Thread: Historic Races

Good timing with the camera.

I raced there a few weeks ago and it's a great facility, nice new surface too.

Jeff

Love the older machines. Classic and historic bikes are my favourite. Mac Park in Mt Gambier SA, one of the best little bitumen tracks in the country.
Surrounded by forests, there is nothing like the sound of 20 or 30 Nortons, BSA's, Velo's, all the open megaphone pipes, the smell of methanol. The big Vincent and Ariel sidecars bellowing between the trees. Heaven.

Which is your uncle? Porsche or is it a Sprite? the pretty little blue car.


Shorty.

His is the Porsche.

I'd love to see some proper vintage bike racing sometime. Sat in behind some on the road, flipped up the face of my helmet and just listened. I've ridden a workmate's Commando, how sweet that sound!, how poor those brakes! How hard to retrain my brain to gearshift & brake.
One of Dad's mates had a T500 Suzuki when I was a lad, he gave it away 20yrs ago and it's been in Dad's shed ever since. In a very poor state now but almost complete - maybe a project for me one day.

Been dusted by some old blokes on old bikes too!

i had a t500, what a bike, moorabbin airport to mildura airport 3.30hrs. 332miles.
i loved that bike, don't let it die in the shed, it's worth doing up.

I wish I'd caught it sooner but now it's pretty bad shape. All the chrome shot & the fork tubes look u/s to me. It does have matching numbers tho and it's got pretty low mileage. The seals etc would be hard as nails by now, so would need a rebuild of just about everything. I only had a ride of it the once when I was about maybe 11 or 12 (that would be the last time it ran) but it was too much for me.
Still remember the sound of it tho,, twin stroker,, glorious. I do think I would like to restore it but it would be for the nostalgia & hobby factor only; I've seen mint ones going for far less than it would cost to restore.

I love seeing my two loves in the one forum LR's amd bikes maybe we should have a LR ride day

The only thing in the garage now is Sue's ER500, but I do feel the need for a ride coming soon. It's good fun in tight mountains but I hate riding it on open roads and it's a bit cramped. And then there's my helmet & jacket that matches the colour of her bike (just a horrible coincidence) so I always look like a right dick riding it.
Might swindle bro's KTM, has a bit more poke and legroom. Keep that thought going. Any other takers as well?

I hope your not on dirt the FJ1200 hates dirt....