Oooh errr missus - RC45 for sale. Minter too.

[F5 Dave]

Good enough to win the Castrol Six Hour.

You must have dreamed that. Was Jesus riding it? as neither of them exist.

[husaberg]

You must have dreamed that. Was Jesus riding it? as neither of them exist.

Confused...........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro..._(New_Zealand)

Castrol Six Hour (New Zealand)


Five time winner Dave Hiscock standing ready about to run to his machine for the start of the 1980 production race [1]
The New Zealand Castrol Six Hour Race was an endurance motorcycle race that was held for fifteen years at Manfeild, Palmerston North from 1974 to 1988. Many of New Zealand's top international riders competed at the Six Hour race; winners included Dave Hiscock (5-time winner), Neil Chivas (4-time winner), Graeme Crosby (3-time winner), Aaron Slight (2-time winner), and Ginger Molloy (first winner).[2] The race was characterised by its exclusive use of unmodified standard production motorcycles and a running start where the racers had to run to their machines before they could start. There was special provisions that the machines were no older than 3 years old, which was a boon to the motorcycle industry in New Zealand at the time which saw a dramatic rise in the sale of Motorcycles after these events.

Winners
1974: Ginger Molloy (solo) – Kawasaki Z1-A
1975: Graeme Crosby (solo) – Kawasaki Z1-B
1976: Graeme Crosby (solo) – Kawasaki Z1000
1977: Graeme Crosby and Tony Hatton – Kawasaki Z1000
1978: Dave Hiscock and Neil Chivas – Suzuki GS1000EN
1979: Dave Hiscock and Neil Chivas – Suzuki GSX1100ET
1980: Dave Hiscock and Neil Chivas – Suzuki GSX1100T (Black Pipe)
1981: Malcolm Campbell and Mick Cole – Honda CB1100R
1982: Dave Hiscock and Neville Hiscock – Suzuki GSX1100SXZ Katana
1983: Bill Biber and Phil Payne – Honda VF750F
1984: Alan DeLatour and Dave Martin – Honda VF1000F
1985: Dave Hiscock and Neil Chivas – Suzuki GSX-R750F
1986: Aaron Slight and Rob Doran – Yamaha FZ750
1987: Aaron Slight and Wayne Clark – Yamaha FZR1000
1988: Tony Rees and Dave Hicks – Yamaha FZR1000

flatmate had a vf750s??? then a vfr 750 then a vfr1000 the vfr 750 was a much better bike than the other two,but the vfr100 had an awesome ENGINE

oh I see VFR1000 lol
I would have thought it was the VF1000R that won. rather than he cooking F

[BMWST?]

Confused...........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro..._(New_Zealand)


oh I see VFR1000 lol
I would have thought it was the VF1000R that won. rather than he cooking F

the R was just a fairing and paint work i think

[husaberg]

the R was just a fairing and paint work i think

I have a comparison here from back in the day I haven't read it though lol
next time I trip over it I will post it.
Were both Gear driven cams or just the R?

[FJRider]

the R was just a fairing and paint work i think

His eyesight must need work ... It was the VF1000 that won in 1984.

1984: Alan DeLatour and Dave Martin – Honda VF1000F

The only other Honda to win the NZ six hour was the CB1100R in 1981.

[FJRider]

I have a comparison here from back in the day I haven't read it though lol
next time I trip over it I will post it.
Were both Gear driven cams or just the R?

The VF1000F had chain driven cam's and the VF1000R had gear driven cams.

[F5 Dave]

And none of them were a VFR1000.

[jellywrestler]

I would have thought it was the VF1000R that won. rather than he cooking F

nah plain old VF1000F, think by the time the R was here they chopped down to 750 outright and later went up again but the R had been and gone.

[jellywrestler]

The only other Honda to win the NZ six hour was the CB1100R in 1981.

I'd lay good money on a CBX550 winning somewhere along the way, if not twice.

[FJRider]

I'd lay good money on a CBX550 winning somewhere along the way, if not twice.

Not mentioned in the outright winners list for the Castrol 6 hour series. A class win maybe.

I was there in 82, the Hiscock brothers were doing 16 second pit-stops for a tank of gas and new back tire.

[FJRider]

nah plain old VF1000F, think by the time the R was here they chopped down to 750 outright and later went up again but the R had been and gone.

The VF1000R came out in 86. The rules allowed up to 3 year old bikes.

It was mostly dealers running the teams, but to win they must finish. Often teams pulled out of the race for minor unexpected issues slowing them down. Or major issues like crashes.

[F5 Dave]

think I went to 86 with the FZ where some wag in our party suggested the FZ had 20 valve. Has to drop one of them. How wrong he was.

To be fair sitting on wooden benches at minefield, it did drag on quite somewhat.

[Kickaha]

This was the car/bike park in 1986, spent as much time wandering around there with a bottle of purple death as watching the racing

[jellywrestler]

Not mentioned in the outright winners list for the Castrol 6 hour series. A class win maybe.

I was there in 82, the Hiscock brothers were doing 16 second pit-stops for a tank of gas and new back tire.

doesn't mean they didn't win fair square though.

[malcy25]

This was the car/bike park in 1986, spent as much time wandering around there with a bottle of purple death as watching the racing

VF1000R at the 6 hour is in the bottom left corner of the photo