Awesome photos, makes you appreciate how good the riders were.
Awesome photos, makes you appreciate how good the riders were.
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Thanks for sharing these with us nudemetalz. Great photos. Like Riffer, I too can smell the Castrol R!!! I also recall a few names from the clipping. I remember Paul McLachlan (sp?) in particular - rode #68 and was sponsored by Tyre Pando. I think he went overseas - to Canada? (or am I getting him confused with Gary Goodfellow? or did they both go to Canada??)
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Being frustrated is disagreeable.
But the real disasters in life begin when you get what you want.
I'm happy to share !!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
In the Le Mans pic there's a Yamaha with 97 on it just to the right of the pic.Originally Posted by Rhino
Is that you, Rhino ?
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
That was me as a young lad. Both the DS7 and R5 were great for Le Mans starts. Leave them in first gear with the key on, jump on the bike and push forward with the knees while dropping the clutch. If the ignition timing was correct, it would burst into life.Originally Posted by nudemetalz
Just trying to picture me doing that on the ''Wing
Keep the shiny side upright, Rhino.
Man those pics are awesome. Don't know about the cobble stones sticking up the inside of the curbing on the corner in some of those pics (think its the final corner). Definately puts things in perspective.
Yeah I ride a 125 too, that last corner scares me. That wall is way too close. High side there would be a bad bad thing. Think I'm safe though, cause I'm a pussy.
I tell you what, don't apply the power too hard on a 125 coming out of that sweeper onto the front straight. I don't recommend a high-side on an RS !!Originally Posted by k14
Wrecked my wrist and more importantly, my John Kocinski-Replica Shoei !!!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
I bet ya the YDS-3's were great fun for Le-Mans starts !!Originally Posted by Rhino
Crank mounted clutch which ran at engine-speed. Apparently they were like a light-switch - just on or off !!!
Plus when you pulled the clutch in, it disengaged the oil-pump. Which meant if you sat at the lights revving the bike in gear, you were asking for trouble (or the next oversize pistons at the local Yamaha shop !!)...
ah,... technology !!!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
haha thats funny i was caning it round on a cr125 a few weeks ago, they're bloody fun wee bikes, good for doing wheelies and stuff on, awesome!! thats the bike that got me hooked on motocross, now i'm just saving furiously for a motocross bike (and a new roadbike, and, and...)Originally Posted by nudemetalz
Hi Chris, I joined the RNZAF in 1966 with a Clint Cattermole. Would that have been your father by chance?
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