| Author | Post |
|---|
885sprint
Member
| Joined: | Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 |
| Location: | Mintlaw, United Kingdom |
| Posts: | 90 |
| Favourite Bike: | Triumph Sprint 885 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: |    |
|
Posted: Thu Jun 19th, 2008 07:29 pm |
|
Ray Knight always was an 'OK' fella...he used to spend as much time ploughing the local fields on his bike as he did racing!! 
____________________
"Such is life"
|
lscart
Member
| Joined: | Fri May 30th, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 10 |
| Favourite Bike: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Fri Jun 20th, 2008 11:18 pm |
|
I just thought of the guy riding the 500/4, Fred Hugent, I think.
As for Ray Knight, wasn't he an author as well?
|
885sprint
Member
| Joined: | Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 |
| Location: | Mintlaw, United Kingdom |
| Posts: | 90 |
| Favourite Bike: | Triumph Sprint 885 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 03:46 pm |
|
| Yes, Ray Knight used to write for a magazine, cannot remember which one, might have been 'Motorcycle Sport'. someone else may remember and correct me.
____________________
"Such is life"
|
ashley748916
Member
|
Posted: Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 10:02 pm |
|
885sprint wrote: Yes, Ray Knight used to write for a magazine, cannot remember which one, might have been 'Motorcycle Sport'. someone else may remember and correct me. You're right guys, he defo wrote for Motorcycle Sport when the Ed was that long haired, long finger nailed twat.................what was his f***ing name?
Cummon, somebody help me out will ya.
Was it Dennis Jenkinson?
Cheers ash
____________________
http://www.hotel-harmoniebadgrund.org.uk
http://simon-fuller.fotopic.net/
|
885sprint
Member
| Joined: | Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 |
| Location: | Mintlaw, United Kingdom |
| Posts: | 90 |
| Favourite Bike: | Triumph Sprint 885 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Tue Jun 24th, 2008 08:18 pm |
|
| Ash, I cannot remember the Ed's name, but...eer...I had long hair in the 70's and nails...and many would say I was a pratt! Ray Knight was a good journo...I always liked his coloumn
____________________
"Such is life"
|
mike.c
Member
| Joined: | Mon Jan 8th, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 51 |
| Favourite Bike: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 07:43 pm |
|
Ray moved to the iom a good few years ago,
& put his knowledge to very good use,
He was heavily involved with the rider training at jurby,
and i think now, he is chairman of the ARA,
A very nice guy, willing to help out anyway he can,
There should be more guys like him about,,
Mike C
|
885sprint
Member
| Joined: | Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 |
| Location: | Mintlaw, United Kingdom |
| Posts: | 90 |
| Favourite Bike: | Triumph Sprint 885 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 08:04 pm |
|
Thats another name come back to me...Dennis MacMillan...cannot remember what he rode...good racer but a terrible temper!
Ray Knight was always one of the 'good guys'...as you say mike.c we could do with a few more like him.
____________________
"Such is life"
|
Eldert
Member
| Joined: | Thu May 1st, 2008 |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Posts: | 6 |
| Favourite Bike: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 02:38 pm |
|
lscart wrote: Does anyone remember or have any pictures of the Koenig solo that used to race in the late seventies, Brands, Snetterton etc.
The guy that raced it was Alan Blasdell, not sure on the spelling!
i found some pictures of Alan Blasdells König on the web
the pictures are from Graham Etheridge and he has plenty more nice ones
Regards Eldert
Attachment: Alan Blasdell König.jpg (Downloaded 64 times)
|
Eldert
Member
| Joined: | Thu May 1st, 2008 |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Posts: | 6 |
| Favourite Bike: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 02:39 pm |
|
and one more from Brands Hatch 1974
Attachment: Alan Blasdell König Brands Hatch 1974.jpg (Downloaded 65 times) Last edited on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 03:07 pm by Eldert
|
Eldert
Member
| Joined: | Thu May 1st, 2008 |
| Location: | Netherlands |
| Posts: | 6 |
| Favourite Bike: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Tue Sep 9th, 2008 03:08 pm |
|
| and here a mono shocker König Attachment: König Hans Melis.jpg (Downloaded 67 times)
|
BELERATHON
Member
| Joined: | Sat Oct 18th, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 3 |
| Favourite Bike: | |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Sat Oct 18th, 2008 09:45 pm |
|
the crescent engined (x2 engines) currently resides with its builder john vines from south end.
to answer another question denny macmillon raced amongst other things commandos and dresda honda, and was actually a real nice bloke, his son ricky currently goes well in classic meetings ........ and ray knight was a pompous twat.
I believe kim newcombe used to ride a koinig solo sponsored by RGM of boret brothers fame.
|
ashley748916
Member
|
Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 08:20 am |
|
Certainly did,hrer's another pic for you BELERATHON wrote: the crescent engined (x2 engines) currently resides with its builder john vines from south end.
to answer another question denny macmillon raced amongst other things commandos and dresda honda, and was actually a real nice bloke, his son ricky currently goes well in classic meetings ........ and ray knight was a pompous twat.
I believe kim newcombe used to ride a koinig solo sponsored by RGM of boret brothers fame.
Pic taken at a very wet Brands
Attachment: konig3.jpg (Downloaded 33 times)
____________________
http://www.hotel-harmoniebadgrund.org.uk
http://simon-fuller.fotopic.net/
|
kitkatjeff
Member
| Joined: | Wed Oct 29th, 2008 |
| Location: | York, United Kingdom |
| Posts: | 3 |
| Favourite Bike: | gpz kawasaki's |
| Status: |
Offline
|
| Mana: | |
|
Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 08:25 am |
|
ln 1977 we were racing a weslake sidecar outfit, the tz yamahas were coming out then but we couldn't afford one. There were three sidecar teams in York, Ted Fenwick/lan Ward, The Andrews brothers and Howard Langham/Jeff Sawyers (me) who travelled down to Rolfe Marine in London and bought 3 750 Konig flat four engines. These were different from the 500/680 Konig motors in that they were designed to be used in motorcycles. We struggled for a season to get these running but without a great deal of success. The main problems were that once the cooling system was pressurised as opposed to water straight in and out the cases were porous. The engines were a real bugger to fire up from cold, we used to have to use a set of starting rollers and copious amounts of whizz (easy start) Still trying to find some photos of this outfit and l will post them if l can find them. The outfit was a windle that we had used with a weslake motor and then had converted to suit the konig. lt was a beautifull looking bike but unfortunately it didn't go as well as it looked.The spares for these engines are still available, they list parts for the 500 and 700 (680) but not for the 750. If you run a tz yamaha read the prices and weep. The site is:-
http://konny.cz/price_b/price.htm
If anyone still has any konig bits gathering dust in their garage please let me know as very interested in purchasing them. l remember in the mid 1970's there used to be someone who regularly raced a solo at croft but don't know who he was, anyone any idea? There is quite a lot of imformation available on the internet if you search in german, ie:- konig zweitakt rennsport
This search will bring up some of the collaboration between dieter konig and the bmw factory where they installed his motors in the bmw boxer rolling chassis. l hope this is of some interest to people who are still interested in these motors.
Last edited on Fri Nov 7th, 2008 12:11 am by kitkatjeff
|
Current time is 10:40 pm | Page:   1 2 |
|
