11-11-2024, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2024, 10:01 PM by Colin Morgan.)
You may have seen this - a photo on Facebook of I P Riddoch at the March 2021 Kop Hill Climb?
The text with the photo on Facebook says:
"Kop Hill Climb
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This is IP Riddoch about to run The Hill at an Essex Club meeting at Kop Hill in March 1922. He had this Zenith-Blackburn specially made for racing at the end of 1921 and this is his maiden outing on his powerful 994cc V twin. In addition he had an identical bike built for racing at the same time, though fitted with a sidecar.
An undergraduate at nearby Exeter College, Oxford he had achieved much success as a racer at Brooklands and various hill climbs and sprints in the early ‘20’s, even racing his tutor, LO Openshaw’s Zenith-Gradua in competitions before acquiring his own 500cc V twin Zenith-JAP.
In 1922 he became the first motorcyclist to exceed 100 mph on a public road, when he reached 101.12 mph at the Clipstone Speed Trials over the flying start half mile.
By 1926, Riddoch had seen the end of road racing on UK roads and retired from racing."
The is more about him here:
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archi...ipriddoch/
including the statement "Like many well known racing men Riddoch has little use for a motorcycle apart from sport ; as a means of transport he favours an Austin 7 and an Essex Coach..."
The text with the photo on Facebook says:
"Kop Hill Climb
·
This is IP Riddoch about to run The Hill at an Essex Club meeting at Kop Hill in March 1922. He had this Zenith-Blackburn specially made for racing at the end of 1921 and this is his maiden outing on his powerful 994cc V twin. In addition he had an identical bike built for racing at the same time, though fitted with a sidecar.
An undergraduate at nearby Exeter College, Oxford he had achieved much success as a racer at Brooklands and various hill climbs and sprints in the early ‘20’s, even racing his tutor, LO Openshaw’s Zenith-Gradua in competitions before acquiring his own 500cc V twin Zenith-JAP.
In 1922 he became the first motorcyclist to exceed 100 mph on a public road, when he reached 101.12 mph at the Clipstone Speed Trials over the flying start half mile.
By 1926, Riddoch had seen the end of road racing on UK roads and retired from racing."
The is more about him here:
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archi...ipriddoch/
including the statement "Like many well known racing men Riddoch has little use for a motorcycle apart from sport ; as a means of transport he favours an Austin 7 and an Essex Coach..."