Hey Johno!

Have you seen his footage from '72?
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Aug/080820i.htm
It's a bit disjointed but I found it enjoyable.

 

Clem... magical...

and Lazy

mh

 

Major score! Great piece of footage. Love all the "safety gear!"

Cheers
Goaty
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Clem... magical...

and Lazy
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Undeniably lazy in general Marty; but does the "lazy" bit refer to anything
in particular?

 

yes...yes it does

mh

 

yes...yes it does

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Are you playing 20 questions?

 

yes, and you are upto 2

mh

 

That is a priceless bit of footage.

 

[Tee hee] yes, he's sort-of qualified to make comments isn't he.
Another very sad loss. (Made even more tragic by the dumb bad luck events of
his passing)

 

Brilliant stuff!

What got me was the people wandering on the track while the bikes are
whizzing past at a gazillion miles per hour, both after Ago binned it,
and back in the "pit lane"! Can you imagine that happening today? The
safteycrats would have kittens.

And I loved Saarinens pit crew!

SteveB

 

Lucky lucky bastard.

 

Kevin

I wish!
Unfortunately you misconstrue my words, but I can see how you could.

SteveB

 

Loved the whole vid.
They bred em tough back then, those safety barriers and the gear left a
lot to be desired.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:47:21 +1000

At the time, it was good.

I recall a rather famous photo of a race in Europe. THe riders were
ready at the start of a street circuit. The road goes for a short
straight, then round a corner and under a bridge.

No haybales on the stone bridge supports.

The street surface is cobblestone.

It's raining....

Zebee

 

Sounds like the IOM in summer

N/

 

Yes, safety improved dramatically in motorsports in the '70s & '80s. F1
fatalities on and off the track have reduced from about 1-2 per year
when I was a kid to about 1-2 per decade. A far cry from le Mans 24hr
in '55 when a single accident killed 1 driver, 82 spectators and injured
another 100+ spectators.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

Or Longford.

 

Yeah - hello Jackie Stewart. The main force behind safety changes in
F1, which crossed over to other motorsport.

 

I just watched "On any Sunday" again yesterday. Funny watching riders
race in open face helmets on courses with white picket fences on the
corner exits...

 

Yeah, that was a course, then they realigned the road and you couldn't
even test out the "Flying Mile" ...

Cheers
Goaty
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