My races.


My races.















In 2013 we were enough riders to form a national championship and that gave me a chance
to try out racing for points for the first time! As my supercharged Honda didn´t
comply with current regulations, I had to build a racebike for the championships.
Three races in all - at Ring Djursland, Padborg Park and Jyllandsringen.
Having saved the engine from my first Kreidler build-up:
ET Kreidler build- up.,
a new chassis were prepared and finished just days before the first race.
First race saw these competitors:
Pictures from Saturdays race:
And sundays....
Second round of the 2013 Danish 50cc classic championship
took place at Padborg Park. Found the crank to be the culprit
of the vibration felt at last outing - and a fresh crankshaft
were installed on route to Padborg, in the well- equipped
shop of:


Arriving at the track first thing was to install the rejuvenated
engine, and finished that just before the Tech- inspection turned up!!!
Friendly tech- inspector shows how its done right,
and then gave me a lesson on how to bring the right tools!
I was not really sure about the authenticity of these
tech- inspectors, having seen the other tools in their
tool- basket? Was that a chainsaw?
Competition was fierce as the guys from Classic 50 Eurocup
participated in this race too. They had their own battle
going on, and we locals could only watch and learn.
Third and final round at Jyllandsringen.

My Kreidler engine lost all traction due to a cracked
primary- pinion.
Sponsor (Mopedspeed.dk) saved the day once again!
I must say that the final race- weekend of the season
was a real cliffhanger! First outing was a qualifying heat
for saturdays race - 3/4 lap out engine cracked the primary
gear - bummer! No spares - nothing! Chose to ring a friend
instead of a Psychiatrist- he maybe had a dryclutch mounted
on an engine, and maybe it had a straight- cut primary? But
he was out of town that weekend. He called back later with
good news - his son had offered to pick up the engine and
bring it to the track - bad news was that he was busy shop-
ping with the miss´es. Worst hours of my life listening to
my competitors whirling round the track lap after lap
during the second qualifying session.
The engine finally arrived and upon diassembly it was
revealed that it was in fact a straight cut primary - but
of a different ratio! Did my best to adapt the whole dry-
clutch unit to my engine and it did fit - only a very tight
fit - like no tolerance at all! Late in the afternoon now
and saturdays race were only minutes away - so I had to
decide - leathers on - go for broke! Dead last in the
lineup and a very bad start on an unknown track - managed
to finish in third place. Engine backfired through the carb
at exit of corners making more downshifts necessary - what
a mess!
Before that heat I was only a single point behind, and now
six!

A long wait for sundays race - not daring to go out at the
morning warm- up. If I hurt those borrowed pieces I was
really in trouble!
Sundays race should have been a wet one, but for some
reason it suddenly stopped raining and a dry track waited
for us - bad start again but being highly motivated by
the fact that in saturdays race, my lap- times, all problems
aside, had been three seconds faster than everyone else :o)
Now familliar with the track I was plowing through the field
and in third lap I spotted the points- leader - it took a
whole lap to pass him but I did - only to discover that yet
another were ahead. Some one and half lap later he was
passed and I finished the race almost half a lap before him!
Felt really dizzy when they ordered me to the top of the
podium - the ride of my life :o)
The bike had produced some slight drifts - nothing hazardous
- I promise!



2014



As the first championship- race of the 2014 season came closer
I had to leave the Puch- project:
ET Puch build- up.
and concentrate on the Kreidler. The to-do list involved more
than just a dust- off as I intended to make the chassis more
agile in the bends. Axle- axle length were reduced some 35mm
by shortening rear swingarm and raising steering angle a few
degrees. Engine had produced some nasty cut- outs during last
season so a thorough revision were needed. Also a new primary-
drive and clutch from MopedSpeed.dk.
What followed was a very wet race- weekend at Ring Djursland.
Machines present at the season opener:


The dreaded and VERY annoying cut-outs haunted me once more:

Video of sundays Classic 50cc race.

