Amazing spectacle these 'old' races! No run-off's and people everywhere in pitlane. Beautiful layout of a track!
@tammyhodges4447 Жыл бұрын
Nice. Love the Arai helmets.
@aujay2 жыл бұрын
Australian riders were just world class in that era (70s and 80s), the legendary Ken Blake, Mal Campbell, Phillis, A.J. Greg Hansford, Jeff Sayle, Graeme Geddes
@hansedvard26232 жыл бұрын
One of my best memories of Bathurst was being at McPhillamy Park on a Saturday. It was there that I saw Warren Willing on his Yamaha TZ750 in the rain with his left knee touching the ground. However, one of my worst memories was also at McPhillamy Park. This time it was on a Sunday when my very good friend, Roy Denison crashed at the top of the mountain. I was only about 50 metres away and so I was able to hop over the fence and stay with him. This was the start of a unique experience, in so far as that I rode in the back of the ambulance with him down Conrod Straight as the other racers went either side of us at full speed. Fortunately for Roy, he only sustained a broken leg and was able to race again.
@gmac98412 жыл бұрын
That would of been an experience , how times have changed.
@gazzas123 Жыл бұрын
I was there as i grew up in Bathurst not far from the track. I remember Warren Willing r's ing.
@brucebird13311 ай бұрын
I remember back when I was racing buying Michelin Hi Sports from Roy down at his factory at Caringbah... Great bloke, always looked after club members. Quick google shows the business still going Denison Roy Wholesale
@dextermorgan58932 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! $2000 prize money 🤣 I remember watching this race on tv as an 18 yr old with my Katana 1100 in the driveway! These guys had big kahunas to race around Bathurst-Johnson,Phillis,Campbell and the rest! Thanks for the memories 👍😎🇦🇺
@michaelokeefe8935 Жыл бұрын
Love the safety gear in the pits. Terry toweling hats, jeans and sandals. Classic!
@Holden308 Жыл бұрын
Last weekend at the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour, multiple MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi was in a BMW. This is a guy who has raced bikes at over 350 km/h (217.5 mph) ... and he thought that Mount Panorama was "scary" and just like Johnny Cecotto back in 1985 when told that they raced bikes on the track ... he couldn't believe it. The late Gregg Hansford, and Wayne Gardner, have held motorbike lap records at Bathurst.
@queenslander954 Жыл бұрын
Australia’s greatest riders on the worlds greatest track (probably) .. AJ & Wally Campbell . Robbie Phillis , Rod Cox etc .. legends.
@agylub2 жыл бұрын
The best memories riding from Adelaide to Bathurst in a day on my GS1000S to watch this race.
@queenslander954 Жыл бұрын
GS1000S .. yea mate , I remember a sleeping bag strapped on the tank to take the weight off the wrists , head inside that fairing & feet on the back pegs , & that clock was very handy on long rides to work out fuel limits .. loved my days on the blue & white S , until the GSX1100’s came along in 1980 / 81 with that 4 valve head & CV carbs .. great days on the big Suzuki’s
@brucebird1335 жыл бұрын
5 True legends of Aussie racing in the top 5! Back when roadbikes were roadbikes, not racebikes as roadbikes!
@usernameoqidj3 жыл бұрын
andrew was a king, he will be missed
@JonathanBays11 ай бұрын
AJ was a top rider super confident handling
@paddy26612 жыл бұрын
What a legend Rob , I did laught when he said Rob's easy on machinery, yeah look after it but talk about ride the wheels of anything he hopes on to the limit. 38 yrs on Rob on same bike would definitely hit same lap time. Legend. Awesome video .
@richardvietz112 жыл бұрын
that is a great video... enjoyed Mick Hones commentaries and insights... among the rest!... brilliant! thank you
@aerith119 Жыл бұрын
Wow that's a lot of riders.
@aujay2 жыл бұрын
Go! A.J. What a gun rider, he could ride bikes like a mix of Marquez, Rossi and Biaggi R.I.P --- Mike Home (interviewed) 10:51 who apart from being an legend in Australian motorcycle racing, was also the Navigator in the car that Peter Brock had his final drive. - R.I.P - P.P!
@gmac98412 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Mike was in Peters car . Cheers
@princephilip-v5t Жыл бұрын
No he wasn't. Mick Hone is alive today. He just did an interview 7 months ago with Rob Phillis on infomoto channel.
@peregrinemccauley5010 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that .
@AuMechanic8 жыл бұрын
Golden Days
@anuaranuar3616 Жыл бұрын
Rindu sangat nak res.shahrul anuar bin buang binti lena.
@Kneedragon19628 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I was watching from about the dipper. Couldn't see myself in the footage, but ... good memories. Thank you. You don't see it there, but I remember those VFR860s having huge speed weave issues. AJ going over Ried Pk and McPhillamy with the front all over the place...
@donbon42042 жыл бұрын
conrod looked so good back then its a shame they changed it
@chrischeater2612 жыл бұрын
Memories great ride Rob!
