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Round Kurland Rally for Historic Motorcycles
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Simon Grigson and Juris Ramba discussing vintage Norton nuances over a 1926 mod 25 -- the oldest machine Friday afternoon is spent at the Riga Motor Museum to assemble most of the foreign participants Please click on a thumbnail
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full-sized photo		 NOT ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARRIVED ON THEIR MACHINES -- SOME TOOK THEM TO THE RALLY IN VANS OR ON TRAILERS NEILSEN FREDERIK WEBSTER FROM THE UK AND TOM MORTENSEN FROM DENMARK -- LOOKING SERIOUS...
Early morning at Slokenbeck RIDER VJACHESLAV AMELCHANKA AND HIS 1929 INDIAN SCOUT STOPPING FOR A CHAT... NEAR THE CHURCH! Machines lined up after the road run finish above the Ventas Rumba waterfall. WiIDEST WATERFALL IN EUROPE--249 METRES ACROSS. BIKES PARKED DURING THE LUNCH BREAK ATTRACTED A LOT OF SPECTATORS
The 1942 WLA-42 Hharley-Davidson from Latvia. PARTICIPANTS ENJOYING THE KULDIGA TOWN FESTIVAL DURING A WALK TO THE LUNCH VENUE Simon Grigson on a 1926 Mod 25 Norton receiving a friendly push from Little Bob TYPICAL SOVIET POST-WAR MACHINERY -- A HIGHWAY PATROL POLICE URAL SPECIAL AND AN IZH-49 ON THE SOCIAL RUN BRUCE AND INGA LINSDAY FROM THE US ON BOARD A 1937 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 'UL' ENJOYING THE RUN.
HARIJS KRUZKOPS FROM LATVIA ON A BMW R-12 AND URMAS TEEARU FROM ESTONIA ON A BMW R23 RIDING SIDE BY SIDE RAUNO EROLAHTI FROM FINLAND WITH HIS TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD 6T SEEMS TO BE COUNTING STORKS. THE SOVETOV'S FAMILY DOING THE ROAD RUN ON A TYPICAL POST-WAR PANNONIA TWO STROKE THE RALLY PARTICIPANTS ENJOYING THE SOCIAL RUN TO TUKUMS Vintage Norton enthusiast Simon Grigson from the UK on a loaned Mod 25 Norton of 1926
Modern timing machinery and an alert marshal ensure that there are no false starts at the Regularity Hilclimbl The marshal releases Simon Grigson while he gives the old Norton some stick at the Tukums hill climb in front of an enthusiastic audience Mats Munklinde from Sweden and his Vincent Touring Rapide of 1953 before the hill climb attempt Janis lacaunieks from Latvia on IZH 49 Atle Morsund from Norway on a loaned 1960 Norton Jubillee
Jacqueline Bickerstaff from GB and her Vincent Rapide better known as "Pub". Jose Rodrigues from France clocked 2400 km on the way to the rally. Tom Mortensen, happy to ride any motorcycle if its name is Matchless ... Pat Gill's Matchless Model X after a complete rebuild following last year's crash... Janis Jankevics from Tukums with his family and the 4-cylinder Zuendapp K-800 on which he made the best times at the Hillclimb
The town of Tukums had not seen such a variety of number plates before... Oil leaks under the crankcase of the 1937 Knucklehead Harley-Davidson means that the engine has a vacuum ARNIS TOMASS WITH A CZ SCOOTER AND TRAILER TAKING IT SERIOUSLY... ULDIS JANKEVICS WITH HIS 1937 ZUENDAPP K-800 ALMOST GRINDING THE FOOTREST... JURIS RAMBA WITH HIS 1937 'KNUCKLEHEAD' HARLEY-DAVIDSON ON TOP OF THE HILL.
ANDIS KIVLENIEKS WITH HIS 1944 WLA-42 HARLEY HAS JUST SAFELY PASSED THE ENTRANCE TO THE BANK SIMON GRIGSON ONA 1926 NORTON MOD 25 CLIMBING THE HILL WHILE THE CROWD SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING THE SIGHT AND SOUND The 1935 FN M86 Special with Janis Macarovskis -- he was a few hours short of finishing it for the rally DIDZIS STRAUPE FROM LATVIA WITH A FRESHLY RESTORED BMW R-4 ON THE HILL. HUBERT FEHRENBACH FROM GERMANY ON A LOANED ZUENDAPP DS-350 FEELS AT HOME ON THE HILL...
1937 Knucklehead and UL Harley-Davidsons -- available in H-D Green for export while in the US they were often finished in red A good variety of machines from 12 countries grace the paddock at Slokenbeck... Bruce Linsday with his 1937 UL Harley-Davidson was the only US participant on the rally. Neilsen F Webster and his trusty Triumph Tiger 100 from GB posing for a photo with the spires of Riga in the background Some rally participants' machines enjoying a short rest with a suitable backdrop
SIMON GRIGSON JURIS RAMBA AND PAT GILL DISCUSS THE METALLURGICAL SIDE OF HOW TO FIX A PETROL SUPPLY PIPE The job isn't finished until the paperwork is done... The line up of the machines before the road run to Kuldiga The hard working rally organizer's family. Yours truly the Organizer and son Little Bob invite you to enter next year's ROUND KURLAND RALLY
    And the Winner is...    
    Overall winner Tals Melkis from Latvia and his prize -- a 1915 Kingston carburettor and wristwatch presented by Juris Ramba    
         
         
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