I didn't attend this weekend's race meeting at Lydden Hill [U.K.], but my Brother, Ian [Henchy] went with my Father and took the 350 Clipper racer and a couple of Ducati 250's which we are developing for their owner.
Early feedback I received on the first morning of this 2 day event didn't seem too encouraging - a 4th place for the 350 with some new fork springs we fitted turning out to be too soft and loads of missed gears for some reason. The main [fastest] Ducati was spluttering, banging and popping by all accounts, too. so not very promising.
Later that day, news came in that the fork springs had been jacked up with spacers and longer preload adjusting bolts and a more relaxed approach to gear changing resulted in a 2nd place. This was very good news, as the 350 had scored its' only podium finish in a couple of years [3rd] at Mallory Park a few weeks ago, breaking a run of mid field positions at best for the two years prior to that, due to pre ignition troubles we only recently managed to shake off.
Then, today that little Enfield did something it hasn't done in quite a few years - it WON each of the two 350 races run today !!
The 350 Clipper is back with a vengeance
Ace - I wonder if the engine heard us talking in the workshop about the 'Killer 350' engine that is in the pipeline and decided to get its' finger out
No shots of the action yet, but hopefully add some soon.
For anyone interested, the Ducati came good as well, coming up from midfield yesterday to take 2nd and 1st places today.
B.W.