Festival of a 1'000 Bikes

Anyone interested in having a presence at the Festival of a 1000 bikes. To try and let a lot of people know about Bantam Racing? We can have bikes on BHR static stand and come Parade time - wheel them off have a good blast round 'Old Mallory' no chincanes! This is with like minded people in the racing parades(sunday only).
Everyone who comes to BHR meetings know what we do and how fast we are... Loads of people go to the festival who don't know about us. Cost is I think £56 for one event-one machine and its a bit of practice too..
Needs to be 4 or 5 of us minimum...

Your comments pls - worth doing or a waste of time?

Hi Mike
Happy New Year to you and all the Bantam fraternity. That sound like a very good idea to me. I would be interested in that.
Might need to "tart" my bike up a bit in readiness

Best regards Steve

Just like back up what mike said.
festival of a 1000 bikes what great weekend.
friday night live band and bar saturday road bikes. some nice bikes there.
saturday night live bands and some race stars and more beer
then sunday race bikes nice two stroke and top riders
I will be there as a travelling marshal but will also be out on the bantam
parking is tight so if you can there friday all the better.
Lou will also be there and most of the B H R crew
if your going to go you need to book early like now as it gets full very quick
see you all soon
Robbie

Excellent! anyone else coming to support it?
Steve get your entry in for Sunday race parades its £56 for 2 or £79 for 3. I'm going to do 3 to get some more setting up done on 003. I'm going to be there Saturday to help set up stall. And I'll have the T-shirts from Mary to sell over the weekend too. Should all improve our profile... Robin are you doing parade plus sprint demo?

Hi All,
I will get there at least one of the days committments getting in the way!) but will just help where I can, I will be praising the value of Bantam racing to all and sundry!! If I can get the bike across just as a static exhibit then I will arrange that. I can print out a few fliers for handing out and maybe that will help too.
Cheers,
Alan

Yep flyers, hand outs - great idea Alan!!

My entry has gone off! Have you sent your's Steve?

Hi Mike posted mine today for 3 on Sunday.

Good on you andy! Will we see you out this season then ? And the Gerry Pell rolling chassis bike?

Should be out on mine ,not finished other engine yet coming on slowly. will try and bring both to fest 1000.

Hi all my entries are is the post for the 1000 bikes

I've got an acceptance back -my bike has been classified :-
'Q' Intermediate Race Bike

It's obiviously done on engine size and not performance/lap time - think I should be in 'T' Very Fast Race Bikes

Just a reminder to enter the Festival of 1'000 Bikes...

The more Racing Bantams the better be it around the track or on the BHR static display!!

There are lots of people at the 1'000 bikes and they need to know about us and what we do....

Didn't realise you had retired as you need to be a x racer to be a past master ???? A

Oi Robbie - steady Tiger -

did'nt you Know Mike's in the same leage as Roberts Haslam / Rossy Rainey and Ago, that why he's a past master."
beside it's his mind games' where he gets the name "the fox" from you have to be able to visualise first, before you can do it, Mike I believe is still in the visualising stages.

besides he's won just as many if not more championshps than most of them, the fact these are club and there's world :- Is in my opinion irrelivant, besides Mike will wake up some day, lets hope its soon, as we can all then stop dreaming then and have a chance of winning too !.



regards Derek

I wasn't retired last time I did the past masters parade, Rob....

Thought it would be good PR for the class..... Lots of folk watch the Past Masters parades where they don't always watch all the race bike parades.... Hope it will show the 'Bantam' in a good light compared to other 40 year old bikes... And hopefully people may think about racing a Bantam.....

yes I agree" well said Mike - thants our justification for the full monty, who would want to miss that !!

regds Derek

Good Evening All,

Are any bantam racers going as spectators and are the bantam racing tshirts going to be for sale?



Regards


Eddie

Hope you guys had a good weekend and managed to spread the word of bantam racing.



Eddie

We had a good display at the Festival - Now a lot more people know what we do and how racing Bantams
can be!

Robbie and I 'won' all our Q (intermediate race bike) parades between us and basically did some high speed demostration laps
exchanging places...

Andy Checkley was also giving the Ex Pell/Cashmore/Webster rolling chassis an outing with his 125 motor...

I was out with various Past Masters in session 2 with Jim Redman, Sammy Miller, Niall Mackenzie, Donny McLoud Alan Carter and many more. I lapped faster than most and did a Formula Bantam proud in such company...

My bike between sessions was on the BHR stand and Alan was on hand with info wisdom and Bsabantamracing flyers...

Many thanks too all hightening our profile in the classic/historic racing world.....

(ps. apologies to Ted - seeing you to wave to twice but not to chat - chat you at Lydden!)

Above picture shows my Bantam on the BHR stand - complete with bsabantamracing flyers sticking
out of the fairing. (thx to Alan for the flyers and Bill Kirkwood for delivery).

Behind my bike are 3x Armstrongs - 1 a prototype 2 Alan Carter's(red) 3 Donnie McLoud's (blue)

Good pic's on Peter wileman photography Robbie Andy and I were out in sessions 30,40,51
and I went out in Past Masters Parade 2 Blue also some footage on youtube mallory 1000bikes 2011

Next year we need to get more bantams at the event....

Also have a look at Youtube "Festival 1000 Bikes 2011, Pre 65 Trials, Grasstrack and Various Race"


A completely incidental question: does anyone know of a company or an individual that can make one-off gearbox sprockets? I'm guessing a broach is needed to cut the splined hole and the thing would need to be case hardened. Be grateful for any leads or info.

Brilliant turn out Mike!
Just hope it brings in some more Bantam racers ....

Thanks Howard - also view on youtube -
Festival of 1000 bikes Pit Lane
Festival of 1000 bikes Pastmaster
Sammy Miller Festival of 1000 bikes pit lane

Yes everyone out at the festival next year would be great!! And a great "showcase"
to show people what we do and much we enjoy it!!

On another note:-

Here is a picture of an Italian chap interested in making a racing comeback
on a "Bantam" !! He used to race MV's and Yam's 15 World Titles too ...

Yes its Giacomo Agostini ......

mjpowell wrote:

Here is a picture of an Italian chap interested in making a racing comeback
on a "Bantam" !!

Get him away from that bike. He's not worthy.