Dale Buggins!

[gettinold]

[shortshifter]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

[Hoony]

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]

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]

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

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

[Mick D]

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]

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

[roy dale]

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

[MX?]

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]

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]

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]

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.