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Spent a good amount of time on some of my favourite Welsh roads today. The Royal Air Force came out to show their approval too.

Oooo, that's @AndrewBClarke, @aeg and @Andy Westwood, the 3 Andy's are coming, does that mean we must have the Great British CAKE off? Most car clubs have a bit of rivalry over who has the biggest bhp, here in the Peak District this lot get jealous over who has the biggest slice of cake. Apparently you have the advantage if your name is Andy. So will it be Andy Westwood, who is the favourite, aeg who is the young pretender or will ABC sneak in under the radar to claim the title?

Just bought a Triumph Thruxton R, 2 years old with 6miles on clock, Poor guy that bought it brand new had it delivered and had severe back issues and never got the chance to even do a quick burl round the block, Dealership bought it back, Ive always liked the look of these, A few month ago my dad (75 years old) bought a 2014 Bonneville and after a quick blast i just couldnt resist, Handling way exceeded my expectations, Was a spur of the moment buy and im well happy, Ive only done around 100miles but luv the thing, Mods started already 😀 Think this ones going to be a keeper, Anyone on here have or had one?

Info will be emailed out to everyone tomorrow (Monday 5th). It’s a simple format here, so don’t worry! one signature, pay by card at the same time, one briefing, one wrist band and away you go! As has been mentioned, camping welcome the night before, close the gates behind you if you are late arriving. we will attempt to get everyone parked up as per the event plan and for those only doing the Friday we will mark out the best spot for you to be out of the way of the sprint competitors turning up.

So it’s been a long 6 months and came very close to giving up but after a engine rebuild amongst other changes its on the road and trying to get use to it 😬😬 big thanks Ricky Betty , rlm and to all that helped still got a few issues to sort mainly running hot but we will see how it goes at blyton

Hi , im new to this and have a few questions , be blunt no offence taken ! Do I just go ahead and book as a camping kit car driver or do I book in association with the club? Is there opportunity to put car on WSCC display stand? is there any help needed as I’m going alone and I’m happy to help set up and/or be present on the stand through out weekend? thanks rich

The Stoneleigh show is the 28th and 29th August. After last year’s show was cancelled, this is an opportunity to get together, meet old friends and enjoy the best kit car show in the country. Our stand will be as good as ever, with some slight changes. Our marquee supplier has gone out of business, so we will have a smaller, more affordable marquee. Tea and coffee and cake will still be provided, but no hog roast this year. Overnight camping is available as always. Westfield Sports Cars will have a stand in one of the halls, always good to have a chat with the factory and they usually bring along parts at discounted prices, just as a temptation. So the date for your diary is 28th and 29th August, see you there. John.

I am upgrading my car to a newer engine this winter and will have the full turn key engine package available from mid-october so wanted to get it out there so if you were wanting to upgrade from a carbed megablade or build a new car this may be the package for you. 2007 SC57 Honda CBR 1000rr Fireblade engine with ported cylinder head, race cams, race pistons and fitted with AB Performance Billiet Sump, and Clutch stand off. Currently produces 184BHP. (More power to be had if you wanted to upgrade the exhaust to an AB performance design manifold) Custom made exhaust manifold made by Tube Engineering STM slipper clutch. HRC WSBK ECU Power Commander 3 custom made loom by track electronics including bike clocks quick shifter can be see running prior to removal. £2750 or offer

Didn’t get finished in the workshop until 7:30pm, so emails done this evening, anyone not received one, please let me know. Likewise if there’s any more interest we have a few spaces left.

No idea. Can not even find a setting where this is controlled Cos there is no setting. Have had to amend the template and change it there. Should now display the normal count again.

Normally what happens is once the organisers have sorted everything they will post a thread on the forum asking for help. This will include things like camping etc. your help will be appreciated. 👍🏻

After a brief return last year (after setting my loom on fire) I'm back again to try and get an 18 year old build that has been laying stagnant in my garage over the line. Pretty sure it's close to finished ( with a million snags ), but lack of mechanical ability/know-how (and some bad build decision) is making the last hurdle difficult.. Any opinions/advice/encouragement is appreciated!

Hmmm….. @Simon Waterfall Syman84

This has just been added, so if you want some practice on the friday evening

Good price that!

I'll be there.

Welcome to Level 2:

Hi ,we’ll be there 😜 but as @Andy Westwoodhas told you about chase waters Ironman there is also one at Yoxall and Kings Bromley so a section of the A515 is closed, so us Southerners will have to look at a map to route plan around them , take care see you soon Andy & Becky

Great - the earlier the better from past experience - just depends on how many turn up. I've seen around 100 cars there before so it is possible they run out of room and you cannot get a space on the quay - admittedly unlikely though. Regards, Mart.

Hopefully I'll be there 👍

Remembered this one - enjoy.

BTW @Quinten Uijldert - Webmaster I like where you’ve positioned the profile details now at the bottom left - looks better. Nice one. 👍

One of the great things about Stoneleigh is that there is enough space for everyone to show up in their Westfield and show them off with all the others, demonstrating the wide variety, styles and equipment in each so don’t worry, bring it along, the more the merrier! Nice car BTW 👍

*shakes fist at @Andy - a15cro in frustration* 🙇‍♂️

Re-surfacing, how apt! 😁 @Captain Colonial beat you to it! 😉

A tentative yes!

Yes count me in

Hi Gary i would still be interested in doing the 2 days James

Just for info the Iron-man is on at Chasewater, so there will be road closures around the Lichfield area.

Great looking bike!

Yes, if it's dry.

Count me in if I ever get my hubs back from Hispec without run-out!

