PDA

View Full Version : Steve's GSX "Monster" in action, back in the day



Gix11
15-02-2013, 10:26 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vRs38_UcFE4#!

ozzy1100
15-02-2013, 11:29 AM
And that is why there is a picture of this bike on my wall :-)

Tony Nitrous
15-02-2013, 11:42 AM
Was in Performance Bikes mag again recently,
a blast from the past. Used to be a great mag.
RIP, Gus, Ronnie, John. The good (mad) old days.

Gix11
15-02-2013, 11:58 AM
...and of course the predecessor to "Monster" here at Ramsey sprint:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUZ60mgiAec&feature=player_embedded#!

Tony Nitrous
15-02-2013, 12:15 PM
And that is why there is a picture of this bike on my wall :-)

Not just me then ? ........ ;)

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5168/monsterjohn.jpg

sickboy
15-02-2013, 12:30 PM
He would have to be the Godfather of Streetfighters.:cool:

Tony Nitrous
15-02-2013, 12:58 PM
Performance Bikes mag used to have the best modded bikes.
The back page specials were excellent.
Kat's, Spondons, Harris's, YammaGamma's, CBX's etc.

Im sure if they could see the "streetfighters" of now,
then they would roll the floor and piss themselves laughing.

Gix11
15-02-2013, 03:52 PM
He would have to be the Godfather of Streetfighters.:cool:

On the first incarnation of ASF I had a page dedicated to Steve for that very reason. He emailed me and thanked me, then said he couldn't take credit. If you're reading this Steve - Bullshit mate! :D

Gix11
15-02-2013, 03:53 PM
Performance Bikes mag used to have the best modded bikes.
The back page specials were excellent.
Kat's, Spondons, Harris's, YammaGamma's, CBX's etc.

Im sure if they could see the "streetfighters" of now,
then they would roll the floor and piss themselves laughing.

That was the only reason I used to get that mag. I'd flick through the rest, but "Reader's Rides" was why I paid for the mag.

stiffsimon
15-02-2013, 04:26 PM
I loved the second clip with the "original Monster" when Steve was attempting the world speed wheelie record and the commentator comments ".....the record for a wheelie currently stands at 153 mph and it's held by a Frenchman​"

Tony Nitrous
15-02-2013, 04:37 PM
I liked Performance Bikes in the old days, not just the back page.
Ronnie Smith, Gus Scott, John Robinson, and stuff from legends
like Stan Stevens and Leon Moss. The "frenzys" they did with all
"LC's" or all "Katana's" etc. After 3 or 4 deaths and a few changes
it wasnt / isn't the same. RAPID or Streetfighters doesn't even
come close for me.

Classic Motorcycle Mechanics isn't bad.
Latest one has a good interview with the Harris Brothers and some
tech stuff from Stan Stephens and a regular page by Pip Higham
and a interesting page on a modded 1100EF.

Gitzy
16-02-2013, 04:53 AM
Man I love that bike.