I did NOT find a solution to the problem before next session
at Padborg Park raceway. However, learning that several new
racebikes will join our championship later this season sort
of cheared me up - just take a look at these:
The Padborg races were actually three different championship
races combined! Second round of the danish national 50cc
championship were joined by the 50cc Eurocup- boys and the
new 50cc FreeTech class.
Onboard video from saturdays race:

Race 1 Padborg Park

Sundays:

Race 2 Padborg Park



Third and final round of the 2014 50cc classic roadracing championship
took place at Jyllandsringen. At this event called the
Classic TT, a record- big turn-up of danish 50cc racers
showed up! Listed by the numbers:
During the engine- preps prior to this race, I noticed a chip
in the Nikasil layer of my Kreidlers cylinder!
No time left to get the barrel re-Nikasil´ed so I
tried to smooth the sharp edges with emmerycloth.
And in went a nice rounded (used) pistonring!
With this leaking barrel I had to collect enough
points to secure the championship..............



Onboard video from saturdays race:

Onboard video: Race 1

Sundays race:

Onboard video: Race 2




2015



Went to the season opener with a friend. Peter being a rookie
soon became so familiar with the racebike on loan,
that he ended up as a podium finisher! The ex-
Honda, now Kreidler- engined racebike were
strong all through the weekend.















Onboard video from saturdays race:

Onboard video: Race 1




Onboard video from sundays race:

Onboard video: Race 2.

Had the frame back in the jig and - everything checked out okay :o)
I have to stay on the wheels from now on!!!










Participated in the Roskilde Ring jubilee races and
Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix doing motorcycle demo- runs
Here´s a link to onboard video:



DeJager Kreidler at Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix.






Televisions- view of Sundays demo- run.






50cc racers at Bellahøj.





Second round of the championship races took place
on the lovely RingDjursland track.
A VERY wet weekend were ahead with non- stop rain
friday through saturday, and even well into sunday!
Saturdays race brought a new experience - with that
much water on track, my discbrake combo rendered
useless! Brake- lever and pedal were rock- hard -
I couldn´t even block the rearwheel with that 210mm
disc, which on a dry track normally demands a very
delicate touch?
Only way to slow that damn thing down were to use
the little engine braking a twostroke offers - bummer!
Qualified on pole but ended up in third place.





Saturdays race- recording.






Sundays race were much better, but I was rewarded
with a 20sec penalty due to a stupid jump- start!
Only chance of winning were to finish twenty
seconds ahead, but I only managed to reel- in
some fifteen seconds and was relocated to third
place.
This was later changed to a second place finish
due to another riders unfortunate disqualification?

Youtube link to sundays race.






Third and final round took place at Jyllandsringen.
As the Classic-TT event were both an invitational
race and the final round of the UEM european cham-
pionship, a few foreigners turned up :o)
Following pictures (pictures by Tim Christensen)
shows all participants in the 50cc field:





Classic TT Heat 1.






Classic TT Heat 2.




2016



2016 watercooled.



2017



Visited in august the racetrack Sviestad near Linköping to test my just finished Puch racebike.
Following racers turned up:







Sviestad 2017 - heat 1.




2018



Returning to championship- racing after a few years absence.
Missed the season opener due to not having finished the new Sachs- engined DeJager racebike.
Second race were held at JyllandsRingen where a lot of problems kept me out of the races.
Rushing a project like this and you will end up having to dial-in everything out on the tracks.....
My first visit to the Scandinavian Raceway Anderstorp TT -
a real GrandPrix track with a 1,2km straight.
A new experience to establish a final ratio for that one.
Final ratio.
TGM Some new very interesting racebikes turned up for this event:
The TGM engined Pasotti of Rikard Käll(se) - just beautiful! Tomos of Karoly Kenyeres, Serbia - perfect!
Winner: Søren Lemming - Kreidler.
Another disappointing result from the not dialed-in Sachs racebike!
However, moral got boosted right back up when one of my engines, in the capable
hands of Søren Lemming, did win the sundays race including a spectacular lap of just 2:15!
Video from the end of season race on a wet RingDjursland track.
A slipping clutch hampered engines full potential. Looking forward to 2019 season.





RingDjursland 2018 - heat 1.






RingDjursland 2018 - heat 2.

DM18 - watercooled class
DM18 - aircooled class



2019



New for 2019 was the introduction of a beginner´s class - rather unofficial
- but effective in getting "oldies" as well as newcomers on track.
A Cup for fairingless, piston- ported machines - that ofcourse fitted into
our general 50cc classic rules.
Examples of machines eligible for the MopedSpeed Cup below:
The 2019 MopedSpeed Cup.
Cup Kreidler of Per Bundgaard Sørensen. Puch - Daniel Baunsgaard.
Simson S51 - Eva Thagaard Nørager. Cup Kreidler of Lars Mortensen.





