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Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:24 am
by Phil
Big Darren Lark who races in the P5 class just sent me this link, I know a few of you will enjoy watching these "real man bikes" dice around the great Bathurst layout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXjtgTJ ... e=youtu.be
Enjoy
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:23 pm
by Glen
Awesome weekends the Old Bathurst. Great racing. This one was in my last year of Uni.
Nice find mate.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:18 pm
by fireyrob
Great Vid! Thanks Phil
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:23 pm
by JimZXR
Liking this retro racing!
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:29 pm
by laidback
Great to see these machines.....takes me back, way back. hehehe
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:10 pm
by Clarkixlc
I was born four years later. I love the 70s/80s UJMs. I was born too late haha. I guess that's why I ride the zrx. This video makes me want to see bikes back at Bathurst so badly.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:24 pm
by Phil
I was at high school looking at pics of them and thinking how great they were, thats why I love the ZRX
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:54 pm
by Gosling1
once we get back to normal speeds......
f'n kids on holidays chewing up our quota - I will have a look at the clip. 1983 was a very good year from what I can recall
which is SFA really, thanks to cheap wine and cheaper hooch.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:54 pm
by laidback
I'd been working for 14 years....
and that's why i need to ride a rex.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:33 am
by furball
Great stuff Phil.
Sooooo many memories and stories came flooding back watching that little slice of Great Aussie motorcycleing history. How good is Phillis, Campbell, AJ and co,,, and Will Hagan.
To this day I recon that guy could tell you Anything you wanted to know about bike racing, down to who did what time in what race and when!
After watching that I was off to the archives and pulled out some slices of my Bathurst history and my then beloved New Z1R.
Oh them were the days.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:59 am
by Glen
Is that a Tranzac pipe on the Z. I had one on my Katana at the time, looks identical
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:01 am
by Phil
Love Z1-R's, my favourite of the old Z's along with the J model
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:04 pm
by furball
The pipe was a Premiere from memory. Not sure who made them but they were the boss.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:44 pm
by kawadave
I liked the way Mick Hone "Suzuki" and Rob Phillis changed teams on the day for the win.
But I guess in the day a lot of things were swapped back then...like wife's for instance.
Re: Bathurst 83
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:00 pm
by furball
Phillis only clapped eyes on the bike the night before the race and pulls off a win on a bike he hasn't even ridden before against some of the best in the biz.
I think there were a couple of trade ins after the swapping was over. Winners are grinners Dave.