They Called Them Superbikes... - Page 8

zenjen · 06-12-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KAdriver

Kawasaki's didn't always handle too well. Can you see what's missing here?

Frame tubes, below the motor.

xtop20A · 06-12-2011, 02:43 PM

larry coleman mark bevins
chico crowd, john woo was from chico(actually orland) as well

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Originally Posted by brents347

Unga, who was this Kal-Gard lubricants team/rider? I remember them fairly well and want to say that they were the U.S. champs for like ten years straight. Anyone remember the names?

BDKW1 · 06-13-2011, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by zenjen

Frame tubes, below the motor.

They didn't seem to make that much difference

This thread should have been titled " When I was young and dumb".........

Classic example.

Great power, so-so brakes and bad handling. I used to hustle it around Willow in the Dinosaur class. GPZ1100 head with Lots of Yosh bits, gun drilled cams out of one of Eddies bikes. Smoothbores from same. Wiesco big bore, Falicon crank, Bassani pipe.

Had lots of frame re-enforcements, GPZ forks, GS1150 swing arm and the widest wire wheels they made at the time

I'm not sure why I'm still alive after racing that beast, Nothing like scattering the pack coming into a corner due to your bike swapping so bad from your over exuberant late breaking attempt............ Nobody could pass it on the strait and nobody wanted to get close to it in a corner.

Garthe · 06-15-2011, 08:04 AM

LOVE the kick start...

dirt_bloke · 06-15-2011, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KAdriver

Great photos. I'm sure this is Crosby, either at Bathurst or the Malboro series in NZ. One of the classic images of the era.

Bootlace, I know you have more tasty images tucked away!

dirt_bloke · 06-16-2011, 04:51 AM

AArrrrrgg!!!!!
Advert in a local paper today:

"Kawasaki HS 2E-750 3 Cyl 2 stroke, rare bike ......$1000"

He sold it $750..

However this is a small town, I will track down the new owner, and convince him that the bike needs to live with me! I'll get back to you on that...

BOOTLACE · 06-16-2011, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by dirt_bloke

Great photos. I'm sure this is Crosby, either at Bathurst or the Malboro series in NZ. One of the classic images of the era.

Bootlace, I know you have more tasty images tucked away!

Oh yeah. That'd be Crosby (Greatest rider to never win a GP??), exiting 'The Dipper', Bathurst about.......Nup. Probably REALLY WASTED

. But I wuz there...

BOOTLACE · 06-16-2011, 05:44 AM

This blokes been doin it for a while too. An original 'Superbiker'. Robbie Phillis, Still doin' it. And doin it GOOD.

( And doing it here on the exact same bike he won the OZ champs on, back in the day.....He found it a few streets away from his house!)

ADV8 · 06-16-2011, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BOOTLACE

Oh yeah. That'd be Crosby (Greatest rider to never win a GP??),

His book is not bad either.

BOOTLACE · 06-16-2011, 06:09 AM

Yeah! Had a cupla beers with Croz last yeah at Assen. ( Sorry..) Good boy, lots of stories,

rallyhound · 06-17-2011, 07:28 PM

My first time at Daytona In about 83, first year of the v4 750 Hondas,
I peeked into the top secret Honda tent where they were working on Spencers bike. I took a picture and two Honda techs chased me about 1/2 mile across the infield before they gave up.

Then when I finally got back to the pits I had dropped my money stash in the chase. I didn't have enough money to pay for the Italion sausage I had just ordered so the guy behind me in line bought it for me. None other than Giacomo Agostini.

I found him later and paid him back and he signed my helmet.

dirt_bloke · 06-17-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by rallyhound

Then when I finally got back to the pits I had dropped my money stash in the chase. I didn't have enough money to pay for the Italion sausage I had just ordered so the guy behind me in line bought it for me. None other than Giacomo Agostini.

I found him later and paid him back and he signed my helmet.

Class!

BTW, could you post the pics of the Honda?

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Originally Posted by dirt_bloke

AArrrrrgg!!!!!
Advert in a local paper today:

"Kawasaki HS 2E-750 3 Cyl 2 stroke, rare bike ......$1000"

He sold it $750..

However this is a small town, I will track down the new owner, and convince him that the bike needs to live with me! I'll get back to you on that...

Things didn't go quite to plan.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=698437

I'll get my H2 one day...

Skowinski · 06-18-2011, 07:00 AM

Cool story about Graeme Crosby. Thanks for posting that!

(there seem to be a few pages missing though...

)

stk0308 · 06-18-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by viajero

Didn't anyone ride a Triumph triple in some of these early "superbike" races?

You were more likely too see a Lavarda on the grid than a Trident. I think they stopped producing Tridents before what we know as superbike in AMA started in ernest.

olderigetfasteriam · 06-22-2011, 09:14 PM

A real trip down memory lane for a very poor (read broke) WERA racer in the early 80's.

06-16-2011, 04:51 AM	#111
dirt_bloke No idea Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia Oddometer: 508	AArrrrrgg!!!!! Advert in a local paper today: "Kawasaki HS 2E-750 3 Cyl 2 stroke, rare bike ......$1000" He sold it $750.. However this is a small town, I will track down the new owner, and convince him that the bike needs to live with me! I'll get back to you on that... __________________ I've often thought that

06-16-2011, 05:44 AM	#113
BOOTLACE Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Methane Central..(Sth Gippsland) Oddometer: 2,800	This blokes been doin it for a while too. An original 'Superbiker'. Robbie Phillis, Still doin' it. And doin it GOOD. ( And doing it here on the exact same bike he won the OZ champs on, back in the day.....He found it a few streets away from his house!) __________________ bootlace

06-16-2011, 06:09 AM	#115
BOOTLACE Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Methane Central..(Sth Gippsland) Oddometer: 2,800	Yeah! Had a cupla beers with Croz last yeah at Assen. ( Sorry..) Good boy, lots of stories, __________________ bootlace

06-17-2011, 07:28 PM	#116
rallyhound Macho stud guy Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis Oddometer: 864	My first time at Daytona In about 83, first year of the v4 750 Hondas, I peeked into the top secret Honda tent where they were working on Spencers bike. I took a picture and two Honda techs chased me about 1/2 mile across the infield before they gave up. Then when I finally got back to the pits I had dropped my money stash in the chase. I didn't have enough money to pay for the Italion sausage I had just ordered so the guy behind me in line bought it for me. None other than Giacomo Agostini. I found him later and paid him back and he signed my helmet. __________________ When it's all said and done, More will be said. You dont have to wish me luck for me to know that I need it.

06-18-2011, 07:00 AM	#118
Skowinski Chordate Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Mojave Desert Oddometer: 3,539	Cool story about Graeme Crosby. Thanks for posting that! (there seem to be a few pages missing though... ) __________________ "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." - Thoreau

06-15-2011, 08:04 AM	#109
Garthe ROCKS ARE YOUR FRIENDS... Joined: Nov 2004 Location: USA Oddometer: 4,123	LOVE the kick start...

06-22-2011, 09:14 PM	#120
olderigetfasteriam Adventurer Joined: Jun 2011 Oddometer: 17	So Glad to See This A real trip down memory lane for a very poor (read broke) WERA racer in the early 80's.

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