Cemetery Circuit 09

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Members of the Blue Haze/Manawatu VJMC made the yearly pilgrimage to Whanganui for the annual Boxing day races. Everyone was commenting on the admission price of $30 being very borderline value for money. If it went up much more , not many of us would be back next year.
After meeting at Manawatu Motorcycles at 9:00am we made our way towards Whanganui into a a very brisk westerly. Kim was on his Kawasaki H2a, Dione on his exercise machine, his Kawasaki KR250, Alan his always thirsty Kawasaki A7, Paul W on the just as thirsty Kawasaki KH250, Don on his Yamaha RZ350 and myself on the oil dripper Yamaha XJ750. Our first stop along the way was to find Alans sidecover that flew off in front of us at Mt Biggs. By the time we got back to it, it was a mangled mess. We had a great day with plenty of action on the track. A lot of delays due to prangs had the program running way behind time. Really enjoyed the post classics of course which had the biggest field of 2 strokes.

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A shame to see our very own Tim Kendall doing well on his Yamaha YZ490 have to pull out with a broken exhaust. Great to see Tony McQueen on his H2 kawasaki doing well out there.

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Sean Donnely on his Kawasaki Z1000 was reveling in the conditions to take out the class.

The Classic sidecars proved as popular as ever with some great on track antics, including the 360 I managed to capture on video. No one was hurt thank goodness.

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The Motard with the two Italian riders was exciting to watching also. Gozzini and Lazzarini were in a class all of there own.

From Wanganui Cemetery Circuit 09

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The Suzuki NZ headquarters hosted some excellent bikes outside including three examples of Steve Roberts handiwork. Good to see Dave Hiscock do a demonstration lap on one he rode back in the seventies. Beautiful bikes and great to see people like my brother Paul being acknowledged for their contribution to keeping this motoring heritage alive.

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Amongst the usual new Suzuki models was a lovely RG500 and of all things a Honda NR750.

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Another bike that got our attention was an immaculate Kawasaki Z1900. Not bad for 1973! It was ridden up from Wellington for the day. Often bikes like this hardly leave the garage, so good on you for getting out and about and sharing it with everyone.