Difference between revisions of "6 LHK ex Brian Stonebridge 1958 ISDT Greeves"

Incidentally the reason for the absence of the tank badge is simply that the lanky Stonebridge regarded them as a nuisance. At 6’ 4” and 14 stone he was not the ideal size to pilot a lightweight two stroke and after sampling them fitted during the traditional Welsh three day selection trial discovered that his Barbour trousers kept getting fouled on them so hence their removal for the ISDT.

Incidentally the reason for the absence of the tank badge is simply that the lanky Stonebridge regarded them as a nuisance. At 6’ 4” and 14 stone he was not the ideal size to pilot a lightweight two stroke and after sampling them fitted during the traditional Welsh three day selection trial discovered that his Barbour trousers kept getting fouled on them so hence their removal for the ISDT.

That Greeves should enter into the ISDT arena was not a surprise as the MZ, CZ and Jawa mounted Eastern Europeans had already shown that the days of the ‘big bangers’ were numbered and lightweight two strokes represented the future. The first recorded Greeves entrant into an ISDT however was a private rider J G Mallalieu who achieved gold in the standard category of the 1954 event based at Llandrindod Wells on his 197cc. This was along with Tandon mounted Monty Banks and Peter Stirland on a James who would both later ride for Greeves.

That Greeves should enter into the ISDT arena was not a surprise as the MZ, CZ and Jawa mounted Eastern Europeans had already shown that the days of the ‘big bangers’ were numbered and lightweight two strokes represented the future. The first recorded Greeves entrant into an ISDT however was a private rider J G Mallalieu who achieved gold in the standard category of the 1954 event based at Llandrindod Wells on his 197cc. This was along with Tandon mounted Monty Banks and Peter Stirland on a James who would both later ride for Greeves.