back in the day

[dirtydog 0]

been having a root around at my grandads and found some pictures from the late 80s early 90s when we used to go to the vintage race meets my cousin was involved with

my uncle Dave Wakeling the riders dad/chief mechanic

Deane Wakeling the rider and his dad

the bike is A 1958 Ariel Leader 250cc tuned by Deanes dad who worked at Rolls Royce at the time the machine ran on 110 octane aviation fuel

long time family friend Karl wheeldon and Nick Burton on their Triumph T110 sidecar outfit

my grandad on the left and brother Dave on the right soaking up the atmosphere





NEXT ARE A FEW RANDOM PICS INCLUDING 1 OF HOW THE ARIEL SHOULD LOOK













And the final picture every riders worst nightmare Deane was clipped by another rider sending them both down

[streetfighter 0]

Nice one for sharing them tops

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@streetfighter wrote:

Nice one for sharing them tops

[Stue11 0]

Awesome pics mate thanks for sharing em, i love looking at older pics

[Grumpyowl 0]

and like the

ive always loved watching the outfits race:

[Oldfart 0]

Will post some old pics of mine when I get them all together. Got some of a test day at Donington with Mick Grant on the ill fated NR500 Honda

[Iano 0]

good stuff

[lee1 1]

Great pics

[madsod 0]

some very nice old bikes , look;s like a lot of fun

[dirtydog 0]

hanks for the comments fellas i will keep this thread going my grandad has dozens of albums although a lot of the pictures are similar i will do my best to not to bore you to much

[Stue11 0]

@dirtydog wrote:

hanks for the comments fellas i will keep this thread going my grandad has dozens of albums although a lot of the pictures are similar i will do my best to not to bore you to much

Dont worry Dog it wont bore me mate

[dick65 0]

excellent pics dog thanks for sharing

[Chadatious 0]

some cracking pics there mate! bet theres some stories to tell from there

[Oldfart 0]

Korky Ballington



Honda NR500 with Grant on board at a Donington test day (rare pic)



Ron Haslam (2) Barry Sheene (7) and Mick Grant (10) Transatlantic races

[dirtydog 0]

nice pictures matey

[dick65 0]

great pics

[Stue11 0]

@dirtydog wrote:

nice pictures matey

[sweban 0]

@Stue11 wrote:

@dirtydog wrote:

nice pictures matey