes was good to chat,As for the spelling really good attempt just the one f in Trefil.

Hey Mr Slam - looks like we've both caught yet another 'bug'  ::)

Sprinting - yep

Pre 1930's road stuff - yep (Dslam and I did the 66 mile Banbury run a week ago on his 1926 machines)

Pendine Landspeed Racing Club - yep (looking forward to the next one already)

It wasn't Mr Fork 'andles. It was Norman stanley field the habitual hotrod builder

Found a site with a few photos


http://s75.photobucket.com/user/gnastygnome/media/Flat-track%20racing%20Ammanford%20June%202010/Pendine%20Land%20Speed%202013/HPIM3071_zps9c17c190.jpg.html?sort=2&o=11#/user/gnastygnome/media/Flat-track%20racing%20Ammanford%20June%202010/Pendine%20Land%20Speed%202013/HPIM3071_zps9c17c190.jpg.html?sort=2&o=112&_suid=1372279037294014869107384463598


One of the photos has 3 Monkeys in it...............  :D

And Shaun's Panther, (race number 18).
Nice photos. I'll definitely be there for the next one -come hell or high water.  :P

You might want to re-phrase the "high water" bit considering where the event is held!!  ;)

It could be Hell to,If the weathers bad.

Straight over your head -the humour, not the water.  :)

Don't think the Welsh tourist Board will be using pics from this year to promote "Sunny Wales"
Still wish I'd been there though.

The amazing thing is that when the first bike ran up the sand (the Mike Page Special) a shaft of sunlight about, say, 60 - 100 feet in diameter, followed the bike up the sand, as though a spotlight was shining from above....... I kid you not!!!

Totally bizarre..................... :o

Well everyone in our party enjoyed the weekend shame about the Saturday but we shall be back next year with something to run
 :)

I'd love to know if this Brough was there........  Met the rider at a rally (as you can see) and he was hoping to break his Grandad's speed.....

I personally did not see it

No me.

As best as I know there was only one Brough which belonged to Eric Patterson (EGP Enterprises as in the autojumbles etc), and I only saw it do one run (not to say he didn't do more though).

He's campaigned his bike at Bonneville.
http://www.egp-enterprises.co.uk/about-the-organiser.html

There may be a bit of TV coverage at some stage, as the bloke (Henry Cole) who presents the ITV4 programme "The Motorbike Show" was there with a film crew on the Friday afternoon and some of Saturday.

The current season of programmes is going out on at 9pm on Wednesdays, so maybe next next season?? ???

Found this youtube clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdeehmS0aeA


Also found that the Brough is a 'new build' by a chap who apparently has the rights to the Brough name, which suggests it ain't a pre 1990 bike (just looks like one! oh, and sounds like one!!)
If someone were to offer me one, I reckon I'd accept it, hey, it would be rude not too.........

Extra peice of info: The V-twin JAPs were ridden by Ewan Cameron of Cameron Racing Engines
http://cameronracingengines.com/esite/home

Re the brough

http://www.bikeexif.com/brough-superior-pendine

Think that's where I found the info......

When it pulled away, there was a stretch of sand that was 'broken' by the engine pulse, then a 'clean' bit, etc etc (the sort of "fires every lampost" scenario, cept in 1st gear, if you get the drift........  ::))

Something no one has mentioned,
We got a goody bag as part of our entry here are some of the goody's,
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Cool! Bet those'll be worth a bit in years to come.

On top of the goodie bag, there was also a small (nominal 3" square plinth) 'trophy' for the riders.

Just think- in years to come you'll be able to say "Yeah, I rode at the first one". That's pretty cool!

Would like to able say I rode at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc etc   ;D

I would like to be able to say i rode at the first one. :(



Did you get the pics i emailed.

Me? No.  :(

Sorry Andy,I was talking to Tony.

....   mmmmm ...... I don't think so (brain is a bit fadded tho...  :-\). I'll pm you an email if you're ok trying again - thanks

best event of my life.. though for very different reasons to most folk.. will be back next year to break 90 on the Saltster....

Nice to have met you Shaun,And i could see you enjoyed it,
If they run it next year i will definitely be riding.So if i don't see you before I'll see you next year.
So take care now.

Looks like marshals are required for 2014- anyone interested?


Found this on the PLRC page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pendine-Landspeed-Racing-Club/166621133481919?fref=ts

Pendine Landspeed Racing Club  14 August.

OK-if you raced with us in june,your race number is your membership number and carries on with you, over to next year.if you don,t compete or re-new membership for three years,your number will be up for grabs on a first come first served basis.
 We are due a meeting soon to discuss membership and allocate some jobs within the club structure.
 If you like what we are doing and think you could add to our happy band please get in touch-we need more people willing to get stuck in-way too many of our treasured marshals are building racebikes!
 which only compounds the excitement this club feel at bringing LSR a broader appeal.

As far as I know, the Pendine Landspeed Racing Club will have a display at Kempton Park's "Off Road" motorcycle show on Sat Dec 7th 2013, which is part n parcel with the motorcycle autojumble.

http://www.egp-enterprises.co.uk/calendar.html

So it's officially on again next year then Tony?

Don't rely on the website for information,Very disappointing.

I hope so!

I'm not a 'facebook' person so could only view a small amount of info, but this seems the better place to get info, and it would suggest it's hoped to run again in 2014.
If you're a F/ B person, maybe you can have a detailed read through........??

Introduced myself (and Dslam) to PJ at last year's show and had a good 10 minute chat, as the PLRC had a couple of bikes on a display/stand.
2013's show is Dec 7th, and according to F/B they'll have a stand/display again this year so I'm hoping to have a chat this Dec.

There's hardly anything on the Facebook page, certainly nothing about next year.

