Classic Festival at Hampton Downs

[rastus]

Really disappointed to see this happening at such a great event. - Went down to the corner to watch the racing and there was a display by an outfit calling themselves "Triumph Riders". They were telling people to "F....k Off" and I overheard one man asking why and it turns out it was all because he was wearing a "Triumph Owners" T-shirt. Later in the day back there again I heard them say the same thing to another guy. Not the sort of thing that you want to see or in this case hear. The Festival is always a great and professional event and to see a group behave like that it really lowers the tone of the meeting. Certainly does not encourage a person to join their club.

[Edbear]

A quiet word in the right ear would soon sort them out I would think. The organisers take a dim view of this sort of thing if anyone was threatened of felt threatened by them.

[nodrog:Me]

A quiet word in the right ear would soon sort them out I would think. The organisers take a dim view of this sort of thing if anyone was threatened of felt threatened by them.

I prayed and prayed but nobody answered.

[unstuck]

Wonder what they would do if you wandered up wearing a harley shirt then.

[dino3310]

i'll wear my Lifan shirt next year

[Paul in NZ]

Wonder what they would do if you wandered up wearing a harley shirt then.

You would be OK. Triumph Riders is strictly BEARS only, TOMCC really only cares that you are interested in Triumphs.

[Voltaire]

Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
Reg: Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea

[Big Dave]

Easy fix.

Buy a Triumph.

I'll have a Rocket Roadster while you are there.

[Paul in NZ]

Easy fix.

Buy a Triumph.

I'll have a Rocket Roadster while you are there.

Rockets a poofy BSA name and roadsters were nortons.... I'm confused... (again)

[Big Dave]

Rockets a poofy BSA name and roadsters were nortons.... I'm confused... (again)

Gump voice: I'd need a BSA Rocket for each butt-tock.

Gronk voice: 2.3 Roadster Maaaaan size.

[Paul in NZ]

Gump voice: I'd need a BSA Rocket for each butt-tock.

Gronk voice: 2.3 Roadster Maaaaan size.

Paul Voice: Does this bike make my butt look big?

Vicki Voice: Only because it makes your weener look smaller....

(thinks - I must actually ride one some day.... maybe....)

[sidecar bob]

Triumph riders were invaribly fuckin tools when I was a young fella, looks like nothing much has changed.

[Paul in NZ]

Triumph riders were invaribly fuckin tools when I was a young fella, looks like nothing much has changed.

Hey - I resemble that remark... I like to think of myself as a 8" adjustable wrench... Likely to slip up at the wrong moment...

[nodrog:Me]

You meet the nicest people on a Honda.

[short shins]

I was only there on Sunday but I didn’t notice any Neanderthal behaviour from any one, maybe I was at the wrong corner or my T Shirt confused people as it had a bike on it but no brand name (Team Joe Bar CB750)

The whole event seemed to be a bit flat, some of the racing was good and close even if history is being rewritten in a couple of classes.
3 of us rode up from Wellington for this event. We have been coming up since 2009 when Kevin Schwantz came down and rode a Manx. I did come up to the 1998 (whenever Paul Smart came out on his Works Triple. He raced it as well)

We didn’t go last year; we chose to do a SI trip instead.

We have some questions for the organisers of the event (if they read this)

What happened to the advertised 11 Beezump triples race?

Why did the “Star” of the show leave the track with his ex-works Triumph Triple in the back of a van on Sunday at 2:00pm? In fact he nearly ran me over in his haste to leave

How about taking the “blinkers” off and allowing bikes from the Far East to compete. I would pay good money to see a Honda 6!