Fantastic to see Gracefield again, i raced there back in the late 60s early 70s. Really enjoyed street racing with Onekawa in Napier as well then of course Levin Race track ! I raced a Honda CB77 305 bored to 350cc and MRD parts from Christchurch. Great memories thank you !

Thanks for posting. I prefer the look of 80s and early 90s race bikes. My US favorites Yamaha FZR400, Honda RC30, 1989 Suzuki GSX-R750

What a blast from the past! Thank you very much for sharing!

Great to see this and some of the old names in the sport. I live in N. Ireland and grew up around road racing, done a bit myself, so it's nice to see it in another location. 👍

@Team-fabulous

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.....

Thanks so much for these uploads Stu, awesome.

Awesome to see this as I've watched wanganui for years and had never seen Gracefeild altho I was in the crowd as an 8 year old,Robert Holden was such a Great rider and an awesome bloke I met him a few times,Thanks for the upload.

Brilliant made my day going out to start my gpz 900 Kawasaki🤣😂

@tonypate9174

3 жыл бұрын

"oh get you" says as heading the man cave (ok ok shed) to kick over the (T)rusty old MZ not so "supa" five and make some smoke .lots n lots smoke....ying ding ding ying ding ding ying !

Thanks Stu keep them coming :)

Reminds me on Irish/Isle of Man/Ulster-road-races. Railway-crossing, spectators very close...You better not imagine what could happen when a rider falls at high speed and the bike goes somewhere out of control. But this is no condemnation, just a thought.

The guy on the EF was a hero, they were nowhere near as good as a GPZ for handling but they did have tons of stomp out of turns whereas the GPZ had to be revved. My old man had an EF which I borrowed occasionally, at age 17, and one occasion was the street drags (dad had no idea) where it did a 10.97 @ 127mph. It was stock on standard pipes and I was rolling off in second at only 3000 revs because it lit up with any more. They did have good front end grip but the exhausts ground up the front and that was a sure way to run wide. And speed up your heart rate. And that old thing would indicate 240 at times.

Cool rail crossing, just like Imatra finnish gp

Nothing like a bit of hard core road racing. Great names...Crosby, lddon. Good to see it in N.Z.

Thanks Stuie

Passenger gets close to that left hand curby.

Great to see these races that I used to watch years ago. Unfortunately I still cringe at the commentary.

I was marshalling at 2nd corner both years they had it the crash in f1 a rider was killed and as such they never held a race at gracefield again

@malcolmwhite6588

4 ай бұрын

I remember that I can picture his face. I can’t remember his name but he was mates with a few people I knew I think he was a new Plymouth guy.? Kerry Larkin?

Went to all of those .that track was dodgy over the railway tracks