Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

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Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

Postby AussieCombat » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:07 pm

Howdy doody all, Just got back from Phillip Island Moto GP.
Great week end if you'r an Aussie or Honda man.
Here's a few pics of some of the bikes brought in to town for Saturday morning.
And a couple for those who haven't been there yet.


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Spoke to the owner about this one. He bought it from the original owner, who bought it over from USA.
It was ordered new from the Factory with Alloy rims.

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A couple for the TRUMPY LOVERS.

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Who likes Blue

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This thing had 540 on the rocker covers. Chrysler ??

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This is a third of the way around the track on the first lap!!
He came ...

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And went...

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The view behind the stand we were in.

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Yee haaar.
"Sometimes it's wiser to keep your mouth shut and appear ignorant, than to open it and remove all doubt."
"Such is life"...Ned Kelly, (Aust bushranger), just before he was hung by the neck.
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Re: Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

Postby GRM 450 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:16 am

Thanks for the pics AC, beautiful track, shame they don't have the GP the first race of the year so the weathers better. We're still drying out from last year. Were you at southern loop or siberia? And there are no adds on your Chanel
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Re: Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

Postby Matt Spencer » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:35 am

Conditions make the skill or otherwise , and discernment of the riders more evidant .
Would just be a thrash merchant tour otherwise .Strange to hear conditions desribed as diabolical .
Obviously not a I.o.M. regular .
Would have been a intresting race in they were all on Domiracers ! :P

Did you purloin any debri for souvenirs ?

Thanks for the pictures , HRD is nice , as is fastbacks , particularly LR .
Nice to see traditions being upheld .
The one rule to the exception , is theres the exeption to each rule .
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Re: Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

Postby DonOR » Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:28 pm

Great pics, Aussie, thanks for posting. I was watching that gp on Speed the other night, a really fast race. I only wish they showed more of the island as you have, a beautiful place, some awesome classics, and (I'm assuming) some fine locally brewed ales as well.
cheers,
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Re: Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

Postby swooshdave » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:52 pm

AussieCombat wrote:Who likes Blue

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Dunno about blue but those HRD pipe are making me "feel funning down under" if you know what I mean.

Great pictures!
You probably want to go into town, and find a up to date Jap Bike store,
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.

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Re: Vintage, Veteren and Classic at Phillip Island.

Postby AussieCombat » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:51 pm

Sorry no debri found it's way into my hands, only some empty Four X cans, bugger didn't take a pic of the Four X Pub
for the boys to see.
The Four X (XXXX) Beer company (Castlemain) have a Beautifull big Rig that opens out into an old ramshackle Aussie Pub
where one can go for some Fluid Replenishment, and a little Dancing Girl Entertainment. We 're all gentleman here.
Graeme we were in the last stand (E) at the Loop, turn 3 or 4. We could see them come down the last part of the straight
at 300 + and into turn one, which incidently I reckon has a good 4 feet of camber, around the loop to turn 3 and 4 and off up
towards that tight right hander going out to Siberia. Then Siberia down to the next right hander.
At turn 4, the left hander, going up to the tight right hander, KC was the only one going up a gear just before the corner,
all the others would button right off. He litterally looked like he was on a Speedway bike some times, the way he threw it into
the corner and slid it out. Unreal. They asked him about after the race and he said "it's a bit of fun that one, fith gear....."
I think it will be called Stoner Corner pretty soon.
There were a couple of Vincents there, Swoosh, I like.
I never get tired of looking at old bikes Don.
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