Plastic Fantastic at Wellington Motorcycles

[5t3a1F]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be in 2moro for a squizz! don't imagine that RM will ever look the same again after it hits the dirt..

[slowpoke]

saw it over the weekend, looked pretty good, however that very nice example of a restored RM400 stole its limelight!

WTF???? A sweet old RM is one thing, but Steve Roberts' creation is in a whole different league. On the bike porn scale the RM gives ya wood whereas the PF causes copious spontaneous emission.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be in 2moro for a squizz! don't imagine that RM will ever look the same again after it hits the dirt..

You're right, I'm going to totally fuck it. But then, that's what race bikes are for!

WTF???? A sweet old RM is one thing, but Steve Roberts' creation is in a whole different league. On the bike porn scale the RM gives ya wood whereas the PF causes copious spontaneous emission.

Even thought the RM is mine, I agree with you. If that PF was a chick, I would jizzed all over it by now. And I nearly have anyway.

[slowpoke]

You're right, I'm going to totally fuck it. But then, that's what race bikes are for!

Goodonya Pete, owning a cool bike is one thing, but riding it is something else. I'll be interested to see what ya think of the ol' girl. Enjoy!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Goodonya Pete, owning a cool bike is one thing, but riding it is something else. I'll be interested to see what ya think of the ol' girl. Enjoy!

Hahaha...cheers mate! I've ridden and raced a few RM400's over the years, and the 79 is is a nice version. The stock suspension was rubbish, as was every brands back then. I've got Fox air shocks on this one, and while modern oil/gas shocks are much better, I wanted to retain the late 70's look. I've also got an RM500 front end for it, as they're 43mm vs 38mm, and twin leading shoe brake, which actually stops as well as a disk.

The way I see it, if I need another pretty one just to look at, I'll get the guy that built this one for me to build me another!

[jellywrestler]

WTF???? the PF causes copious spontaneous emission.

If you must behave like that please get Barry to wipe it off afterwards...

[slowpoke]

If you must behave like that please get Barry to wipe it off afterwards...

I won't be the first, or the last, so it might pay to commandeer a drip tray from the Hardly Able-son side of the shop.

I reckon I'll be there a while, have you guys got a drinks machine there? I might need to re-hydrate.

[bistard]

If you must behave like that please get Barry to wipe it off afterwards...

I wont be cleaning any of that stuff up, If need be you can use Petes "Happy Sock"

[Crasherfromwayback]

I wont be cleaning any of that stuff up, If need be you can use Petes "Happy Sock"

Bullshit. I saw you licking it off just before.

[sugilite:Me]

After reading that, I'm not visiting Wellington Motorcycles with out gum boots and a sterilization suit!

[jellywrestler]

After reading that, I'm not visiting Wellington Motorcycles with out gum boots and a sterilization suit!

If you walk in like that they'll try and sell you a Harley!

[AllanB]

Ok so I presume Plastic Fantastic is not the latest and greatest didlo, so what is it or what was it before it was fantastisised?


Maybe it is a sex toy - there has been plenty of talk of fluids and licking..

[sugilite:Me]

Ok so I presume Plastic Fantastic is not the latest and greatest didlo, so what is it or what was it before it was fantastisised?


Maybe it is a sex toy - there has been plenty of talk of fluids and licking..

A very fast dildo it was too.....

 

For the first time since January 1984, Hiscock will be reunited on December 26 with the famous ‘Plastic Fantastic’ for a series of demonstration laps in what will be one of the most celebrated homecomings of any Kiwi racer.

Sponsored by Wanganui-based Coleman Suzuki, in 1982 Hiscock finished third in the World TT-F1 and British TT-F1 championships on a Steve Roberts produced aluminium monocoque GS1000 racer. He regularly beat the worlds best four-stroke F1 riders and their factory-backed race bikes, on a machine designed and built in Wanganui.

The following year Hiscock took the new ‘Plastic Fantastic’ to Europe and placed eighth at the tortuous Isle of Man during it’s first race. In the Classic TT he was in fourth position when a piston broke. However, at his second meeting he suffered a high speed crash in Holland, ending his 1983 Northern Hemisphere season.

Hiscock recovered to defend his Australian Swann Series title later that year but could only manage seventh overall on a developing bike suffering suspension problems from the Assen crash.

The ‘Plastic Fantastic’s first race in NZ was on Boxing Day at Wanganui, 1983. With a new rear shock he won two legs of the Bryan Scobie Memorial trophy, the first win in the world for a kevlar-carbon fibre framed motorcycle, setting a new lap record.

Now living in Australia, Hiscock scored a hat-trick of wins at Gracefield a few days later to win the 1983 Pan Am Countrywide International Series.

Due to anti-apartheid laws Hiscock caused controversy in 1983 when he was placed on the United Nations blacklist of sportspeople who competed in South Africa.

The kevlar-carbon fibre monocoque chassis was built in Wanganui by Steve Roberts for Hiscock to compete in the World F1-TT championship. Roberts co-won the televised 1983 UDC Inventors Award ahead of 198 designs, for building the world’s first kevlar-carbon fibre racing motorcycle. In 1984, TVNZ produced a documentary about the machine.

The ‘Plastic Fantastic’ went on to enjoy considerable success in 1984 and ’85 at the hands of the late Robert Holden, after Hiscock had returned to live and race in South Africa.

[slowpoke]

In 1984, TVNZ produced a documentary about the machine

Now there's a good find.....d'ya reckon they'd have copies of this? Can anyone remember what it was called? I'd happily pay for a copy, would any one else?

[merv]

Here's a couple of pics I took when the bikes were at the Motorcycles Unleased exhibition.