Thought this was interesting.

**Fresh Oats** · 5th October 2018, 20:54

NZ motorcycle land speed records. (as of Jan2018, some of them were beaten in April)

http://www.landspeed.org.nz/wp-conte...ed-Records.pdf

How the hell did someone go 130km/ph on a 50cc????

**jellywrestler** · 5th October 2018, 22:12

pete sales is a legend when it comes to tuning bikes simply

**Laava** · 5th October 2018, 23:12

Is nice that 2 of our iconic figures have records in here. Burts one set in 1957! And of course, the Britten...

**jellywrestler** · 6th October 2018, 03:06

N.Z. Open Sidecar Road Speed Record 12/07/2005 P Garrett 264.168kmph Home Built 1000 Chertsey, can anyone explain this please?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/new...ectid=10335513

**FJRider** · 6th October 2018, 05:34

I think the bike is now at the motor museum at the Wanaka airport ... they didn't get the funding for Bonneville. Chertsy is where they set the record.

https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/bikes...-record-871569

**robajs** · 6th October 2018, 06:14

glen was at the last southern classic … so may well be at this years one , you can ask him in person spyda.

**jellywrestler** · 6th October 2018, 07:08

Originally Posted by FJRider

I think the bike is now at the motor museum at the Wanaka airport ... they didn't get the funding for Bonneville. Chertsy is where they set the record.

https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/bikes...-record-871569

no that was an earlier one, the one they used was sold to an american from memory a guy with no legs to set records, don't recall anything after that though.

**pritch** · 7th October 2018, 11:50

There were also grass track records. From the dusty corners of my memory there seems a recollection of Bob Coleman breaking the one mile grass track record on an AJS scrambler or similar.

I mean if we're including beach racing, why not grass?

**jellywrestler** · 7th October 2018, 12:25

Originally Posted by pritch

There were also grass track records. From the dusty corners of my memory there seems a recollection of Bob Coleman breaking the one mile grass track record on an AJS scrambler or similar.

I mean if we're including beach racing, why not grass?

t500 in about 1969 maybe?
probably cause those classes don't exist anymore hence not included?

**husaberg** · 7th October 2018, 12:47

That record for beach flying quarter 1050cc should be shut.

**Grumph** · 7th October 2018, 13:30

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

t500 in about 1969 maybe?
probably cause those classes don't exist anymore hence not included?

G50 powered Matchless scrambler at New Brighton. No reason they shouldn't be in the books. With the proposed rationalisation of the racing industry there'll be some unused rural 1/2 and mile grass tracks just waiting for a revival...

**pritch** · 7th October 2018, 14:55

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

t500 in about 1969 maybe?
probably cause those classes don't exist anymore hence not included?

That record wasn't exactly prominent then, Coleman dug it out of the way back stack. Horse race tracks used to be used for bike races back when Harleys and Indians were the weapons of choice for the likes of Henry Moller and Percy Colemen.

Interesting about that proposal to sell off the country race courses to boost funding for the city tracks. I recall the Quigley report into the sale of Defence property. He listed Defence land that should be sold off to make millions. King Edward Barracks in Christchurch was earmaked for sale and a developer had got as far as producing a drawing of a tower block to be built on the site. Then a Council employee checked the records and found that the city had made the site available to the Army during the Boer War, to have for as long as they needed it. It could not be sold, it could only be given back to the Council.

Apparently at least one of the racetracks marked for sale is similar. Unlike the Defence land though, the race tracks shouldn't get tied up in land claims?

**Kickaha** · 7th October 2018, 15:41

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

N.Z. Open Sidecar Road Speed Record 12/07/2005 P Garrett 264.168kmph Home Built 1000 Chertsey, can anyone explain this please?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/new...ectid=10335513

Glen has the world record and Phil has the NZ record, Glen wanted to push to go faster the Phil decided once they had them at that level to pull the pin on it

**Grumph** · 7th October 2018, 16:12

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Glen has the world record and Phil has the NZ record, Glen wanted to push to go faster the Phil decided once they had them at that level to pull the pin on it

Probably sensible given that neither of them could fit in it properly.

I was under the impression that public land whether Govt or local body administered had to be offered to the local iwi first before it could go on the market.
Wigram Air Force base wound up being developed by Ngai Tahu under those rules I thought.
A lot of those rural racecourses are still used for training. Our local one gets used for that AFAIK.

Oh - and the Coleman's dragged that record out of grand-dad's scrapbook, LOL. My old man held a few grasstrack records too.

**jellywrestler** · 7th October 2018, 16:55

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Glen has the world record and Phil has the NZ record, Glen wanted to push to go faster the Phil decided once they had them at that level to pull the pin on it

why isn't the world record also a nz record?