It seems there's more there than there is on the website.

What there is on FB, now that I've found the right page, is the email address that's missing from the website!  I've emailed to ask about next year, but if you want to do the same it's

pendinelrc@gmail.com

 8)

the saltster is planned to be on the stand before a winter rip down and re-style... Until we all know any more re dates etc there isn't much to put public.. as soon as the guy's know for definite I shall put it up here..

Thanks Shaun. I wasn't able to make it this year, but definitely want to go in '14.

both event's were superb.. got to say the Hotrod event was something oh so special being pre-49 yank hotrods only....

The photos looked great.

video of all the rods coming back along the beach looked epic.

Talking of things looking epic.............

For the 2013 bike event during the 'riders meeting' we were instructed to familiarise ourselves with the course by riding it behind the marshal's vehicle.

As my bike was up in the paddock, I and about 4 or so others, clung on the marshall's vehicle which meant we were at the front, so as we headed up the sand, we had a spectacular view of all the bikes (except ours) making their way along the famous sand behind us for the first speed event in many many years, a sight and half indeedy!!!

Thinking about it, that was a view that only a handful of us would have seen - don't think I'll forget that in a hurry!  8)   8)

You are a lucky chap Tony. You're part of history!

Went to Kempton yesterday and managed to bump into the guys who we were chatting to at the Pendine (PLRC) motorcycle event in June from Baron's, Pete Allan & Dick Smith.

They'd recently come back from Bonneville after running the "Epsom Salt" bike (pretty apt name as Baron's is in Croydon and is only about 10 miles Epsom).
Some intersting tales indeed...........

The Epsom Salts bike-build and Bonneville expoits are currently being featured in Classic Bike Guide for those that are interested. (last issue, current issue (Aug 2013) and next issue).
The bike features a modified 650cc pre-unit Triumph.

This is a differnet bike to the one they ran at Pendine, as the PLRC entry was their own-build very pretty 500cc Triumph powered drag-bike, but with treaded tyres.
http://www.baronspeedshop.com/previous-builds/triumph-t100-sprint-bike/

http://www.baronspeedshop.com/
http://epsomsalt.blogspot.co.uk/

The PLRC mid-September newsletter has just been sent out, so I'm guessing (as a non-facebook person), that it may be visible there at some stage??  or maybe its a matter of becoming a member / friend of the club ? Not sure....

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pendine-Landspeed-Racing-Club/166621133481919?fref=ts

http://www.pendinelrc.com/news/


The club are on the lookout for marshalls and has stated:
We are always looking for marhsalls so if you have friends that wish to join in please get them to send an email to us marked marshalls or even better come and say hello at Kempton Park.

Kempton Park show is Saturday 7th Dec  http://www.egp-enterprises.co.uk/calendar.html

Bought a copy of Classic Bike Guide today (number 270 October 2013) hoping to see some more about 'Epsom Salt' at Bonneville, but alas, not in this issue,

however

the magazine, when bought at WH Smith or Sainsburys, comes with a free copy of September's 'Motorcycle Monthly' (a newspaper), and it features a two-page Pendine 2013 article, with particular mention to a Purple Panther!!  8)

Oooooooooh!

Our Shaun? I'll try & find a copy. Just picked up the current issue of Custom Car magazine & there's a feature on the recent hotrod races at Pendine in there.

how did I miss this!!!!! off to the internet shop's to get a copy ...

Anyone know what's happening regarding a 2014 event?

Found a selection of videos from 2013 for those that are interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdeehmS0aeA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tck0YBBoRhk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq80sFkNXls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl423QnCv2w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1JUag-Gcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kL9fPNe_gM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dOMDEuAafc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItTaGYJV9bM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISRKTL6uZFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCsaTBZlBc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6iKlYwRswk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIKQZL0UqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLatBq4R6sQ

haven't heard a thing.... had to field questions at the recent Stafford show about it....

Hmmm. No updates to the Pendine LRC site since last year. ???
The VHRA event is of course on the 28th and 29th of June. All race and pit passes are sold out.

There have been whispers that they will not be running at Pendine,
But are trying to get a tarmac venue somewhere,Why i have no idea,
Pendine is unique,Anywhere else will just be another event.

I had a chat with the guys last Dec at the Kempton show, and it was muted that tarmac was a potential……

Agree, Pendine is most definitely unique (what an understatement – doh!).

There's a speed event (timed flying kilometre) in Sweden, one slight difference to the sand of Pendine though is that this is on ice!!
They also seem to do some stuff with corners from the video.

Bikes, cars, pulsed jets etc .........  8)

Some pics
http://bangshift.com/gallery/orsa-speed-weekend-sweden-gallery/

Bike video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TmRrK_LHg

Official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISxb1Qj2ubs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6hoLDHxoy0

For grip on the ice, studs are the way to go...........

As far as I can make out, this is "Bengalos" Classic Triumph dragbike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcasmTd47mk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TmRrK_LHg

The bike on a traditional dragstrip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIyFReHjT9k


Stills only on this vid, but there are some MMM folk if you look closely......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdeehmS0aeA

Cool!

Freezing.

 :D    Love the wheels on that Triumph.

heres the hotrod times, our shaun is on there.

http://www.vhra.co.uk/VHRA/News/Entries/2014/7/2_Pendine_Speeds_2014.html

I set up the engine on #253 , bear in mind it was only a 2.2 B 4 banger as well ,not the larger 3 litre Yank model A 4 . I told him not to break it but he grenaded the water pump and the CAST fan tried to escape though the hood, leaving a nice tear in the metal.

Got to go over to note all the final setting before, setting it back up for the street as I set it up a tad rich so as not to overheat it at higher revs.