by red devil » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:24 pm
Hi Eden, it was nice to see you again on Saturday! Thanks for posting your great bit of film for us all to see, especially the sprint. All of us at 100mph.com worked hard on the day to make sure everything went ahead without a hitch.....we even cancelled our planned lunch break! Over 50 riders took part some having numerous runs up the slightly uphill strip, it has to be said that many machines were very well turned out and very fast as well, a credit to their owners. As for your own performance, well I reckon 71mph for an old school tuned cast barrel scoot was pretty damn good especially as I could only manage 64mph on Eric Cope's stupendously fast GP! (I know it's pathetic isn't it)! In my defence I only had one run on it and it's been a long time since I rode a fast Lambretta. My god is it fast!!!
As well as the lads there were also a few ladies who took part, that was great to see. And a number of BSSO riders came along for the day with their fantastic race Lambretta's, I loved Steve Coneely's new scoot, so much work has gone into that machine.
Unfortunately I was unable to have a long chat to Stuart Day about his attempt at the speed records and didn't get the chance to see the frame which was on show somewhere on the site, perhaps we will see it again later in the year.
All in all, I thought it was a fantastic day, it's just a shame that we will have to wait at least another year before we can do it again!
Frank.