Yep I was there , still alive and still riding Cheers

I worked with Dennis Neill later in the 80's. He never recovered from that accident. I happened to take a picture of his bike in the pits prior to the Arai 500. It shows that the axle clamps were not tightened after a wheel change just prior to race start. Later Honda settled with him, a front wheel falling out at 140mph is not a good thing. The mountain was the wild west, crazy shit happened, memories were made, brain cells burnt, we survived and some of us still live on.

@queenslander954

Ай бұрын

Yea mate your comment was very interesting , where in the hell did Honda get those mechanics from , it’s looks like they were chasing that handling problem there on film when he was coming back in during practice , you can understand the cap nuts not being tight enough but to be so loose they unwound and fell off & not being picked up beforehand while in the pits is more amateur than any armature privater could ever be. And it cost Den’s his life .. eventually.

@seandunn3116

Ай бұрын

@@queenslander954 He lived life to the full, we had some fun at Oran Park with his advanced rider Traning courses and working with him at Emerson sport was a buzz

i've never even been to Austrailia but in the 80s i attended many events in Europe, Assen TT, Spa, Le Mans 24h, Bol d'Or 24h, Isle of Man, Silverstone, Donnington ect. All of them had the same atmosphere that is oozing out of this old film. Thank you for transporting to those care free times.

@queenslander954

Ай бұрын

Yea mate , that’s a good comment , a few GP legends have there raced there at Bathurst like Wayne Gardner , Graham Crosby , Mick Doohan , Kevin Magee and I think even Wes Cooley at one stage. After the Isle of Mann it’s probably the greatest road course in the World and GT3 Cars come from Europe every year for the world Championship.

How clear is this for 41 years ago , cheers mate

Thanks Brian, what a great watch

thanks

Was there that year on the mountain. What a night Saturday night was up there! The "Conrod Straight" as it then was ... memories.

Brilliant!

Awesome

My first year was 1980 on a DT175A and I was only 17, what are different world that was I still miss it today but it was too dangerous., far too dangerous for this world

Loved it up there, best racing was 250 production, the Arai and of course Unlimited and Aussie GP on sunday, could get pretty wild up the top depending where you camped. Biggest memory apart from the racing was what we were charged in town for foam eskies and firewood up on the mountain 😳 Car crowd even crazier but you never hear about that, in the end the tin tops didn't like the motorcycle safety track changes and now it's just a concrete chicane😞

RIP Bob Moorhouse. His brother John Moorhouse owns Ergo Seats. The most comfortable custom motorcycle seats.

@horatio8764

Ай бұрын

I knew Rob as well, top bloke

Love it

Very cool 🇺🇸

Brilliant.

#JimmyBroadbent sidecars at 26 mins