1970/71...MACH III Style !!!!!

[nudemetalz]

Just who are you calling old, young fella!!

Great pics NM. I have a chat with Owen Galbraith most weeks. He still rides a lot of miles but not on the track any more. Which pic(s) is he in as I will print it off for him.

eerrr,...yeah, maybe not so much of the old then..oops...

That I'm not quite sure, I reckon he would know if he saw them though.

[Rhino]

Kept looking through old albums and found these !!!!
They were titled "1970-71 season at Ruapuna - 1/2 production race"

He (Dad) is the one on with the green helmet (I know, hard to tell with B&W pics)on that 3-cylinder beast from Kawasaki !!
Dale Wylie (on the Commando) and Owen Galbraith feature in those pics too if that means anything to you older guys here on the forum.

Bugger being this photographer on the outside of a corner !!!

I was racing at Rauapuna and Levels at the same time as your Dad, Dale, Warren and Owen. Great photos (Possibly taken by Euan Cameron, a mate who photographed most meetings in that period.).

As SPman has said, the white tank Mach III was available here. I rode a mates blue tank drum brake model round Ruapuna in about 1973. I achieved 3 laps and the the brakes just vanished.

[geoffm]

Back in the days when Men wuz Men, and sheep were scared....
I still have a Line 7 PVC 1 piece reainsuit. Sod of a thing to get into over the leathers, but kept me dry in some horrible weather. I got it when Line 7 had a going -out-of business sale post sharemarket crash.
My first helmet was a second hand open face from the secodn hand shop in OSHannesy St in Papakura at the time. I gave it to a neighbour after 1 winter commuting on the mighty B120 and my face damn near froze off. The useless visor deflected the wind underneath. Replaced with a NZ made FFM with the soft and scratchable visors that meant you couldn't see a thing at night
Geoff

[roogazza]

As SPman has said, the white tank Mach III was available here. I rode a mates blue tank drum brake model round Ruapuna in about 1973. I achieved 3 laps and the the brakes just vanished.[/QUOTE]

Ah its all coming back, Blue stripe on the white tank. The mod I used for the brakes was to use AM4 brake material , or was that on the T350 Suzuki ? maybe the latter ? (Made the drums go gold) Gaz.

[Motig]

Centurion full face from England, Lewis leather jacket,my old mans best dress coat, gymshoes and ski gloves. Life was way simpler then.

[toycollector10]

Bevan's beautiful 500. This is the first year model, I think, note the scalloped art deco style tank. This bike is a credit to its owner.



2nd Generation full face. The "Darth Vader"



This is the shizzle, as the yoof of today say. Daves' 750 Kwaker.

Pictures are of some of the bikes and riders of the Classic Japanese Riders in Christchurch.

[Rhino]

Loved the picture of the Yamaha TX650. I had the same year (1973) in metallic blue when I lived in Christchurch.

It was stolen from work in 75 and found in Greymouth in 78. Luckily it wasn't insured at the time, so it was returned to me by the Police.

I had bought a Kawasaki S2 to use after it was nicked, that was a fun machine, but b****y thirsty. The best I ever got was 24 mpg.

[terbang]

Wow thats a blast from the past. I spent my life savings on one of those (H2-750). Wrote it off (uninsured) before I turned 17. Back to real jandals for a while after a bit of time mending in concrete.

[speedpro]

Some exagerated stories about those triples. Mates had a range of them from blue or orange 500s, one with alloy denco pipes, to a variety of H2s. I went the RD350(ports and pipes), Honda 750(888cc + everything else), Kwaka 900(1100cc+dbl disc) route. If you got it all wrong they would cetainly bite you though that's certain. Nothing like the sound of a well tuned triple in the power.

[nudemetalz]

Here's the sound of a well-tuned triple....awesome !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTDAd8utBqo