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Bathurst 83

Postby Phil » Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:24 am

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

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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby Glen » Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:23 pm

Awesome weekends the Old Bathurst. Great racing. This one was in my last year of Uni.

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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby fireyrob » Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:18 pm

Great Vid! Thanks Phil :kuda:
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby JimZXR » Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:23 pm

Liking this retro racing!
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby laidback » Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:29 pm

Great to see these machines.....takes me back, way back. hehehe
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby Clarkixlc » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:10 pm

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.
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby Phil » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:24 pm

I was at high school looking at pics of them and thinking how great they were, thats why I love the ZRX
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby Gosling1 » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:54 pm

once we get back to normal speeds...... :x 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 :lol: :lol: which is SFA really, thanks to cheap wine and cheaper hooch.

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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby laidback » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:54 pm

I'd been working for 14 years....

and that's why i need to ride a rex. :kuda:
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby furball » Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:33 am

Great stuff Phil. :D
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.
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby Glen » Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:59 am

Is that a Tranzac pipe on the Z. I had one on my Katana at the time, looks identical
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby Phil » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:01 am

Love Z1-R's, my favourite of the old Z's along with the J model
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby furball » Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:04 pm

The pipe was a Premiere from memory. Not sure who made them but they were the boss. 8)
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby kawadave » Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:44 pm

I liked the way Mick Hone "Suzuki" and Rob Phillis changed teams on the day for the win. :kuda:

But I guess in the day a lot of things were swapped back then...like wife's for instance. :shock: :D
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Re: Bathurst 83

Postby furball » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:00 pm

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. :D
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