VMCC Cadwell 24/25/26 Sept

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We have 9 Scotts for this weekend. All the tickets are now spoken for (courtesy of Gerry Dane and the VMCC) but any other Scotts would be most welcome!

Ted Parkin 😆 😆

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Hi all, I now find that I will be travelling to Cadwell alone as my wife can`t make it so have a spare ticket for the weekend available, anyone in the Louth/Saltfleet area who wants to go please phone me on 07722519599 cheers, Alan Noakes.

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By the sound of it I would of had a lovely days racing to watch on Saturday. Instead, once I’d re-fitted the carb to my ’49er I spent the day trying everything that I knew, or thought I knew, in order to get it to run and worrying about where all the smoke was coming from. The bike is temporarily running without a choke and yet behaving as if the choke was fully on. Anyway, come bed time and I decided to stick my finger in the carb, just to see. How I wish I’d done that a few hours earlier. Numb nuts here had put the slide in back to front, first doh.
A very wet ride today was livened up by an engine seize half a mile from Cadwell. I had a little bottle of two stroke oil laying unused in my pocket. I’d intended to fill up with petrol en route and add the oil to the petrol then. But instead I emptied the petrol out of the Norton into the Scott before I left and forgot all about the little bottle of oil still sitting in my pocket. Second, doh.
Engine cooled and oil added to fuel equated to no further problems with the bike and a very wet and uneventful ride home was “enjoyed”.
Racing was delayed due to a lap long oil leek, but once underway was well worth the effort. The Moss Scotts performing faultlessly and speedily on a treacherous circuit.
Nice to bump into Ted, Roger and Richard and sorry to have not made it for Saturdays racing.
See you next time, Dean

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Bill Swallow had asked to have a race on my Scott. As most of you know, Bill’s father, Ken was a lifelong Scott enthusiast. He was in the famous “All Scott Race” at Cadwell in 1946. Bill had brought this bike along to show.
The meeting from our point of view, was a tribute event to the memory of Bill’s eldest son David who died so tragically earlier this year. Bill was riding with No 86 which was David’s riding number on David’s Ducati.
I put No 86 on the Scott, but on the reverse side of the boards was Paul Dobbs 186. It was my hope that the spirits of these two fine men would enjoy the ride! Bill had six races on the Scott and won all six and in one race where they were running two races together, the other group was the “Up to 1972 unlimited capacity Specials” These were big late bikes with lots of tuning allowed. The 72 class was let off first and had about 1/4 lap start before the “Up to 1948” Class was flagged off. Bill rode in his immaculately smooth manner and had almost caught the leader of the 72 class, despite the long staggered start handicap at the end. Bill won on David’s Ducati to the great satisfaction of the many close family and friends who had come.
The weather was not kind to us, but for six Scott wins, even a monsoon would not dampen our spirits. I had made a new strong crankcase for son Richard and his 1930 single downtube model behaved beautifully and really looks the part. It needs a better exhaust system to get more power, but that costs money and at least we finish the season with both bikes intact and ready to roll out next year. I am 70 on Feb first and intend to have a good season’s racing in 2011 as an act of defiance at the calendar. Kindest Regards to All Roger

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