Hugh Anderson's book?

[Chooky]

I asked at our local book shop......they looked on the puter and said contact Hugh direct.
Emailed Hugh, he said it's available at all Bike shops....the 2 I rung today have never heard of it.....
So where do I get one...?

[Woodman]

I asked at our local book shop......they looked on the puter and said contact Hugh direct.
Emailed Hugh, he said it's available at all Bike shops....the 2 I rung today have never heard of it.....
So where do I get one...?

Were for sale on the counter at Filco Farm and Sport here in sunny Nelson.

Just sayin

[jellywrestler]

I asked at our local book shop......they looked on the puter and said contact Hugh direct.
Emailed Hugh, he said it's available at all Bike shops....the 2 I rung today have never heard of it.....
So where do I get one...?

joe letts in wanganui

[swarfie]

I asked at our local book shop......they looked on the puter and said contact Hugh direct.
Emailed Hugh, he said it's available at all Bike shops....the 2 I rung today have never heard of it.....
So where do I get one...?

Mr Google and the NZCMRR magazine "megaphone" has his email address and phone number (I shouldn't give it out myself...all that PC BS these days) so talk to the man himself. $45 including postage.

[Chooky]

Mr Google and the NZCMRR magazine "megaphone" has his email address and phone number (I shouldn't give it out myself...all that PC BS these days) so talk to the man himself. $45 including postage.

I emailed him...he said it's available at bike shops....he didn't say nothing about getting it direct from him but.

[jellywrestler]

I emailed him...he said it's available at bike shops....he didn't say nothing about getting it direct from him but.

'He didn't say anything about getting it direct from him though' would be betttererer queens england.
Hugh's snowed under at the moment, he has 1.8 tonnes of books and he needs to sort out the orders etc he's got and reconcile them, they will be the same price in shops i'm told, keep looking and i think you'll get it sorted
otherwise if kevin grant is at the cemetery circuit he may well have copies, he'll be in the pits if he's there.
whereabouts are you?

[AllanB]

Who Anderson? What's he done to be worth reading about?

[Voltaire]

Who Anderson? What's he done to be worth reading about?


here is a clue

http://a2.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fill,dpr_1.0,g_face,h_300,q_80,w_300/MTE5NDg0MDU1MDAxMDczMTY3.jpg

[Waihou Thumper]

Who Anderson? What's he done to be worth reading about?

Heathen...! :)



Hugh Robert Anderson, MBE (born 18 January 1936 in New Zealand), is a four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion and a 19-time New Zealand national champion. He is also a two-time Isle of Man TT winner.

[Waihou Thumper]

I asked at our local book shop......they looked on the puter and said contact Hugh direct.
Emailed Hugh, he said it's available at all Bike shops....the 2 I rung today have never heard of it.....
So where do I get one...?

Being There is available at most of the leading motorcycle dealers in Waikato or from Hugh Anderson at either hughanderson@clear.net.nz or 07-853-2711.

[jasonu]

here is a clue

http://a2.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fill,dpr_1.0,g_face,h_300,q_80,w_300/MTE5NDg0MDU1MDAxMDczMTY3.jpg

Is that his brother?

[AllanB]

He's a cannibal?

[jasonu]

He's a cannibal?

Hugh Anderson is a cannibal???

[cs363]

Hugh Anderson is a cannibal???

Yeah, he ate Burt Munro.

[doc]

I think he was NZ's most sucessful international rider. Oh almost forgot. Merry ferkin Christmas

[husaberg]

Who Anderson? What's he done to be worth reading about?

Not a bad bloke either.........

[merv]

Well thanks to Wellington Motorcycles having a copy in stock for me I bought the book and read it.

I knew of Hugh and saw him race in NZ on a few occasions and knew well of his winning in Europe in the 60s, but until I read the book I had no idea just what a machine he really was.

The detail he has put in the book is mind boggling and his stories of how he prepared the bikes and readied himself to ride the tracks is amazing. In the days before electronics, that everyone bitches about so much with MotoGP these days, Hugh was the computer and Suzuki were every lucky to have his talent.

The last year he won the championship on the 125 the bike had gone so well and so fast and it makes you smile when he talks of some days being the fastest bike on track in all classes - that included 350 and 500 MVs when the weather wasn't the best and even on a dry day there was times he lapped at speeds equivalent of 3rd in the 500 class.

At the Isle of Man his lap records were above 96mph when the 500s weren't much over 100mph.

Once back in New Zealand doing motorcross in the early 70s I saw him race the Yamaha SC500 and win races easily on it. No one else made that model Yamaha go so well that I remember as most found them unreliable pieces of shit. He had a way with the bikes.

He talks of finally retiring in 2009 after being taken out by someone younger at Pukekohe but politely doesn't mention the person's name. Before that he had lapped Pukekohe at 72 years of age faster than he had ever done before in his life.

I salute the guy :niceone: