"DAVE ATHERTON WARMS UP DICK MANN'S #64 DIRT TRACKER AT ASHLAND 2009" ['BRITBIKEFORUM' POOTUBE] . . . . PAYDIRT, PUN INTENDED, YEE FREAKIN HA !!!! THE ONE AND ONLY DICK MANN'S DBD34 GOLDY IN ACTION . . . . AT LEAST ACTION OF THE WARMING UP VARIETY . . . . THIS IS THE BEEZA BLASTER THAT DICK MANN RACED DURING THE MID SIXTIES . . . . A SERIOUSLY COOL BIT OF KIT, GO FAST, TURN LEFT !!!

SO, HERE IT IS, THE DBD34, AS RACED BY DICK ALLEN, BEING WARMED UP BY A MAN WHO IS HIMSELF NO STRANGER TO THE SCIENCE OF THE FLAT TRACK SHINDIG, dAVE ATHERTON . . . . INSANELY WICKED LOOKIN, ICE COOL SCOOT IN MY OPINION, GET ON BOARD AND GET THE JOB DONE, NOTHING MORE AND CERTAINLY NOTHING LESS, ALL IN ONE COMPACT, POTENT PACKAGE . . . . I HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT CLUSTERS WERE BEING RUN IN THE 'BOX, GIVEN THAT THE GOLDY COULD BE FITTED WITH VARYING CLOSE RATIO GEAR COMBINATIONS EX FACTORY, HOWEVER, I FIGURE THE SHORTER THE BETTER LOW DOWN.

A COUPLE OF ADDENDA TO THE LAST POST . . . . WITH A POOFTEENTH MORE RESEARCH I HAVE GLEANED THAT THE RIGID FRAME GOLDY WAS IN FACT PRODUCED BY THE FACTORY WITH THE CIRCLE TRACK SPECIFICALLY IN MIND, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATES, I HAD NO IDEA . . . . SECONDLY, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER AT THE TIME, BUT TO OMIT NAMES SUCH AS AJS, MATCHLESS, VELOCETTE, ARIEL AND RUDGE FROM THE LIST OF POMMY SUPER SINGLES WAS CLEARLY A RUDE, SHORTSIGHTED AND HURTFUL THING TO DO . . . . TO ALL THOSE FANS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN CUT TO THE QUICK, MY SINCERE AND HEARTFELT APOLOGIES !!!

I SUPPOSE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS SUDDEN FREAKOUT OVER THE FLAT TRACK VERSION OF BSA'S GLORIOUS DBD34 GOLDSTAR IS BASED ON SIMPLY HOW FUCKING TOUGH AND COOL THEY LOOKED WHEN COMPARED TO THE STOCK, UBIQUITOUS AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER 'BOY RACER' ROAD GOING EQUIVALENT . . . . IT'S ONLY MY OPINION BUT IT'S ONLY MY BLOG . . . . IF THE PURISTAS ARE OFFENDED, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE I GUESS, HARDLY MY FAULT YOUR MYOPIC, BLINKERED, SNOB VALUE ATTITUDE IS IN NEED OF RADICAL ADJUSTMENT THERAPY . . . . AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH I MAY BE JUST THE ARSEHOLE TO CALL YOU ON IT, OOPS . . . . GO FAST, TURN LEFT, GOLDY STYLE !!!

***POSTE SCRIPTUM . . . . IT WAS THE POMMY SUPER SINGLES IN PARTICULAR THAT WERE LIKELY THE CATALYST THAT INSPIRED MUCH BOBBING OF FENDERS, REMOVING OF FLOORBOARDS AND GENERAL WEIGHT REDUCTION OF THE AMERICAN V-TWINS IN THE IMMEDIATE POST WWII YEARS . . . . CERTAINLY AS MUCH AS THE UK IMPORT TWIN MILLS WERE AT LEAST . . . . JUST A WILD SUPPOSITION, BUT I'LL STICK TO MY GUNS.