It must be the lack of racing over the winter that does it !!

I have just heard today that Klaus Schreiner, the popular organiser of Schleiz, has suffered a major heart attack and is now recovering in hospital.

We wish him a full recovery, and look forward to seeing him up and about soon.

On a positive note, Bernie Chequer is also recovering from his latest surgery and is looking forward to the season.

As some of you may know, Brian Richards has been in hospital recently.
Colon Cancer was diagnosed on the 23rd December, an attempt to remove without open surgery in early January, failed, he had open surgery on the 4th February which was a complete success, he has been assured by the surgeon all the affected tissue has been removed, and he doesn’t need any secondary treatment, and although he has an appointment for a check-up in a months time he expects this to be routine, and will probably not need to be seen again for 3 year’s.

Brian said he feels very well, and is getting stronger by the day, he was looking forward to giving the MV a run in the parade’s at Mettet, but have just found out they’ve been dropped from the program.

Brian would like to thank those who have wished him well and he looks forward to seeing everyone again this year.

We all look forward to that Brian.

New Year updates

If you have not re-registered, please do so soon.

2010 Entry Forms will be available to riders who have re-registered for 2010 at the end of January.

I still need machines for display at Race Retro in march, I am looking for bikes to display the new IHRO 2 Class, all offers gratefully considered.

I have had an email from Klaus at Schleiz saying that there has been a local resident complaining about the circuit, they need to make sure that all the events in 2010 are well supported so that they can show how valuable the racing is to the region in terms of local income, so please, if you are thinking about riding at Schleiz, please make sure that you make the effort to be there, and if you are not thinking about riding at Schleiz, please change your mind. Classic racing cannot afford to loose this circuit.

IHRO’s new format has been decided and information is now available throughout the site.

The Registration form for the 2010 year is now available.

I would appreciate it if you could complete this and get it back to me as soon as possible so that I can spread the workload.

The dates for 2010 races are now in the dates section.

The regulations for the two new classes are finalised and are posted in the Eligibility section, they are also downloadable and are included in the 2010 Registration form.

If you are unsure of machine eligibility, please contact me by email to discuss your machine.

I will be at The Moto Salon show in Paris 20-22 November and at the Race Retro show at Stoneleigh 12-14 March if you wish to talk to me in person.

Euwain and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all Seasonal Felicitations

I am sorry to have to tell you about the death of Pierre Blehen, the President of the Chimay club.

Pierre died on Sunday morning 18th October 2010.

Although not enjoying the best of health over recent years, Pierre had been ‘en forme’ in the past year and his death came swiftly.

It was Pierre who first allowed IHRO to race at the ‘Grand Prix des Frontieres’ meeting in the 80’s and it was as a result of the popularity of those races that the ‘International Classic Trophy Meeting’ which we have all enjoyed, was championed and brought into existence by Pierre.

IHRO was represented at the well attended funeral on Wednesday 21st October at ‘La Collegiale de St Pierre et Paul’ in Chimay.

Classsic motorcycling in Europe has lost a good friend.

RIP Pierre

Following response to the suggestions I posted for the future of IHRO racing classes I have decided to adopt the following, starting from 2010.

There will be 2 classes called IHRO 1 and IHRO 2.

…continue reading IHRO classes 2010 and beyond