Guess the Classic Racer

[gav]

Yip, Kork Ballington moved up to race the KR500.

[nudemetalz]

I remember reading in the old days that for the Castrol Six Hour, a team or two used to cheat and put dry ice into the fuel tank so it would turn a 22 litre tank into a 28 litre tank !!!!
Well that was the theory, but sometimes it would expand the tank too quickly with predictable results.
I’m not sure how true all of this is though, perhaps T.W.R. could inform us.

[T.W.R]

lols dunno about that will have to read through the previews & reports from Two Wheels Mag for both 80 & 81 6hr events

[roogazza]

I remember reading in the old days that for the Castrol Six Hour, a team or two used to cheat and put dry ice into the fuel tank so it would turn a 22 litre tank into a 28 litre tank !!!!
Well that was the theory, but sometimes it would expand the tank too quickly with predictable results.
I’m not sure how true all of this is though, perhaps T.W.R. could inform us.

At the NZ races we stuck the fuel in the freezer at the Feilding pub .I remember sitting on the grid with petrol expanding in the hot sun and pissing out the breather .Then one year we blew the tanks to increase capacity. Again another year we actually changed tanks , but that was banned the following year. Gaz.

[T.W.R]

You'd be somewhere in amongst this list then

[Kickaha]

Pic #5 Yep a chic on a GS750, but who??? & what's special about it?

Debbie Brinkley part of a all girl team with Jenny Coates

[T.W.R]

Debbie Brinkley part of a all girl team with Jenny Coates

Yep, plus they were the 1st all girl team to successfully complete the Castrol 6hr, completing 335 laps finishing 24th out of 29 that finished the race from 39 starters

[gav]

#2 photo, Jeff Sayle, TZ750?

[T.W.R]

#2 photo, Jeff Sayle, TZ750?

Bingo

[Kickaha]

Bingo

Next please

[T.W.R]

Next please

geesh got to dig some more books out lols

[HenryDorsetCase]

this is a good game

:spudflip:

[T.W.R]

OK here's a few more

1) Who is the rider & what's the bike? (IOM 79')
2) Notable pairing of riders, who are they?, what event? (Manfeild 80')
3) Who is the rider & what is the bike? (what class dominance in83')
4) Who are the riders & bikes? (after the 2nd bike in particular, the 1st is pretty obvious)

[Kickaha]

2) Hiscock and Chivas, Castrol 6 hour

Hiscock once commented he didn't think Suzuki could build a bike better than a GSX1100

3) probably Kevin Magee ,looks like a TT2 maybe, no idea what class

[T.W.R]

2) Hiscock and Chivas, Castrol 6 hour

Hiscock once commented he didn't think Suzuki could build a bike better than a GSX1100

right people, right bike

lols though i got that pic from Two Wheels March 81' in an article written by Don Cox and it's all about the quirky handling traits of the GSX1100ET in it's first outings and issues with other items on the bike saying Suzuki had severe quality control problems