I have an idea for a new thread...

[chris_w_65]

http://www.blogcdn.com/uk.autoblog.com/media/2012/05/bike.jpg

 

Looks like a single speed with cable brakes

[Hairy]

Try and pass me on Jeeptrack

 

FFS ... who rides Jeep Track!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

FFS ... who rides Jeep Track!

 

A lot of people, Hairy... I was actually quite perturbed at the amount of jeeptrack warriors in Tokai the other day. Bypassing DH3/Meurants/DH4/Roots and rather doing the JT all the way down.

 

NOOOOOOO!

[Eddy Gordo]

yeah indeed, it is rather scary to see how fast these guys come down the jeep track, i would rather do that down some single track. I use the jeep track for climbing and walking...

[dracs]

http://www.silhouet....ks/kyalami.html

 

Old one is the pale blue, new one the black line.

http://www.allf1.info/tracks/kyalami.jpg

A lap of the track:

 

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

Thanks - so really just up into what is now the business park... Watched a lot of video of the old layout - had a lot more character back then.

[Agteros]

Oh what a cute kitty... erm ... baby... erm.... nibble

 

Wonder if the presenter would have cackled so much if it was her baby?

Edited June 1, 2012 by RoboCyclist

[Lotus]

Thanks - so really just up into what is now the business park... Watched a lot of video of the old layout - had a lot more character back then.

 

 

I'll never forget Nigel Mansell's qualifying run at the 1985 GP, when he ran wide coming out of Leeukop and kept his foot down while running on the dirt until he regained the track at The Kink. We thought he'd binned the lap when he disappeared in a cloud of dust, but then he re-emerged and took pole instead!

 

I stopped a couple of years ago at the top of the circuit (the entrance off Cedar Road, where the North entrance used to be) and could still see the remains of the old straight. It was quite poignant, thinking of the legendary cars and drivers that had performed (and died) there. The guys who used to race at the old track still say Kyalami was great until they started "turning left" at Leeukop. Now it's just a sad relic of the past, hidden between corporate bomas and office blocks. Dave McGregor and his cronies really destroyed what used to be a legend among the world's GP circuits (and a really great long distance race circuit too).

[The Guy in Pink]

Ok, who remembers the old track at Grand central ?

I was 12 years old when I rode by bicycle from Modderfontein to Grand Central along the dirt roads though Limbro Park to watch John Love in his D Type Jaguar win there. (19th March 1960 - Google is majic for memories)

Edited June 1, 2012 by The Guy in Pink

[GBguy]

I'll never forget Nigel Mansell's qualifying run at the 1985 GP, when he ran wide coming out of Leeukop and kept his foot down while running on the dirt until he regained the track at The Kink. We thought he'd binned the lap when he disappeared in a cloud of dust, but then he re-emerged and took pole instead!

 

I stopped a couple of years ago at the top of the circuit (the entrance off Cedar Road, where the North entrance used to be) and could still see the remains of the old straight. It was quite poignant, thinking of the legendary cars and drivers that had performed (and died) there. The guys who used to race at the old track still say Kyalami was great until they started "turning left" at Leeukop. Now it's just a sad relic of the past, hidden between corporate bomas and office blocks. Dave McGregor and his cronies really destroyed what used to be a legend among the world's GP circuits (and a really great long distance race circuit too).

 

I've had similar experiences walking around what remains of Roy Hesketh in Maritzburg and Westmead in Pinetown, trying to pick out what remains of the tracks. I remember quite a few of the greats doing their thing on both tracks - cars and bikes, local and international. Like The Guy in Pink, I remember John Love dominating the local scene - I have lots of black-and-white negatives of him in his F1 car (Lotus, IIRC).

[Agteros]

Found these on utoob googling Elite Arion Rollers

 

1st time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p4qrmXnuOM

 

4th time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyGJYA89tnA

 

and then yet another bloke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tF0tK7P_s

[Agteros]

What some expect it will be like?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCdm5FsJpg

[gummibear]

Volkswagen Scirocco GTS

 

[Iwan Kemp]

[Wyatt Earp]

I know we are not supposed to post full nudity, but here goes.

 

http://www.meh.ro/original/2010_05/meh.ro4347.png

[divernick]

Valve stem seals or piston rings?

 

Looks like steam, probably blown a head gasket....

[TNT1]

I know we are not supposed to post full nudity, but here goes.

 

http://www.meh.ro/original/2010_05/meh.ro4347.png

 

 

Steak sauce!