RIP Russell Wright

[jellywrestler]

Russell Wright passed away yesterday 83 years old a true gentleman and in the eyes of the World one of our most famous Motorcyclists of all time.

[merv]

RIP Russell.

[GD66]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XjoExOoDXU

A short interview with Russell and Bob Burns.

[willytheekid]

R.I.P, ride in paradise Russell



...It was so nice to see the media coverage for the loss of such a great Kiwi <_<...oh wait...its not rugby!...hence...nothing!

Typical!

[Paul in NZ]

Oh Darn - RIP Russell... Your name meant something to a lot of people and thats more than can be said for most of us..

[budda]

Oh Darn - RIP Russell... Your name meant something to a lot of people and thats more than can be said for most of us..

Amen to that ......... Enjoy the ride Russell, RIP

[wharfy]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XjoExOoDXU

A short interview with Russell and Bob Burns.

Thanks for that - I'm mildly embarrassed to say I had no clue who these guy's were :|

[GD66]

Not too disgraceful : as Willy's mentioned above, as they weren't noted rugby players, like most of NZ's over-achieving bike racers they are national secrets. Plus Russell came from the days when show-offs were shunned and a great deed earned a congratulatory nod from your peers...

[OverheadCam]

When I rode my old BSA B33 to my first "real" job at DSIR in the late '60s the timing gear for the record run on the Old Tram Road was still being talked about in the cafeteria, 12 or 13 years later. It must have been Canterbury Industrial Development Division that did it - the video clip gets the name slightly wrong. CIDD grew out of a wartime collaboration between DSIR, the physics department at what was then Canterbury University College, and the engineering school of CUC. Russell's speed record has been remembered long after the timing gear has been forgotten.
OverheadCam

[Deano]

Thanks for that - I'm mildly embarrassed to say I had no clue who these guy's were :|

Same here - although it was 16 years before I was born, but nonetheless, these guys are legends and should be as well known as say Pine Tree Meads etc.

What incredible speeds for the time.

[Skunk]

Damn shame. While I knew who he was I didn't know he was still alive...
RIP Russell.

[jellywrestler]

http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-motorcycle-hero-remembered/tabid/317/articleID/290916/Default.aspx#.UUjX8RI9V0M.email

[Paul in NZ]

http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-motorcycle-hero-remembered/tabid/317/articleID/290916/Default.aspx#.UUjX8RI9V0M.email

Very cool... Nice tribute to someone who did something great.