Beach Racing!

[steve234]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dNNYm1yJT0
 

Would love to see and/or set up an annual event.

[foxy999]

That's going to cost him! 

[Dono113]

He was flying till he he looked back.. he looked abit like Wally

[Simo63]

He was flying till he he looked back.. he looked abit like Wally

He was still flying after he looked back as well 

[pancho]

He was flying till he he looked back.. he looked abit like Wally

He was still flying after he looked back as well 

At least he didn't need to wash the bike!  Probably only his underpants!
cheers.

[SlideRulz]

Working off memories from my travels, somewhere in South East South Aust would be the ideal conditions?
Bring it on I reckon.

[09.0]

They have beach racing up north (Mackay?). On mx bikes though. More point to point and drags.

[mick25]

They have some great beaches in NZ for beach races very hard packed, no need for a four wheel drive my hire car went well 
They have the burt munro races (fastest indian movie guy ) down the south island of NZ once a year (beach races )
chris waston local australia slider has been over a few times for a blast and brought home some silver back.

[Hoony]

Working off memories from my travels, somewhere in South East South Aust would be the ideal conditions?
Bring it on I reckon.

would that be Sellicks beach?

[Moto]

In the early/mid seventies,Rockhampton Motorcycle Club used to regularly run beach races at Farnborough beach near Yeppoon.
 I had a TM cyclone kit on my TS400L(first model)stripped down for MX and it went like the clappers.Finally a place where that crazy engine could be used to full advantage.
Big capacity road bikes with knobblies and scramble bars were used as well as MX bikes of all makes and sizes.SC 500 Yamahas were also one of the weapons of choice. Bikes were geared for 90+mph.
The format was a 44gallon drum at each end of the beach then racing round 1/4 mile track,then 1/2 mile track, then mile.
The sand at low tide could be like concrete and it could also have some soft "surprises" as well.Massive high speed slides around the drums were the order of the day.Dont go too wide or you could end up in the drink !
This racing was great high speed fun.Drag races and handicap races were held over the same drum distances during the day.
I am sure the fun Police would have put a stop to this nonsense by now.
Are any of my competitors on the forum? 

[oldskool]

I was watching the Burt Munro thing last night on classic restos.Hill climb combined with the beach races there was a pretty quick rudge 500cc 36 model convereted to cast iron heads with enclosed rocker gear so he could beach race it after he does the tar road hill climb.They also intervewed some big hairy kiwi fella with a 70 triumph with a different swingarm and front end was a road bike converted to race vmx and also do the beach races it was a pretty quick bike on the sand.

[jimg1au]

they have beach racing in jersey uk when the tide gose out you make the track.whached it when i was there last year.cars junior bikes mx bikes and sliders.

[Rosco86]

Used to go to the beach races at Grasstree beach just outside of Mackay. Mick Hansen on a quick cr500 Honda was the king of the beach for years. They threw everything at from big 4 road bikes to suped up 450fs. Winced one year when a beautifully newly restored Hagon jawa took on the beach. Grasstree really suits mx ers as the top sand is soft and develops ruts.
 All the juniors particularly liked picking a part of the pit area dumping the clutch and digging a nice rear wheel hole till it cases out. Step of it, no need for stands, it stays there and is just as much fun to fire out of before heading to the next race.
Queensland nice one day and 1955 the next. Where else could you still go beach racing in oz?

[JC]

In the early/mid seventies,Rockhampton Motorcycle Club used to regularly run beach races at Farnborough beach near Yeppoon.
 I had a TM cyclone kit on my TS400L(first model)stripped down for MX and it went like the clappers.Finally a place where that crazy engine could be used to full advantage.
Big capacity road bikes with knobblies and scramble bars were used as well as MX bikes of all makes and sizes.SC 500 Yamahas were also one of the weapons of choice. Bikes were geared for 90+mph.
The format was a 44gallon drum at each end of the beach then racing round 1/4 mile track,then 1/2 mile track, then mile.
The sand at low tide could be like concrete and it could also have some soft "surprises" as well.Massive high speed slides around the drums were the order of the day.Dont go too wide or you could end up in the drink !
This racing was great high speed fun.Drag races and handicap races were held over the same drum distances during the day.
I am sure the fun Police would have put a stop to this nonsense by now.
Are any of my competitors on the forum? 

Yes Tony, I remember it too, tho I was only a junior at the time on the Sherpa S. I remember one guy on a 750/4 Honda w a knobby. Don't remember any soft surprises tho. Sure they weren't from the TS?