All Jawa field makes for close racing. Trivia time. The banjo bolt on the right side of the head would bruise the crap out of your knee. They sold a fiberglass shield to protect your leg. I learned about that the hard way.....
@@karlcarrigan4451 and far more entertaining than the boring ,bland, dull starts these days.....completely ruined the whole thing. Like F1 is rubbish now and MotoGP is pretty close to being processional as riders not allowed a bit of gamesmanship.
My era ...Collins, Olson, Mauger, Simmo, Ashby. Gods in a 10 year olds head.
Fantastic stuff; proper old fashioned speedway. Dave Lanning's comment at the end 'John, you'll never know what was happening behind you, son'!
I used to love to see John Boulger racing here in oz.
Good rider in his day, always flew the Aussie flag well.
From South Australia too.
Fantastic video, those were the days,packed stadium at coventry, great shame they've been left to die 😔
All Jawa field makes for close racing. Trivia time. The banjo bolt on the right side of the head would bruise the crap out of your knee. They sold a fiberglass shield to protect your leg. I learned about that the hard way.....
You never noticed till you took your leathers off after riding though...
Great video.
Hopper wins..:)
The starts in those days were so ridiculous...
What do you mean ?
@Justa Rider
Think he's talking about rider discipline at the tapes, especially under the green light!! Lol! Different era, different rules...
@@karlcarrigan4451 and far more entertaining than the boring ,bland, dull starts these days.....completely ruined the whole thing.
Like F1 is rubbish now and MotoGP is pretty close to being processional as riders not allowed a bit of gamesmanship.
Isn’t this from the 1974 British Final (not 73) ?
You can almost smell the R 👃👃🏴
Ah, The Brandonopolis sponsored by Golden Wonder. Almost, just almost saw some crisp passing.
The great Simmo most lamented
Was Boulger Leicester team Captain ?