tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post833574422878618556..comments2024-03-21T17:03:47.134+00:00Comments on sideblog: In search of Mark BrelsfordSideburn Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17388542247621130725noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-25021891855781127772020-03-26T22:02:03.343+00:002020-03-26T22:02:03.343+00:00Mark road for my father Phil Cancilla of Cancilla ...Mark road for my father Phil Cancilla of Cancilla Motors 13th street San Jose California.1968Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190521259444202145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-50088263610660078272020-02-10T02:50:11.033+00:002020-02-10T02:50:11.033+00:00Heard he changed his.whole life over the yearsHeard he changed his.whole life over the yearsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386938853741567358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-65642986856029819722018-07-04T08:11:10.742+01:002018-07-04T08:11:10.742+01:00Photo is at Santa Rosa mile. Dave Aldana was takin...Photo is at Santa Rosa mile. Dave Aldana was taking BAD, Daytona road racers (Jim Rice bikes) re-egearing,tires,etc.;etc.just to note a couple...and saw some great stuff in The Mile Wars (?) Remember Team Mexican with Romero,Castro,Aldana ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471865164122218537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-8382690543016665442018-06-21T04:16:18.494+01:002018-06-21T04:16:18.494+01:00#16?...... maybe a sportman#...... I've always...#16?...... maybe a sportman#...... I've always seen #87.....or 47yAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362701167500395056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-45441643364224810462016-11-18T18:57:15.558+00:002016-11-18T18:57:15.558+00:00I met him and Gary Nixon when I raced in La Carerr...I met him and Gary Nixon when I raced in La Carerra race from San Filepe to Ensenada Mexico in 1986 or 1987. I got to buy them both a beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-56060469927026673372016-01-27T10:15:53.931+00:002016-01-27T10:15:53.931+00:00thanks..have it on order ,however having just fini...thanks..have it on order ,however having just finished replicas of these bikes with both Mert and Jim,s generous assistance,I know that "Goliath" and what Mark accomplished on it means a lot to him.<br />There is a famous pic. of them coming off the line at Ascot in 1970 side by side---Magic! nicktnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-197951194857912092016-01-27T08:11:00.499+00:002016-01-27T08:11:00.499+00:00Thanks for the info, nickt. Jim Belland is, indeed...Thanks for the info, nickt. Jim Belland is, indeed, acknowledged in the article in the magazine. What you see above is just a taster. Click the link in the original post to take you to issue #19. MPSideburn Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388542247621130725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-17842926982444057052016-01-26T23:06:55.183+00:002016-01-26T23:06:55.183+00:00Whenever there is mention of Mark and Goliath ,I t...Whenever there is mention of Mark and Goliath ,I think it is important to recognize Jim Bellands input.<br />He made two TT bikes for Mert and Mark and although Mert is pictured on his version on the cover of Cycle magazine in 1970 he preferred to race his earlier twin loop version that Jim also had a hand in.<br />Mark however took to his version of the TT frame that Jim had based on triumph geometry and it is a measure of what a good rider he was that he could tame the more radical nature of this bike when others found it too much like hard work.....this was the bike that was referred to as "goliath" both versions are extremely compact --they only looked like normal sized sportsters on the track because both Mark and Mert were so slight of frame. nicktnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-58875702413467193452015-07-24T00:13:18.172+01:002015-07-24T00:13:18.172+01:00I rode the same tracks as Mark Brelsford and new h...I rode the same tracks as Mark Brelsford and new him, he worked part time at a little Honda shop in Pacifica, and his Expert number was 16, He could out ride anyone wherever we had events, I have the AMA magazine showing him covering his face and completely covered in fire, he's on the cover AMA May 1973 edition, he said an amateur went down in front of him that caused the wreck that burned him pretty bad, Mert Lawill was the reason Mark got a ride with Harley, Mert had a choice of 2 riders, and he picked Mark, the other rider was from Oregon and I can't remember his name, anyway Mark posted fast time in Mert's backup bike at San Jose and was the class of the field wherever he raced, he had enough points to be #1 plate in a little over 3 months in "72, He made expert in less than 3 months before turning professional, Gene Currynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-44536676383212462682014-11-29T18:36:59.722+00:002014-11-29T18:36:59.722+00:00Oh, and it looks like there's an oil cooler on...Oh, and it looks like there's an oil cooler on the right, in front of his leg; so he's probably riding a mile.McQmotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672493773847533016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-9753210229935978862014-11-29T18:33:25.607+00:002014-11-29T18:33:25.607+00:00The shot you've blogged is of Mark on an iron ...The shot you've blogged is of Mark on an iron XR ('70 - '71). It has the re-worked heads (one of the several versions of) which is why you can see the air cleaner is sticking out on the left facing forwards instead of being on the right. There is probably a lot of other stuff you can't see too. Harley sold them from dealerships as a ready to race machine but in reality, getting that motor to make power, lose heat and stay together took a lot of ingenuity...McQmotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672493773847533016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-59829735892017868992014-11-28T21:28:42.620+00:002014-11-28T21:28:42.620+00:00Yes Nick, that shot is all over the web. I suspect...Yes Nick, that shot is all over the web. I suspect he gets sick of talking about it.Mick Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742574306425728027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-17781939944847071492014-11-28T21:03:00.018+00:002014-11-28T21:03:00.018+00:00There are pictures of Mark in a ball of flame in h...There are pictures of Mark in a ball of flame in his horrendous crash at Daytona, I think I have it in one of the American Racing booksNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389347071602256226noreply@blogger.com