Love the little girl's hat in pic 3!Originally Posted by cs363
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Love the little girl's hat in pic 3!
Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow arent just the 4 cycles of an engine
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Strangely, i find all the old vans appealing.
An RH11 Hi ace was the one to have. Sadly, i could only stretch to a Morris J4 named Briss. (Short for Bristol Tauraus, a 1936 14 cylnder, 1000hp aircraft engine) that I spied in an ancient AC Delco spark plug catalouge when I worked at the local GM dealer as a youth.
The J4 had rather an alarming big end knock, so when we got a bit paranoid about it, say on a late night trip home from Manfield on the desert road, we would lift the engine cover between the seats & drive a few kays with it up. When we closed it again, it would seem so quiet it would set our minds at ease for at least another an hour or so.
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The Belmont station wagon caught my eye.
tripple dip
Jesus ... Randy Mamola looks about 12 !!!
"You never understood that it ain't no good, you shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you" - Bob Dylan
They call me Mr Fahrenheit
Yes it was classic, but I had to go back and look a few times at that Yamaha in the same pic. AWESOME
Keep on chooglin'
They call me Mr Fahrenheit
I keep looking for the other model in that same catalogue - The Cly Tauraus. The Moll says she'd be quite happy if I eventually find it too.
Keep on chooglin'
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Not too mention hidden away at the back of the pits and treated like farm animals,The whole series was nothing more than a disaster and did little to improve the profile of motorcycle racing in NZ,
Its been done to death,Tryed by the Lesters at Manfeild in the eighties as well,The car racing spectators loved the bike racing but how many turned up to the next motorcycle only meeting???Zero/zilch/nada.
Current MNZ president,Jim Tuckerman you mean,The same Jim Tuckerman that was involved in organising and running the Marlboro series,Countrywide International series and Brut33 international series not to mention a huge amount of the streetraces in the North Island,A man that has dedicated 40 plus years of his life to motorcycling in NZ for no other reason than to try and improve it,What the fuck would he know???
Riders recognisable too me in an instant in Spydas pic are from NZ Trevor Discombe,Paul McLachlan,Roger Freeth,John Woodley,Paul Goodyear,Internationals Greg Hansford,Murray Sayle both Team Kawasaki factory riders,Pat Hennen and on the list goes all top line international riders.
In the riders seat
Well if thats the same Jim Tuckerman who I once heard describe himself as Motorsports biggest arsehole (a lot of people would completely agree with his own self assessment)and choose to completely ignore the real facts about the Truck meeting we attended to shaft the class
Then yeah that Jim Tuckerman
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Yip,That sounds like him!
Not afraid too speak his mind,Takes no prisoners,But hes done a shitload more good for the sport than most,Marlboro series involvement included.
Those were definitely the best times motorcycling in NZ will ever see
Retirement with a cause
From memory he was 16 when he was here that time.
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Nope,Pretty sure he was 14,Definitely under 15 as he had to get a dispensation to ride at Wanganui as in those days you needed a civil licence to compete there
Enigma
Again from memory, I think Mollers Yamaha offered 400 bucks to Randy to beat Dave Hissy at Ruapuna.In spite of his flyweight advantage he was beat fair and square.
Dave had about 33 starts and wins in 410 in 76.
Mamola was just a kid, 15 or 16 and I remember seeing he had a huge tyre on the front like a Yank flattracker, had never seen that before ! G.
Retirement with a cause
I should have known the 2 guys that built the ark would correct me here lol. I hate you guys.
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Mike Sinclair took Randy under his wing at Ruapuna - and was pretty scathing about how Randy's bike had been maintained....
Unexpected Spanish inquisition
And the prize goes to....
His hero was fellow Northern Californian Kenny Roberts. At 14, Mamola was sponsored by Yamaha and he wore the yellow-and-black Yamaha racing leathers of his idol. He was even known by the semi-derisive name of "Baby Kenny" in the early stages of his career. Mamola raced flat track and began road racing with coaching from Ron Grant. His first international exposure came with Grant's help. Mamola traveled to race the New Zealand road racing series during the winter and won that country's 125cc championship. In America, he began winning AFM road races and suddenly Mamola had new opportunities open to him.
From the AMA hall of fame website, full bio here:http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/hall...px?RacerID=221
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that, who cares? ...He's a mile away and you've got his shoes
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