All time classic photographs

[jerry]

I'm speechless! J

[jerry]

Ok is he killing, provoking or prising it? WTF? J

[Michael Moore]

Jerry, he's a follower of Aristotle's saying "give me a long enough lever and a place to stand and I can get my bike out of the mud".    There seemed to be plenty of mud at that West German event:









cheers,
Michael

[EML]

The guy with the pole is extricating his ride from a bog "with-out outside assistance" as there was an FIM official near-by. I think the story goes that the crowd helped him later on when the official moved on to observe someone else

[Kenneth S (222)]

I think there is footage of him on youtube at one of the early eighties supercross's at Sydney. Monoing around the track!

I was there, sitting right above the two semi flat decks they used to get in the grandstand with a nice 180 degree berm at the top.

Doug did the entire track on the back wheel. So, not to be outdone, the bobcat operator did it as well!!! Awesome

Yes I remember that. I raced in that meet. At the time I was friends with a Revs Magazine writer who was one of the organizers of Doug wheelying across the Harbour Bridge. I was driving one of the cars that drove behind and in front of him to keep the other traffic at a distance. Amazing to watch.

I came across this photo on Facebook the other day. That is me in my Volvo company car slowing the traffic down for Doug.

[EML]

 That is me in my Volvo company car slowing the traffic down .

So Volvo actually paid people to do that............fork me I just thought it was by accident!!!

[oldyzman]

I thought it was nathan in his volvo
Actually looks like a 242GT
Brett

[GD66]

The Suzuki RP68 50cc triple. 14-speed box, 3 x 16.6cc watercooled disc-valve cylinders, 19bhp, 170 km/h.

And just what would a 50cc two-stroke triple sound like at 20,000 revs....

[GD66]

Ah, that'll be the 14-speed box...

[oz555ktm]

  what was it in

  Do ya have a Picture

[Hoony]

that is a marvel of engineering, is it early 70"s ?

[tony27]

Mid 60s, was 67 or 68 that 6 speeds became the maximum allowable along with a maximum number of cylinders depending on engine size on the grounds of safety even though the restrictions were more about money, all the Japanese factories pulled out of running works bikes when that happened
From memory 1 of the little Hondas pulled 20 000+ rpm & had 18 gears, 6 speeds inside the box & a 3 speed box externally similar to what pushbikes had controlled by the left twist grip.
Truly a time of pure racebike engineering

[GD66]

what was it in
Do ya have a Picture

No, only a sketch as it never raced. Suzuki canned it at the end of 1967 when the rule restrictions came in.




This is the RK67 50cc twin it was to replace, so it would no doubt have closely resembled this chassis-wise. Lovely wee things...

[Davey Crocket]

I think Honda was the one who took there bat and ball and went running home Tony, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki where into 2 strokes so it didn't effect then the same. Those multi's where pieces of art. Honda didn't go back GP racing till the 80's I think. Honda had a 6 cylinder 250cc 4 stroke RR bike and all sorts of cool bikes, I see there's a couple of nice TZ350's for sale on Trade Me at the moment.

[Lozza]

that is a marvel of engineering, is it early 70"s ?

The 60's more than a marvel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuvx15DLDmc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SIh9Q2new