@jamesstewart72242 жыл бұрын
V4 vfrs and katanas great noises,the best riders 👍
@teamsp2110 жыл бұрын
Wow Great video ! Thanks so much mate ! please if you got more races at Bathurst or other rounds of old times Australian motorcycle champ. will love it .THK
@copee29602 жыл бұрын
Yep this is the first time ever watching this race ..thumbs up from the UK..Brilliant stuff...but then you should have a knot in your stomach from watching proper motorbike racing ha ha.
@matthewpower161410 жыл бұрын
I like how Suzuki said no worries to Phillis getting on the Honda, I wonder if that would happen these days.
@waynesmith22872 жыл бұрын
It just would not happen today. Imagine in F1 when Lewis Hamilton was replaced by George Russel if Max had said I'll drive it!
@306champion2 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've watched bikes at Bathurst, I'd been led to believe they went clockwise opposite to cars!
@Aerkcvb2 жыл бұрын
It was always "down" Conrod Staight
@gazzas123 Жыл бұрын
Same direction. Easter Thursday to Saturday was bikes and sidecar and Sunday and Monday it was cars.
@hodaka10002 жыл бұрын
The good old days
@lukebarton39742 жыл бұрын
I was there was an awesome time
@gazzas123 Жыл бұрын
So was I
@robertrishel36852 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@SoyBoySigh6 жыл бұрын
Oh wow - it's the RS860 V-four! How awesome is that? I've never even seen pics of it with this style of fairing. Would be an awesome look for a VF or VFR custom project....
@hudsonhawk00164 жыл бұрын
I was going to fit out my 86 VFR 750 as a Bubba Shobert replica bike with all the HRC goodies, wheels, forks ect. Sadly it never happened.
The good old days! No safety, no chicane. Plenty of balls!
@colinlyders Жыл бұрын
Notice on the 2nd last lap, Phillis hit a false neutral going up Mountain Straight!
@forddriver8827 Жыл бұрын
Just like IOMTT or NW200
@ianrawlings25462 жыл бұрын
Going so much faster than cars down Conrod straight. 270 km's.
@Broxin7 Жыл бұрын
Was this Easter 83?
@greyhound3561 Жыл бұрын
We camped on top of the mountain in`83 and it was a great spot to watch the racing from, NOT such a good spot for a restful night`s sleep, the crowd spent the evening "baiting" the Police - they had a fenced-in compound on the mountain "to keep order" - provoke riots more like it !!
@Gav67110 жыл бұрын
Is that Neill Crompton commentating on this?
@TheAjs717 жыл бұрын
Gav Brady yes it is.
@ylilycam2 жыл бұрын
I was just about to ask the same question but you beat me too it by 7 years....He really has been doing the rounds for a long time but always sounds young and fresh
@maelmeknohlecing84722 жыл бұрын
Kantana 33
@peregrinemccauley78194 жыл бұрын
Good old ' Auntie ' . She covered and promoted heaps of bike racing . Eight cents a day , now slashed to four cents a day . Murdochcracy usurps democracy .
@steveallen13403 жыл бұрын
ABC funding is over A$1b per annum, which is approx 11c per day per person. It was 8c in 1987, there has been a reduction in real terms but not cut in half like the ABC claim. Remember Australia’s population is 55% higher now than 1987 so cost per person is a misleading measure.
@peregrinemccauley78193 жыл бұрын
@@steveallen1340 You're wrong . That misinformed dribble is typical of the Cretinoid Hominid Australis . Pure and unwavering bigotry . You must be the AC-DC model - Acquired Cerebral - Dystrophy Complex , a total expensive failure by Boeing , whom it appears have falsely claimed , that all these have been recalled . Not all is lost for you however . Do your country a favour ; don't vote and definitely do not breed .
@steveallen13403 жыл бұрын
@@peregrinemccauley7819 Take me through your Maths
@packhams42 жыл бұрын
Channel 0/28 wasnt 'Auntie', if you mean the ABC - it was the ethnic telly station that evolved into SBS, quite separate from Auntie, though also taxpayer-funded....I could be wrong....
@isaidthat450511 ай бұрын
Needs to return to Bathurst. Why has everything changed for thr worse
@plebtile33474 жыл бұрын
The boomers in these comments
@redtobertshateshandles2 жыл бұрын
Knobheads in the comments. Protected species millennial mummy's boys.
@gazzas123 Жыл бұрын
I am a boomer and lived near the track. A group of locals broke the endurance record which was 100 hours continuous riding without stopping. The record set was 300 hours I sliding changing the front wheel. Fuel and rider changes was done on the move.
@scorpiuswireless12 жыл бұрын
Yawn
@deehaws43342 жыл бұрын
why you tired?
@gazzas123 Жыл бұрын
You don't know what it was like. Bikes that were not that much different to what we could ride on the road not multi million dollar machines.