YEs that was a good show.
The one on before it,Ringers,i think it is called,wasnt bad either.
On Thursdays, some friends with whom I ride, meet for lunch.
Today, we were going to ride to the Australian MotorLife Museum at Kembla Grange, near Wollongong The Australian Motorlife Museum - The Australian MOTORLIFE Museum
The museum has a permanent Wayne Gardner display which we wanted to see.
However, as 36 deg C was forecast, we decided to skip the ride and have lunch at my place (probably a good idea, one of our number rode after lunch last Thursday and collapsed at the end of the ride - and it wasn't that hot last week).
Whilst talking, one of our group mentioned a documentary about Gardner that was shown on ABC-TV a few days back. I had a look on ABC iView and found it. It's called "Wayne" and is available until 24th December.
I've just finished watching it and can recommend it if you like motor bicycles.
Last edited by p38arover; 26th November 2020 at 05:57 PM.
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
YEs that was a good show.
The one on before it,Ringers,i think it is called,wasnt bad either.
Paul
D2,D2,D2a,D4,'09 Defender 110(sons), all moved on.
'56 S1,been in the family since...'56
Comes out of hibernation every few months for a run
And Remy won the final Moto2 race on Portugal last weekend.
Looks like a chip off the old block.
Euro pundits are saying he'd take to MotoGP like a duck to water.
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
One of my mates has this in his shed
GARDNER COKE COMMODORE RESTO CONTINUES | V8 Sleuth
Noice.
Wally Storey was chief engineer, an old mate purchased Mawer Engineering from him when he went to HRT to develop their cars before going to WGR.
He dropped into my mates shop during the WGR years for a few hours for a chat when I was working there.
It was an interesting time.
Some interesting background info on the NSR500
Interesting beast with two timing modes developed through WG input.
Wayno had to tame the beast before any of the refinement that Mick enjoyed. 88 was a nightmare. It must of been hard dealing with the Japanese guys intent on building the best engines and not so much the frame.
Mick Doohan Interview about the NSR500 at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 - YouTube
Honda NSR500: Greatest Grand Prix Machine of All Time - YouTube
Matt Oxley had some interesting info on that beast.
The upside down pipes/engine mirrored race car thinking, get the CofG as low as possible.
Unfortunately bikes don't work like cars.
It took then quite a while to sort it
Why did so many Australians dislike Wayne Gardner?
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