I saw that bike at Hondas US HQ in 1984 and had the $4,200 to buy a brand new motor, but I changed my mind after Gene Romero Explained what was really required and Gary Mathers really didn't want one in Australia.
I then started to by an XR but was talked out of one of them by Ron Wood whose bikes are without doubt the best machine for our tracks, he was sponsoring a very young and extremely polite Chris Carr at the time.
We could fill this thread full of trick US Flattrackers but I would rather it be full of Australian bikes that will be ready to ride later this year.
During that trip I decided to buy a C&J horizontal for the XR500/600 but the wife found out before that happened,
Jay Foreman went back the next year to race the AMA and brought back one of those setup for the CR500,
I still have that bike, Casso ride it at Kempsey in the mid 90s, I crashed it big time at Barleigh Ranch but it has not been raced since cause nobody ever got it to handle,
That reminds me that Peter Goddard followed Jay to the US the following year and I think was the first Aussie to beat the Yanks at their own game.
