For those people who enjoy motorcycles from the past, and in particular the 60s, 70s and 80s. This saw the rise and demise of the large 2 strokes that many of us enjoyed in our youth. This blog celebrates this time in particular but also motorcycling in general .
The New Zealand Classic Motorcycle Racing register have been running a series of meetings over the summer. Last November I popped over to Manfield to check out one of these after hearing that Alan De Lautour was running both of his Suzuki Mk1 RG500s. You don't get to hear or see these things a lot these days so as you can see I collected some video and photos. One of the bikes was ridden by Pat Hennan from the States in the 70s in the Malboro series whilst the other was ridden by John Woodley. Alan bought them and successfully raced them in the late 70s and early 80s and has now put them back on the track. He is probably best known for his New Zealand Castrol Six Hour win with Dave Martin on a Honda VF1000F in 1984. Both bikes are mechanically tops and beautifully presented. Would be great to hear it on the track minus all the four strokes! Thanks for the great visual and aural treat Alan.
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