The thread to end all threads!!!

[ratusratus]

:Oi:who is New Zealands most famous motorcyclist????
not like wow thats Aaron Slight but someone like this!
The local hardcase down the pub:rolleyes:
or the guy on the back wheel in front of everybody:spanking:
or fuck that guy is at every bloody rally i go to making a fool of himself!:jerry:
or christ almighty that girl or guy puts some ks on that bike:buggerd:
There has to be 1 doesnt there north or south!!!!

[speights_bud]

Burt Munroe, Hands down. :shifty:

[Usarka]

John Banks.

[Pex Adams]

Pete Adams:bleh:

[JimO]

the cunt at the vincent rally who started his harley and redlined it at 3am...he was a fucken legend everyone wanted to know who he was:tugger::tugger:

[98tls]

Well i achieved infamy down here for pulling a wheelie from one end of the Waitaki bridge to the other but failing to see the oncoming mufti commodore meant it was pretty short lived......then i looked like a complete dickhead walking down the road in leathers talking on a cell phone trying to get someone to come pick up my bike.:clap:

[blue eyed savage]

dont know but i sure want to meet him/her

[ratusratus]

yep thats the stuff legends are made of mate!!!

[homer]

Well i achieved infamy down here for pulling a wheelie from one end of the Waitaki bridge to the other but failing to see the oncoming mufti commodore meant it was pretty short lived......then i looked like a complete dickhead walking down the road in leathers talking on a cell phone trying to get someone to come pick up my bike.:clap:

Thats a shame about the commy

but even id have to say thats quite impressive

[Jantar]

Its a toss up between Burt Munro and Mike Hailwood. :done:

[Big Dave]

Me. What do you want to know Bruce?

[merv]

Nup, no-one but Graeme Crosby :banana:, forget the local pub rides he rode the back wheel on the race track.

No one else won what he did in NZ and Aus plus the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 hour, the Daytona 200 and Isle of Man, 2 TT Formula 1 championships and he managed a 2nd in world 500 GP, plus he won the Nissan Mobil car series in a flipping BMW 635CSI and still drunk a lot of piss.

[onearmedbandit]

Its a toss up between Burt Munro and Mike Hailwood. :done:

Mike Hailwood? Ain't he from England?

[98tls]

yep thats the stuff legends are made of mate!!! Not really mate,every time i get on the piss with mates i get the piss taken outta me about it.:pinch:

[98tls]

Mike Hailwood? Ain't he from England? Yep but lets make him an honorary Kiwi.:Punk:

[ynot slow]

Nup, no-one but Graeme Crosby :banana:.

Double ditto from me.And Holden and Freeth (RIP)

Had a mate when we were about 18 or so,we were on a dune buggy,and mate on his bike put the front wheel about 2" off the back of the buggy as we drove along a farm airstrip at 60km or so.Very good on one wheel he was,mind you he was a top moto x rider at the time.

[Motu]

Ginger Molloy is a forgotten hero amongst modern riders - in 1970 he was 2nd in the 500cc World Championship,a privateer on his own bike against the might of MV Augusta and Agostini,the winningest rider of all time.Ginger rode the new Kawasaki triple,considered impossible to ride and unreliable.No help for Ginger,he did it all himself.

[Jantar]

Yep but lets make him an honorary Kiwi.:Punk:

:stupid: Damn, I've just checked, and he was british. Ever since the early 70's I've believed he was a kiwi and born in Milton, but it turns out that was Great Milton in England.

So I'll just go with 98tls and make him an honary kiwi, for tonight anyway.

[Livvy]

I'm going for Burt Munroe...

[98tls]

:stupid: Damn, I've just checked, and he was british. Ever since the early 70's I've believed he was a kiwi and born in Milton, but it turns out that was Great Milton in England.

So I'll just go with 98tls and make him an honary kiwi, for tonight anyway. He spent a fair bit of time over here when the Marlboro series was run and on the anniversary DVD made recently (which i have if you want to watch it) he does an intro on it.

[Maha]

Burt Munroe, Hands down. :shifty:


I'm going for Burt Munroe...

Why???.....He got a bike and rode it in a straight line for short time.

[speights_bud]

Why???.....He got a bike and rode it in a straight line for short time.

Good point, however look at how much he improved the bike, i understand it's top speed originally was something like 55mph?
Agreed he wasn't our fast man in the twisties but damn he must have got something right to achieve what he did, pretty genuine bloke from what i know of him as well.
To me a great motorcyclist knows his bike's insides and outsides. Burt definitely knew both of his
For the record straight roads suck :beer:

[Livvy]

Why???.....He got a bike and rode it in a straight line for short time.
Because we're voting for NZ's most famous motorcyclist... Maybe not best, but most famous, and I'd say he probably is the most famous.

[98tls]

Got to throw Britten in there.

[speights_bud]

Got to throw Britten in there.

Aww man now this is getting difficuilt... Although Britten didn't ride the V-1000 he did ride that old Triumph of his pretty crazily from what i've heard

[98tls]

Aww man now this is getting difficuilt... Although Britten didn't ride the V-1000 he did ride that old Triumph of his pretty crazily from what i've heard He also rode plenty of others,some i would love to have in my garage.

[Skyryder]

Ivan Major.


6 World titles Three of them in a row.

Don't think any kiwi has won as many world titles of anything...................



Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Because we're voting for NZ's most famous motorcyclist... Maybe not best, but most famous, and I'd say he probably is the most famous.


That's only because a movie was made about him and up until that time only few people had heard of him. The biking community in general had not but the racing community had.


Ask any one from my generation (63) who Ivan Major is and they will know that he was a speedway rider.

Fame is relative only to the generation that is aware of the indaviduals achievments.


Skyryder

[98tls]

Roger Freeth,damn this thread reminds me of all the ledgends ive forgotten,what about Croz:niceone:

[enigma51]

You are all forgetting boomer he's a legend in New Zealand

[98tls]

You are all forgetting boomer he's a legend in New Zealand
Maybe in your 1/2,down here Boomer sounds like a pet Kangaroo.;)

[Pussy]

Ivan Major.





Skyryder

Ivan Mauger

[Pussy]

I'd go with Cros as well

[98tls]

Ivan Mauger :shit:Damn,Hitchers disguised himself as a Pussy.

[White trash]

Dennis Ireland for me. Fucken legend.

[madandy]

G. Crosby..

[ElCoyote]

Ginger Molloy is a forgotten hero amongst modern riders - in 1970 he was 2nd in the 500cc World Championship,a privateer on his own bike against the might of MV Augusta and Agostini,the winningest rider of all time.Ginger rode the new Kawasaki triple,considered impossible to ride and unreliable.No help for Ginger,he did it all himself.

Keith Turner did the same (2nd world champs) done his way but let's not forget Geoff Perry. :beer:

[Dave_G]

Hugh Anderson or Geoff Perry.

[Daffyd]

Why???.....He got a bike and rode it in a straight line for short time.

Correction...He BUILT a bike and rode it in a straight line for a short time.
FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE BEFORE OR SINCE!

[Edbear]

Nup, no-one but Graeme Crosby :banana:, forget the local pub rides he rode the back wheel on the race track.

No one else won what he did in NZ and Aus plus the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 hour, the Daytona 200 and Isle of Man, 2 TT Formula 1 championships and he managed a 2nd in world 500 GP, plus he won the Nissan Mobil car series in a flipping BMW 635CSI and still drunk a lot of piss.


Double ditto from me.And Holden and Freeth (RIP)

Had a mate when we were about 18 or so,we were on a dune buggy,and mate on his bike put the front wheel about 2" off the back of the buggy as we drove along a farm airstrip at 60km or so.Very good on one wheel he was,mind you he was a top moto x rider at the time.


Ginger Molloy is a forgotten hero amongst modern riders - in 1970 he was 2nd in the 500cc World Championship,a privateer on his own bike against the might of MV Augusta and Agostini,the winningest rider of all time.Ginger rode the new Kawasaki triple,considered impossible to ride and unreliable.No help for Ginger,he did it all himself.


I'm going for Burt Munroe...


Ivan Major.


6 World titles Three of them in a row.

Don't think any kiwi has won as many world titles of anything...................



Skyryder

All greats! Too hard to pick a greatest! These were among the most famous, but there are some great riders now, how about Shaun, Anstey, etc.?

[Goblin]

Bruce Anstey for me although he doesnt get much recognition from kiwis. Then there's the Mair bros and the lovely Flame, and Keystone19.

[karlosnz]

Roger Freeth . RIP. great guy:niceone:

[speights_bud]

Skidmark?? Tui!! :dodge::stupid:

[MTW]

Kim Newcombe would have to be in that list too I think.

[NordieBoy]

Kim Newcombe would have to be in that list too I think.

But wasn't he a boatie?

[crazy blanket]

i'm a Scot living in Northern Ireland so wot the feck would I know about Kiwi legends ha ha.....however...anyone who can win a TT is already a legend! Anstey and the Ginger One are two guys you should really be proud of....and I've seen them perform on REAL roads!

[karlosnz]

DMNTD . :2thumbsup

[owner]

Who are all those forgottens:Pokey:

Bruce Anstey, Ben Townley, Kathrine Prumme, Dom Jones

We have an outstanding history but what about the future?

Woops edit just read the first post again, thats DMNTD for sure, bit like L&P

[Richard Mc F]

Len Perry ...still fast in his eighties

[HACHET]

ok hes not a kiwi but i think joey dunlop deserves a mention he did win a total of 26 isle of man tt races in his career aswell as many others. with a nickname of "king of the road" he was shit hot on 2 wheels.

[MTW]

But wasn't he a boatie?

He worked for Konig & raced hydroplanes then built a 500GP bike out of the Konig outbaord motor and raced the european circuits and won GP's with it. A 1970's John Britten.

[Deviant Esq]

Maybe not world famous in NZ exactly, but world famous on KB...

loosebruce. RIP.

[Taz]

Ginger Malloy.

[boomer]

Maybe in your 1/2,down here Boomer sounds like a pet Kangaroo.;)


I'm more like a koala mate.. slow and likes a cuddle

[Rockbuddy]

peter pawson

[NordieBoy]

He worked for Konig & raced hydroplanes then built a 500GP bike out of the Konig outbaord motor and raced the european circuits and won GP's with it. A 1970's John Britten.

I didn't know he raced hydros :D

It was just tongue in cheek about the Konig motor in the GP bike that he finished 2nd? overall on.