Gimme the single any day. Fantastic sound.
So what was the twin, based on that Aermacchi single?!
See #6.
And pay attention at the back there.:439:
I think the last bastion of the 4 stroke single was the MGP in the 80's.
I've been trying to sort out the year,but online results seem thin on the ground.
It was Tom Arter's 65th birthday,and there was a nip and tuck battle in the Senior between an Arter Matchless and a Suzuki twin.
The single pulled out half a second up the mountain,the twin took it back coming down.The start is at intervals,so they couldn't see each other on the road.
I put the watch on them at Signpost on the last lap,but couldn't split them.
The Matchless came second.:frown:
If I'd been on the Suzuki,it being Tom's birthday,I'd have let it win.
That's why I'm not a racer.
I was at the TT in 1971 when Pete and John Williams were on Arter Matchlesses racing against Agostini and his team mate (don't recall his name) on MV triples! Pete split the MVs during the race, although only he and Ago finished of the four of them. :60277EB7B04744289C0
So was I,and the things I remember most are the rain,and Ago's chain breaking in the Junior.
One day when they decided there'd be no racing because of the rain,I put my gear on and did 3 laps for the hell of it.
It was lonely out on the road,and very slow.
I still can't think of the name of that 'Aermacchi' twin.....