Bathurst '81 on a CB1100R

[Large]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJSlro-47Ns&feature=related

Blows the GSX awaaaay[:p]

[devo]

Thats totally fucken awesome big fella , did you see the crash though faaaark

[geesexar]

man thats bringing some memories back..fucken awesum...dennis neil was goin down the straight on the back wheel when the front wheel decided to part from the forks he lost it big time and ended his illustrious career[xx(]

[gibbo]

That's the best clip I've seen in ages! Good one Large.

That's awesome. And to think that back in the late fifties and sixties they were running around there on Norton's and AJS, BSA etc. Incredibly brave riders.

[Large]

quote:Originally posted by devo

Thats totally fucken awesome big fella , did you see the crash though faaaark


I saw this one-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfPQMIIvKgE&feature=related
Looks nasty

[Shadowzone]

Shame insurance liability and all that stuff has spoilt the fun. Would love to see em doing it again there.

Be so much more interesting watching em on bikes now days than in the tin tops...

[TurboKat]

Senfuckingsational Rich, the first clip is classic 80s racing [:p]:D[8D]:)[^]
The second clip is a bit unfortunate, but bloody hell, that 1100R had some grunt alright. [:0]
Feel free to stick more of 'em up. [8D]

[Benz]

Thanks Large, great stuff. No kink at the bottom of conrod??

[Fight_fan]

Yeh cheers Largey! I love old skool racing! Those guys were fuckin mental!

[Ross_247]

Thats unreal !

[devo]

Now you guys can see why I am ditching the YZF and going back to P5 and racing the Kwaka Z1000 , fuck that shit is awsome fun :D

[TurboKat]

+1, if it's excitement you're after you can't beat the combination of flexy frames, heavy engines, skinny tyres & the torque you only get from an oldskool longstroke aircooled 4 banger. [:p]
Wayne Gardner, Mal Campbell & Craig Mc Martin get around the Island in 1m 42s on Period 5 (pre 1980) bikes (CB 1100 R, RG 500 & Irving Vincent respectively) so they still go like fuck.
A few well known names in the first clip too.
I would give my lefty to race a bike around Bathurst... or even do a trackday there... or even do a few spirited laps around there on a quiet day. [8D]

[Weaselman]

That was freakin sensational
Love how you couldnt get your knee down cus the cases ground out.
And yes it blew the GSX into the weeds.

The 2nd vid?
Easy If my CB was anything to go by it was a motherfucker of a tank slapper

[Jazdiver]

That was fucking awesome. What sort of speeds were those old bangers hitting down conrod back then?

[kevkatana]

That was Late night ledgends on ABC2 a few months ago. Taped it. That stack, I found out from a couple of old fellas at work, was caused by his front wheel falling off. Mechanic didn't do it up. Fucked him up good.

[Crampy]

love those vids could watch that stuff all day. That late night legends show is awesome there is some great stuff on there!

[geesexar]

talkin about cb1100R's i was at jap motorcycle wreckers in adelaide this morning seen a cb1100F with cb1100R body work...GSXR usd forks and swinger..CR keihin carbs..wot was in the motor..who knows but it looked fuckin horn..fuggin didnt have my camera with me...but beleive me it was fuckin noice

[RUSS M8]

Fucking horn!!!

I have ridden a modern prepped Period 5 CB1100R race bike... Horn!
And, I rode my Bandit 1200 round Baffurst on a quiet day, so I can almost begin to imagine how it might have felt to punt one of those beasts!!!

[Razorback]

Damn those was the days werent they... I remember clearly falling in love with Katanas watching Robby Phyliss and Mal Campbell go at it back in the day.

[Booster]

Them cases were a problem, banged mine on the ground several times in Kew in the early 80's, flexy frame i could put up with , you got used to the motion pretty quickly.

[xb9r]

Ken awesome clip Large dont you just love how bathurst yoused to look back then