Postie race bike!

[steveyb]

1954 ?

[Billy]

Ok , then what year did Scotty have the FZ 750 R (5 valve) Yamaha superbike ,?? .He wore # 5 i think , my pic album is packed away.

Yip,Your right about the number,85 I think,The Chow had it on facebook not long ago

[Billy]

1954 ?

Now your just being stupid,No way was I at Wanganui in December 1954,I was only born in September haha!

[fi5hy]

Stephen,

Price for the NSF250R is 1,800,000 Japanese Yen. Price to crate and ship
the bike to you will cost approx 120,000 Japanese Yen.

Thanks
Rick


Works out to about $29,000.00 not bad for a 2012 moto3 bike

[Crasherfromwayback]

Rodney Knapp had a squirt on it too from memory

I'd squirt on it too.

[merv]

Yep Scotty had the FZ750 at Wanganui in 1985 and the RS500 the following year in 1986 is how I remember it. On the FZ I couldn't believe the lean angle he took it over to on that next right hander up from the Robert Holden corner. The RS I remember him not doing that flash early on (for him) but he quickly figured he needed a gearing change and the rest is history - race wins, lap record.

Its mentioned here http://www.cemeterycircuit.co.nz/index.php?page=history

Here's an extract from that page:

"In 1986 Richard Scott won on the RS500 Grand Prix Honda to be the first local rider in 30 years to win a feature race. He also became the first rider to lap the track in under 50 seconds. Some kerbing realignment after Scott’s record lap added maybe a second or two to lap times but for all that his time of 49.91secs remained unbeaten for an incredible twenty four years. Superbiker’s Daniel Stauffer of Australia (Yamaha) and New Zealand’s Nick Cole (Kawasaki) were both accredited the new lap record of 49.334secs in 2010."

Remember the RS500 was basically the production racer version, Freddie Spencer won titles on the NS500 and by the time Scotty was winning on the RS Freddie and co already had the V4 NSR500 to race. What would an NS or NSR have gone like at Wanganui? Possibly the RS would have been better suited anyway as the hard out grand prix bikes would have felt a bit constrained around the street circuit.

[merv]

Wonder why White Trash hasn't dropped in on this thread? The RS after all was just like an MVX wasn't it lol?

[Rcktfsh]

Yip,Your right about the number,85 I think,The Chow had it on facebook not long ago

Yep 1985 was the year he ran the Matich Racing FZR Superbike in the Countrywide Series running number R, not a great series for him starting with pulling out of rnd1 at Hamilton due to track concerns then he had engine issues throughout the rest. In the Wynns series that followed they eventually ran out of spares so he rode the Hawera Yamaha TZ 750 at the final round at Pukee. 1st time on one and got quicker each lap eventually winning the final race and breaking the lap record. Heres F1 R3 from Wanganui 1985, Slight on a production FZR 750 had only been racing for 18 or so months, gotta love Peter Cliffords commentator predictions of his immenient demise throughout the race.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Odd. Neither Robbie's GSXR750 or Slight's FZ750 sound like the stock ones I've ridden! Awesom ride by Slighty though!!

[Billy]

Odd. Neither Robbie's GSXR750 or Slight's FZ750 sound like the stock ones I've ridden! Awesom ride by Slighty though!!

Whats odd about that??Theyre proddy bikes arent they

[Crasherfromwayback]

Whats odd about that??Theyre proddy bikes arent they

Gregory Yamaha's bikes always seemed to be well tuned! Not saying (obviously) he didn't ride 'em better than everyone else though.

[wharfy]

Has this one been posted before ? It's a great race


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=b2Wqe7IuDR4

[Billy]

Has this one been posted before ? It's a great race


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=b2Wqe7IuDR4

Remember that day vividly,No 26 in that race John Marsh(Huggy bear) was tragically killed in the formula 1 race that followed and Allan Ramage no 45 the next year,But what about the Kat and that Shayne Lawry,Bet you fellas wished you still looked that young hahahaha!

[Rcktfsh]

Remember that day vividly,No 26 in that race John Marsh(Huggy bear) was tragically killed in the formula 1 race that followed and Allan Ramage no 45 the next year,But what about the Kat and that Shayne Lawry,Bet you fellas wished you still looked that young hahahaha!

Some things don't change though Billy he's still fast and I'm still slow.

[Billy]

Some things don't change though Billy he's still fast and I'm still slow.

Hahahahahaha!!Join the club mate