Beauty. I’d love the Thruxron R. I’ve had the 900 scrambler and an 865 Bonneville. All great bikes but that 1200 engine looks great

I'm going weather permitting my first meet 😊

Ashbourne works for me if the weather is good 😊

Yep 😀😀😀👍

Just bought a Westy with a 2.0 pinto , we will not be using it as are updating to a more modern engine . Looks to have a cam in it and has a vernier pulley fitted and head may have been worked slightly from what we can see . Looking for £750 for engine complete with everything Inc twin 40 dellortos or £500 without carbs . Pm me or 07971264550 (Julian)... based in Gloucestershire.

Hello John, Are you wanting volunteers this year? I was down for volunteering last year before COVID cheers. Rob.

It’s in my diary shame there won’t be a hog roast though, I always enjoyed that 🍞 🐖 🍞

On the aluminium castings I’ve done very similar using chemical metal.

I’ll be there. it’ll be good to see you lot again and maybe roll a playful grenade into the marquee. 🤣

Cool, I assume I'm booked in not had confirmation, it's my first track day when I briefly spoke to Allan he said non westfields where being accepted so i have friend coming along as well.

Snetterton Blog June 2021 weekend sprint In 2019 we did not get the opportunity to compete at this popular venue so it was good to see it back in our calendar and arranged by Borough 19. Although it was very expensive (mainly due to hire cost for the circuit) there was a good attendance of WSCC Speed series drivers including class G with the single seater guys. The trip down from York picking up John Hoyle and my brother Steve to travel in convoy worked well for a few miles until we hit very heavy traffic on the A1(M) heading south. The route north also looked as bad so we just had to put up with it. The rout took us via Kings Lynn and that was not much better meaning that it too me five and a half hours to do the 175 miles. Luckily Mick Skidmore was in the paddock and managed to save us a good space for all 3 of us and it was near the start line too. As it was a while since we had driven the track we loaded up provisions (beer) and set off to walk the track and try and and memorise the rubble strips, apexes and tricky parts of the 2 lap track. Luckily everything was where it should be so this was more of a lazy stroll in the evening admiring the scenery. We did have a laugh when John Hoyle said he would take the long lefthander flat out onto the paddock straight. Now John is good and his car is fast but there is no way you can take that corner flat!! Saturday morning was cold and dull but at least it was dry. There were 6 Westfields and 6 single seater speed series drivers so that was quite a good turnout and supported the Borough 19 club. The first thing that was noticeable was the need to wear masks when working on people’s cars and the lack of consistency in applying the rules throughout the whole paddock. As we got the cars ready for P1 and warmed up our engines it became apparent that Dave Cleaver had a problem. It seemed that the car would start but not tick over and eventually stalled. We used bigger batteries and jump leads to try and see what the problem was. Eventually we noted that the voltage was dropping and not great even when running. Dave then disclosed that he had changed the alternator pulley for a different size and that was clearly the problem. Luckily Mick Skidmore had a spare alternator pulley that was just the right size so they set about changing it. That was the good news but the bad news was that Dave put his hand too close to the exhaust and burned it very badly which resulted in a trip to the medical centre to get it cleaned up and bandaged. It looked very bad! Before he could get the pulley fitted we got him out for practice by pushing him to the line (muscle power from me , John Hoyle and Mick Skidmore) and then he ran on battery power only. Later on when sorting out the alternator he forgot about the hot exhaust and burnt his arm this time! In P1 Steve Everall began to have gear selection problems with the paddle shift system on his blade car. This problem persisted over the weekend until we discovered some loose set screws that were at fault. Late Sunday he was back on the gas with the problem temporarily sorted. Mick Skidmore once again lived up to his name with a spin during T2. It was clear that Dave Cleaver was really on form and his times were better than some single seaters. John Hoyle was hoping to give him a good run for his money but he did not seem to have good front end grip and the car understeered all weekend despite changes of springs , ARB settings and shocks. His Avon slicks on the front were also at the end of their life and this did not help the situation. John Loudon was putting in some good times against Mark Anson in the Force and Jedi respectively. The SBD crew were all going well as was Pete Goulding in the Ecoboost Mygale. With all the action around soft or stiff suspension set up I decided to alter my car to a much much stiffer set up to try it out and guess what? I went quicker by over a second and so left it like that for all my Sunday runs. I also had noticed my water temp raising quicker than normal as I queued for the start and investigation showed that my alloy header tank cap had done a runner and was nowhere to be seen. A quick chat with some other competitors found an old but usable cap from an old Mini or Ford which fitted perfectly. Back home I bought a new one for £6.83p and wired in on so it can’t go missing again. In the end we had 1 practice and 4 timed runs all on a dry track. The results were very good and Matt Hillam took national FTD with Dave Cleaver taking the Interclub FTD with some blistering runs. Sunday was overcast but again dry and warm. Richard Houlgate in class W2 on his own drove well and was pleased that his last run was 99.98secs and under the 100sec barrier. Mick Skidmore improved a lot and got down to 95.27 secs so was well chuffed. John Hoyle jst beat me on 92.03secs compared to 92.29 secs but that was not bad with my bike engine power on a big track. Dave Cleaver blew us all away with 85.89 secs so was well pleased with his weekend apart from his burns. So in summary it was a good weekend and well run by B19. Lets hope MSV don’t keep putting the price up !! And the bonus was it only took me 3hrs 15mins to get home as there was no traffic Terry Everall Megablade Class W3

if you still looking I have 2 like new fitted with tyres then removed Never used on road 13 inch et0 6 inch wide in anthercite, £200 plus postage

A confident no ☹️...I'm away again I will attend soon