Wanganui Boxing Day 1983

[laRIKin]

Well I found this old race, with a lot of old names that most would still know today.
Roger Freeth, Rob Phillis, Stu Avant, Glen Williams, Dave Hiscock.

Racing the way it use to be when I was in my 20's.

By the way it is the full race, so enjoy and travel down memory lane as I did.


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9ixrj_wanganui-road-race-1983_auto

[James Deuce]

Bloody brilliant. Back when TVNZ used to broadcast live.

Hugely different machinery in the same class and didn't that Katana look sorted?

[Bikemad]

buggar........would love to watch it but gets to 1.40 or so and freezes????
tried again ......worked fine..............cheers

[jasonu]

Well I found this old race, with a lot of old names that most would still know today.
Roger Freeth, Rob Phillis, Stu Avant, Glen Williams, Dave Hiscock.

Racing the way it use to be when I was in my 20's.

By the way it is the full race, so enjoy and travel down memory lane as I did.


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9ixrj_wanganui-road-race-1983_auto

Great clip. I'll never buy a Hyandai though.
What became of the Roberts 'plastic fantastics'?

[orangeback]

loved i , thanks for that , it made my hangover go away

[paturoa]

Excellent find . Zooks were the go back then.

[Sensei]

Sweet , was there watching first hand . arh the good old days !!

[James Deuce]

Great clip. I'll never buy a Hyandai though.
What became of the Roberts 'plastic fantastics'?

Spyda has them. I've been staring at one of them on a weekly basis at Wellington Motorcycles.

[Katman]

Sweet , was there watching first hand . arh the good old days !!

Yep, so was I.

Glen Williams' wheelies were a joy to behold.

Watching that clip I was surprised at how small the spectator numbers were compared with today.

[onearmedbandit]

Loved it! I'm lucky that I'm old enough that I can remember watching similar on TV and really appreciate it now, and I'm also lucky that I'm young enough still to find it amusing every time I hear the commentator say 'Hiscock is coming up the inside'.

[BIG DOUG]

Fark I'm old I was there that day (have been to the last 40 of them)my dad use to live just up from the flowergarden and we put up a scaffold behind his fence and the tv on the porch so we could watch the rest of the lap bloody good when it was televised.

[kiwifruit]

That was really cool. Thanks

[laRIKin]

Glad you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.

Arr the good old day when they use to show road racing live on TV.

Would like to see old race at Phillip Island again, when Slight and crew all went off the track.
Did a bit of grass tracking and then got back on the black stuff and raced there hearts out again.
Coined the phrase, "you could cover the field with a blanket"

[Maha]

A couple more vids in the link below...Castrol 80'

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/93343-Dave-Hiscock