Shots From The Heyday Of Racing Down Under

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2105 Location: Oz

http://www.mcnews.com.au/bathurst-1982-lens-phil-aynsley/

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:33 am

Ajay.

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 11:35 am

wow what a nice picture!

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 4:46 pm

Very cool, thanks for posting Don. Some great memories in there and some names I'd forgotten.

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:44 am

bikeboy wrote:

Ajay.

Like.

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:02 am

great thing about sharing these is you get the chance to spot something - in my case it was the McIntosh-Suzuki 1100, never heard of it - have now - kinda looks like a NZ version of a Moto Martin with a touch of Segale - nice one Cool

thanks

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2105 Location: Oz

It was my pin up bike as a pimply faced youth.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/bikes/75432144/kiwi-mcintoshsuzuki-sets-postclassic-racing-world-alight

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:55 am

its interesting - we see these type of low volume specialist frame builders for accommodating the big CC jap engines- their heyday being late 70's to mid 80's from Britain / Europe / NZ / Canada but I've yet to see a USA or Australia example ?

This era is what we drooled over when young mad and broke - forsure we would cut off the back of the std frames - stick on fiberglass seats and clip ons, even venture to a fairing and imagine we were "on it" - until you actually got to ride one of these cottage ind. framed bikes - like stepping into a new decade that, for me wasn't matched until I got a ride on an RC30

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:09 pm

Is it me or does that bike have Dymags on it? Interesting that they went for the Dymags and then used the heavy CBX/1100R vented front discs .

I thought those discs were on the 1100R for the high speed demands of endurance racing in production based race bikes ,but thought there would be a lighter aftermarket option to go with light wheels.

Just a thought......

CB1100F Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 2526 Location: UK

f4fast wrote:

Is it me or does that bike have Dymags on it? Interesting that they went for the Dymags and then used the heavy CBX/1100R vented front discs .

I thought those discs were on the 1100R for the high speed demands of endurance racing in production based race bikes ,but thought there would be a lighter aftermarket option to go with light wheels.

Just a thought......

Yes look like Dymags or peroid aftermarket wheels running slick tyres, probably using the CBX/1100R vented discs to fit in the TRAC forks and calipers, there were probably no aftermarket discs available in 1982, also see it has a Dry clutch and special Alternator, maybe fitted with a RS1000 works engine

CB1100F Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 2526 Location: UK

Thanks for posting Don, some nice photos there

Keith

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2105 Location: Oz

nlovie wrote:

its interesting - we see these type of low volume specialist frame builders for accommodating the big CC jap engines- their heyday being late 70's to mid 80's from Britain / Europe / NZ / Canada but I've yet to see a USA or Australia example ?

The population of Australia, a country with a land mass similar to Europe/USA, was only 15 million and so the motorcycle population proportionally small too. There was just no market for any volume of chassis builders particularly with the hoops you'd have to jump through to get them approved for road use. And anyway we were gripped by production (showroom stock) racing in those days which spawned the CB1100R. Brook Henry from Vee-Two make kits for Ducatis if you liked mobile air compressors.

CB1100F Joined: Feb 17, 2009 Posts: 2105 Location: Oz

krgood0 wrote:

f4fast wrote:

Is it me or does that bike have Dymags on it? Interesting that they went for the Dymags and then used the heavy CBX/1100R vented front discs .

I thought those discs were on the 1100R for the high speed demands of endurance racing in production based race bikes ,but thought there would be a lighter aftermarket option to go with light wheels.

Just a thought......

Yes look like Dymags or peroid aftermarket wheels running slick tyres, probably using the CBX/1100R vented discs to fit in the TRAC forks and calipers, there were probably no aftermarket discs available in 1982, also see it has a Dry clutch and special Alternator, maybe fitted with a RS1000 works engine

From a rapidly fading memory it was a rule thing. Stock components for brakes except pads and hoses and stock fork externals. If you look at the Katana pic it's the same.

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:54 am

DonR wrote:

nlovie wrote:

its interesting - we see these type of low volume specialist frame builders for accommodating the big CC jap engines- their heyday being late 70's to mid 80's from Britain / Europe / NZ / Canada but I've yet to see a USA or Australia example ?

The population of Australia, a country with a land mass similar to Europe/USA, was only 15 million and so the motorcycle population proportionally small too. There was just no market for any volume of chassis builders particularly with the hoops you'd have to jump through to get them approved for road use. And anyway we were gripped by production (showroom stock) racing in those days which spawned the CB1100R. Brook Henry from Vee-Two make kits for Ducatis if you liked mobile air compressors.

We did (still do - Staintune is just down the road from me) have a aftermarket exhaust industry, though.