I was hiring GS 1000 Suzukis from Action Suzuki North Sydney in the 1979 period . Greg McShane took the saddle one day with me on the back . From the Crossroads just outta Sydney , to Western Creek Canberra , we arrived , a fair bit under two hours .
Cheers to whoever is uploading all these great 1980s Vids ?. If you compare the telecasts & production valve of other Races from around the world in that time especially US .. You can see how brilliantly well the ABC did with it , production racing & super-bikes of that time seemed to connect better with punters, these guys were brilliant racers extracting every little morsel out the same bikes we were riding to work & boy racing with on the weekends, they influenced us to try things like heaver weight fork oil, brace swing arms & frame rails around steering heads & fit 4 into 1 exhausts for ground clearance & air box Mod's with carb rejeting as the magazines printed story's on how to release hidden horsepower' on your GS1000 or Z1R .. now the bikes are written off if they fall of the side stands & you need factory apps & laptops to tune the computers & fuel injection systems.
Australia, New Zealand were the hot bed of production bike racing in the 70s and 80s, so much so that the big four Japanese factories would release a model in those markets ahead of the rest of the world so it could race in the big proddy races, or even build special homologation or "specials" just for Aussie and NZ, the rare GSX1100SXZ Katana "Wire-Wheeler" is an example.
A great race, the late braking of Willing, the light weight gave the GSX-R speed to nearly beat the 900 down conrod. Willing shouldn't have been able to outbrake the Suzuki, but he did unfortunately outbrake himself but what an effort. All three, just outstanding.
That was an amazing bit of riding, accomplished on a feather-bed/steel-framed 900 Ninja, against the newest, trickest machinery Suzuki had to offer...having owned a GPz900R myself (A2 model) I always secretly suspected they were capable machines, but never could quite figure out how to keep mine from blowing all her coolant...she was such a hot-running bitch on wheels...lol
I remember hanging off the fence cheering Len Willing on for this race as a teenager. Amazing memories
Now thats racing!
Len Willing wringing the neck of the GPZ900R! Thanks for uploading.
I was hiring GS 1000 Suzukis from Action Suzuki North Sydney in the 1979 period . Greg McShane took the saddle one day with me on the back . From the Crossroads just outta Sydney , to Western Creek Canberra , we arrived , a fair bit under two hours .
Cheers to whoever is uploading all these great 1980s Vids ?. If you compare the telecasts & production valve of other Races from around the world in that time especially US .. You can see how brilliantly well the ABC did with it , production racing & super-bikes of that time seemed to connect better with punters, these guys were brilliant racers extracting every little morsel out the same bikes we were riding to work & boy racing with on the weekends, they influenced us to try things like heaver weight fork oil, brace swing arms & frame rails around steering heads & fit 4 into 1 exhausts for ground clearance & air box Mod's with carb rejeting as the magazines printed story's on how to release hidden horsepower' on your GS1000 or Z1R .. now the bikes are written off if they fall of the side stands & you need factory apps & laptops to tune the computers & fuel injection systems.
Australia, New Zealand were the hot bed of production bike racing in the 70s and 80s, so much so that the big four Japanese factories would release a model in those markets ahead of the rest of the world so it could race in the big proddy races, or even build special homologation or "specials" just for Aussie and NZ, the rare GSX1100SXZ Katana "Wire-Wheeler" is an example.
Mr Magoo didn't loose too much ground after that excursion in the dirt.
Great vid.
A great race, the late braking of Willing, the light weight gave the GSX-R speed to nearly beat the 900 down conrod. Willing shouldn't have been able to outbrake the Suzuki, but he did unfortunately outbrake himself but what an effort. All three, just outstanding.
And if I recall Roger Heyes correctly, there wouldn’t have been a hair out of place when he took his helmet off in the pits! :-)
That was an amazing bit of riding, accomplished on a feather-bed/steel-framed 900 Ninja, against the newest, trickest machinery Suzuki had to offer...having owned a GPz900R myself (A2 model) I always secretly suspected they were capable machines, but never could quite figure out how to keep mine from blowing all her coolant...she was such a hot-running bitch on wheels...lol
Check out those numbers!!
What a great race. One of Roger Heyes' best!
Where did the footage come from?
It was shot by Green Hills Productions for Motor Sport Video. Produced by myself Simon Fergusson and Barry Smith.
The bikes look like they were in a hurry
I didn't know they race bikes on this track
Once upon a time, young padawan...
@@fckuyo3918 Until the evil of Health and Safety reared its ugly head.😁
Was this filmed under water 💧 🤔
Potato vision!!
Neil *Chivas*.