ah them were the days
just found this in my inbox, an article and a few vids of joey dunlop's pre-race preparation and some street racing.
http://www.influx.co.uk/wordpress/blog/ ... ey-dunlop/
proper oldschool. nice to see joey working til 3am to get the bike ready for the race next day!
respect
vintage joey dunlop :)
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vintage joey dunlop :)
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liked that
nice to see Joey smoking a fag as he put the carbs back on, top man
nice to see Joey smoking a fag as he put the carbs back on, top man
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They are clips form the fillum "The Road Racer". Get it off Bittorrent (or I can send a copy if you cant find it)....it's a fantastic look into the world of 1970 road-racing in norn Iron (all greasy lank hair, fags hanging form the corners of gobs and wife,kids,bike,beer all loaded into knackered Ford Trannys)
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yeh i thought it was great the way a world class racer preps his bikes in an old clapped out shed with fred dibnah style techs!
light years away from today's top flight teams eh
light years away from today's top flight teams eh
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Anyone ever seen this little vid?
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Absolutely f****n brilliant! Thanks I really enjoyed watching that
Nothing wrong with it, but todays MotoGp/WSB etc looks tame in comparison.
Nothing wrong with it, but todays MotoGp/WSB etc looks tame in comparison.
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this is a cracking film ,, really really good ,,
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The mans a legend. I used to go for ride outs when I lived in Northern Ireland and would always call in and pay my respects to the man at the memorial garden they have for him just up the road from his bar.
See!
Met the guy once. He pulls a nice pint of Harp. Story goes something like this:
When I was a whippersnapper of the tender age of 18 I done a stint working on the trains. I was a trolly juggler for the summer and I would spend all day on the trains on and off at various stations including a 40 minute wait at Ballymoney. One lovely day I called into the Station Bar as it was called then (now called Joey's). Ordered a pint and had one of them moments where I looked at the guy behind the bar and thought "I know you but I'm buggered if I can place how!" After a couple of minutes I noticed the pictures around the bar and the penny dropped. "Your Joey Dunlop, Pleased to meet you."
I got a hand shake and a little chat but with me being a typical racing fan I got all star struck and hardly said more than I'm a fan. I didnt even get around to asking for an autograph. I just basked in the knowladge that I have just been served a pint of beer by a racing legend!
Top man and a big loss to Northern Ireland and the sport.
See!
Met the guy once. He pulls a nice pint of Harp. Story goes something like this:
When I was a whippersnapper of the tender age of 18 I done a stint working on the trains. I was a trolly juggler for the summer and I would spend all day on the trains on and off at various stations including a 40 minute wait at Ballymoney. One lovely day I called into the Station Bar as it was called then (now called Joey's). Ordered a pint and had one of them moments where I looked at the guy behind the bar and thought "I know you but I'm buggered if I can place how!" After a couple of minutes I noticed the pictures around the bar and the penny dropped. "Your Joey Dunlop, Pleased to meet you."
I got a hand shake and a little chat but with me being a typical racing fan I got all star struck and hardly said more than I'm a fan. I didnt even get around to asking for an autograph. I just basked in the knowladge that I have just been served a pint of beer by a racing legend!
Top man and a big loss to Northern Ireland and the sport.
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Good job you didn't ask for a pint of McGuiness....
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