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Originally Posted by Baph
PS Paul, is the go-kart track still there in Batley, where the old Mill used to be (just down from the cemetery)? Can't remember road names any more unfortunately.  |
Eyup baph - yes and no
I visited that track about 6 times in 3-4 years while it was there, the last time being summer 2007. Then about a month later I heard raceway karting had moved to a new building in castleford...
http://www.racewaykarting.co.uk/cms/
used to be a right laugh but the building was causing them more trouble than not - leaky roof, condensation forming on the track through winter months (and therefore having to cancel track sessions), carpark was basically a gravel trap with some mental bumps (great for handbrake turns on the way in and out)...
As for padgetts, they've got john mcguiness' tt winning bike and loads of other legendary machines sat around the showroom, but they've always been ****ty with me for some reason. They once even tried to deny the existence of the oil filter removal tool. "Whoever told you they are available shouldn't have said that because we're not allowed to supply them to the public, they're suzuki workshop tools only". I was only bloody asking about it
Ah well... just wondered how they'd managed to pull that one. I guess the journo must have been stunned by all the amazing machines from well known races & racers...