A Thread For Us Old Farts..

[ZRX61]

Just seen this on Facebook. I loved the big old bikes, but they were on track before I started racing. Amazed how slow they were, coz they were amazingly fast to us old duffers at the time

20 years ago a *sorted* ZRX1100 lapped Willow Springs faster than Lawson managed on a 500GP bike...

[The Spin Doctor]

Other good memories are the Transatlantic races at Donington in the 70/80s and seeing Ron Haslam race a bog standard VFR750

I'd promised to spend Easter with my other half and her family that year, but did manage to record some of the races on the box. Haslam rode the wheels off that bike. It was also the year that Merkel and Schwantz appeared and pretty much cleaned up.

[The Spin Doctor]

Anyone else notice the bike that was in second in the 750 class on the opening post?

An XJ650. I rode one briefly... it really was a very rapid bike. And shaft drive too.

[demographic]

Dunno about slow, worth bearing in mind the onboard footage used fuggin massive cameras

[kendo57]

My favourite picture of the 80's , seems normal now but at the time was mental.

[Yorick]

My favourite picture of the 80's , seems normal now but at the time was mental.

Number 2 is more my style

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[Skub]

Dunno about slow, worth bearing in mind the onboard footage used fuggin massive cameras

Prototype GoPro cams!

[demographic]

Prototype GoPro cams!

GoBigOrGoHome cameras.
Mind, getting the sound crew on the bike must have been a challenge.

[Horse]

My favourite picture of the 80's , seems normal now but at the time was mental.

Didn't that jump layout involve faster riders leaping over the 'valley' - sometimes landing on slower riders emerging onto the second rise, resulting in some nasty crashes?

[Yorick]

My favourite picture of the 80's , seems normal now but at the time was mental.

Didn't that jump layout involve faster riders leaping over the 'valley' - sometimes landing on slower riders emerging onto the second rise, resulting in some nasty crashes?

Probably the hard norveners landing on the southern shite.

[Horse]

At least it'd be a soft landing