Breum 2019 - video of heat 1.






Breum 2019 - heat 2.

Danish classic 50cc championship 2019 - Watercooled class.





Anderstorp 2019 - heat 1.


My second visit to the Swedish GP track and eager to try out my Anderstorp-special fairing!
That fairing really was an improvement!
Did not bring a secondary ratio to match the new topspeed,
and had to sit right up for half the straight to reduce overrevs.
Were lucky to finish in first place.




Anderstorp 2019 - heat 2.


Heat 2 went okay - until breaking two cylinderheadstuds....
Results of the 2019 aircooled class.





Ring Djursland 2019 - heat 1.


Primary engine pulled okay for this race - reward was a second place finish.
Again a broken cylinderheadstud revealed itself upon inspection!



Ring Djursland 2019 - heat 2.


Spare engine went in for the last race of the season.
A certain degree of pre- ignition caused a leaking headgasket.
O- ring was burned to a crisp - not good for performance!
Unofficial MopedSpeed Cup of 2019.
Pictures of this race contestants: #1 Yvonne Smit - Yamaha TZR50RR - Freetech 50
#8 Per Søegaard - DeJager Kreidler replica - Aircooled 50 #17 Søren Lemming - ZM Kreidler - Watercooled 50
#18 Søren Klosterskov Nørgaard - Kreidler - Aircooled 50 #19 Willem Heijkoop - Kreidler - Eurocup 50
#20 Peter Kraft - Kreidler - Watercooled 50
#21 Peder Eskerod - Emot Minarelli - Watercooled 50 #24 Jens Jørn Lemming - DKW - Watercooled 50
#25 Anders Elsberg - DeJager Sachs replica - Watercooled 50 #30 Danni Nielsen - Puch Cobra - Watercooled 50
#31 Sjaak Tepper - Kreidler - Eurocup 50 #32 Lars Jensen - Pasotti Minarelli - Aircooled 50
#34 Bert Smit - Bakker Kreidler replica - Eurocup 50 #35 Kees Koeleman - Koeleman Kreidler - Eurocup 50
#35 Michael Kristensen - Cup Kreidler - Aircooled 50 #48 Søren Klinker Mortensen - Teufel Simson - Aircooled 50
#57 Per Bundgård - Cup Kreidler - Aircooled 50 #69 Lars Mortensen - Cup Kreidler - Aircooled 50
#71 Mogens Phillip Jacobsen - Demm Minarelli - Aircooled 50 #82 Per Brüner Christensen - Strandman Kreidler - Watercooled 50
#83 Kurt Christensen - Moeri Puch - Watercooled 50 #84 Johan Ehrensberger - ZM Kreidler - Eurocup 50
#84 Jørgen Kvist - Van Veen Kreidler replica - Watercooled 50 #88 Allan Sørensen - Kreidler - Aircooled 50
#90 Flemming Hald - Puch Cobra - Aircooled 50 #100 Mogens Tønder - Emot Simson - Watercooled 50
#149 Jonas Greve Lysgaard - Emot Simson - Aircooled 50 #161 Magnus Burkal - Teufel Simson - Watercooled 50
#189 Eva Thagaard Nørager - Simson - Aircooled 50 #30 Robin Fick - Yamaha TZ50 - Freetech 50
#41 Edwin Sweers - Freetech 50 #43 Karel Smit - Yamaha TZR50RR - Freetech 50
#45 Simon Falla - Derbi - Freetech 50 #49 Niels Eggink - Metrakit Derbi - Freetech 50
#51 Sebastiaan Jonker - Derbi - Freetech 50 #54 Geert Jellema - Derbi - Freetech 50
#63 Herman Brinkman - GRC Derbi - Freetech 50 #69 Bryan Cohen - Derbi - Freetech 50
#91 Danny Heijkoop - Aprilia RS50 - Freetech 50 #93 Marco Beltman - Derbi - Freetech 50
#73 Roland Wobben -  - Freetech 50 #199 Daniel Baunsgaard - Puch Cobra - Aircooled 50
#55 Henri Tiben - GRC Derbi - Freetech 50



2020 - The "Corona" season



June 28 at Jyllandsringen: Couldn´t wait to test the cylinderstuds made of titanium!
As I didn´t bring my spare engine for this sundays races - last years problem could be an issue.
As it turned out cylinder stayed in place and engine performed okay!
Video of 50cc race 2 at Jyllandsringen 2020