Author Topic: Dale Buggins! (Read 15155 times)

shortshifter · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2012, 01:44:41 PM »

Sad how it all ended up for him.I never saw him live but I think it was him rode the bike in the XL honda add on telly jumping off desks etc.I used to know a friend of his called Norm Grey who was also a stunt rider:anyone heard of him?

gettinold · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2012, 01:47:15 PM »

I saw him jump at Newcastle. 15 buses I think. My uncled worked and travelled with him. YZ250f's and YZ250G's from memory.There is a mock up bike similiar to what he used at the museum at Taree ( Nabiac) NSW

vandy010 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2012, 01:59:05 PM »

my mates got a YZ250F that "apparently" has an ex Buggins front wheel in it.
it just looks like a normal wheel.
wish i had of seen him live.

VMX247 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2012, 08:06:19 PM »

Quote from: Doggy Digger on April 19, 2011, 02:48:02 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zREWJRY8uc

And then - if interested - click on the Jennifer Keyte retrospective

Hoony · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2012, 08:38:29 PM »

i saw Buggins as a 14 year old, made a big impression on me, so much so that for a year i practised Mono's whenever i could to be just like Dale as i thought he was very cool standing on the seat while pulling a mono.

Hardo · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2012, 09:06:22 PM »

I was exactly the same Hoony - as a 10 year old. I saw him in Mildura and then at the Royal Melbourne Show... I soooo wanted to be him !

It was a sad waste the way it all ended.

zorroz · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2012, 09:19:58 PM »

There's a few vid on you tube those were the days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRGQFLtqiQI

Mick D · « **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2012, 10:06:46 PM »

If you want to feel the story?

Go to an hour and a half north of Newcastle to the Nabiac Museum. They have dale's capes and helmets etc, arranged in the best tribute to him anyone could imagine.

Heads up: There is a hell of a lot to see there. I go there once every year. A car load of friends, get there at 10 or 11am, get a pass-out to go to the local pub for lunch, only have a Tee-Bone only, best that any cattle have ever made

. Then off course its back to the museum to see the rest of the six hundred or so ever-changing displayed bikes.

Mick D · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2012, 10:13:04 PM »

http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.com.au/gallery/bikes/images/Norton_Manx_2.jpg

roy dale · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2012, 11:20:37 AM »

I owned his X YZ 250 for around 4 years sold it $900 i think it is still in mogo near batemans bay

MX? · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2012, 06:13:00 PM »

Saw his show at Gosford Showground many moons ago.....was good for it's time. yes, he seemed to have it all going for him? shame really

EBT · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2012, 06:54:21 PM »

I went to see him at Bega show grounds I think it was, and really enjoyed watching him jumping heaps of cars etc, etc.

vmxrider · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2012, 03:53:19 PM »

Quote from: shortshifter on April 12, 2012, 01:44:41 PM

Sad how it all ended up for him.I never saw him live but I think it was him rode the bike in the XL honda add on telly jumping off desks etc.I used to know a friend of his called Norm Grey who was also a stunt rider:anyone heard of him?

Here's a bit on the making of that Honda add from AMCN 1978.

Hoony · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2012, 04:00:36 PM »

Quote from: Hardo on April 12, 2012, 09:06:22 PM

I was exactly the same Hoony - as a 10 year old. I saw him in Mildura and then at the Royal Melbourne Show... I soooo wanted to be him !
It was a sad waste the way it all ended.

yes i was obsessed with being like him too, so much so it led to this sort of obsession many weekends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYiwhM23ycw
wish i still had that skill now, but its all too many Beers ago.

gettinold · « **Reply #15 on:** April 14, 2012, 09:22:48 PM »

Come hoony. I'm sure if you had a few more beers you could do it again! How about posting a 2012 version of the same stunt!! Lol seriously though I bet your glad you taped it and kept that? Well do e

Hardex · « **Reply #16 on:** April 15, 2012, 06:40:19 AM »

Hi hope this isn't hijacking but these shots are taken at Calder Park back in the early 80s late 70s by my Dad

Close up of Johnny Fogwell on xl500

And finally the Crash

Johnny Fogwell now has a restaurant in Caloundra these days and is still in good shape

JohnnyO · « **Reply #17 on:** April 15, 2012, 07:27:55 AM »

That's Johnny Fogwell the Qld stuntman. Carl Fogerty was World Superbike champ and not likely to be jumping cars on a XL500..

Hoony · « **Reply #18 on:** April 15, 2012, 08:30:34 AM »

I was at that Calder Park Jump off with Johnny Fogwell & Gary Wells. i have old super 8 film (converted to DVD) of this event, watching them was great as i was about 14/15.

JohnnyO · « **Reply #19 on:** April 15, 2012, 09:37:12 AM »

Hoony I didn't know Gary Wells came out here. Wasn't he seriously injured in a jump at Caesars Palace that ended his career?

Hoony · « **Reply #20 on:** April 15, 2012, 10:50:09 AM »

not sure John, he was great when out here, he rode his CR250 sitting backwards and pulled some very long mono's at speed through all the gears, fogwell too was good, i have the video when he over jumped the landing ramp collapsing his front wheel. in hindsight i think the big fourstroke was not the best choice for jumping compared to the CR

Lozza · « **Reply #21 on:** April 16, 2012, 02:03:10 PM »

Styling up there Hoony, that would have been a TT250's high water mark

Simo63 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 16, 2012, 03:20:11 PM »

Quote from: Hardex on April 15, 2012, 06:40:19 AM

Johnny Fogwell now has a restaurant in Caloundra these days and is still in good shape

Yep I think it's called Velvet Waters or something equally as cheesy

vmxrider · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2016, 10:22:52 AM »

Berwick Boy · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2016, 02:10:07 PM »

Would anyone have a video link - to view this Sydney office advert, please?
I'd love to see it!

Quote from: vmxrider on April 14, 2012, 03:53:19 PM

Quote from: shortshifter on April 12, 2012, 01:44:41 PM
Sad how it all ended up for him.I never saw him live but I think it was him rode the bike in the XL honda add on telly jumping off desks etc.I used to know a friend of his called Norm Grey who was also a stunt rider:anyone heard of him?
Here's a bit on the making of that Honda add from AMCN 1978.

Gerard De Ruyter (Twistandshout) · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2016, 03:02:03 PM »

Geez Hoony, my current vinduro mount's a TT250G - I should give those antics a go myself! (god knows its got a short wheelbase....)

Hoony · « **Reply #26 on:** March 02, 2016, 06:50:37 PM »

Quote from: Gerard De Ruyter (Twistandshout) on March 02, 2016, 03:02:03 PM

Geez Hoony, my current vinduro mount's a TT250G - I should give those antics a go myself! (god knows its got a short wheelbase....)

TT250G Really Twisty, not many came into the country as the first model had not compliance of lights at all. easy bike to mono, but shit that seat was wide at the back..

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