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Offline speedracer741

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Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« on: March 10, 2007, 04:30:21 PM »
Found this footage from Laguna Seca 1979!

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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2007, 05:03:11 PM »
Now that's racing. They must have had slightly bigger balls in those days........look at all that armco right alongside the track, with little or no run-off in places.
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2007, 05:30:59 PM »
Was that Gerhed in the crowd down by the hairpin?       
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2007, 07:06:23 PM »
Thanks for sharing.Very Cool .





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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2007, 12:25:35 AM »
Quote from: nickjtc on March 10, 2007, 05:03:11 PM
Now that's racing. They must have had slightly bigger balls in those days........look at all that armco right alongside the track, with little or no run-off in places.

I would agree. I sent this video to a friend of mine that races 600 supersport. He said pretty much the same thing!
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2007, 05:43:05 AM »
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2007, 11:29:53 AM »
Awesome find!  Thanks!

I can't even imagine riding one of those beasts down through the corkscrew.   :o

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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2007, 07:27:05 AM »
...classic...love the helicoper shots...   8)
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2007, 10:35:55 AM »
Excellent post.  That video says a lot.  How much HP were those bikes making?

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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2007, 04:58:06 PM »
Quote from: sparty on March 12, 2007, 10:35:55 AM
Excellent post.  That video says a lot.  How much HP were those bikes making?

Sparty

I just watched the video for the third time... and it gets better with every viewing.  I can totally dream about racing my CB750 like that.  140 HP with the tach bouncing off 10,500 RPMs... I love it.

Having the press communicate with the rider during the race is sweet.  Bring that back!

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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2007, 06:04:25 PM »
They used to do that in Australia during the James Hardie 1000 saloon car races ;D

I can remember Peter Brock, foot to the boards, pulling 180+mph down Conrod straight, cooly talking to camera as if he was just driving to the shops 8)

They used to be able to rotate the cameras in the passenger spaces too, so you could watch the drivers flailing away trying to avoid the rock walls through the mountain section :o 8)
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2007, 06:42:20 PM »
Typical Honda win ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D....but it was a DOHC4 ::) ::) ::)

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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2007, 07:41:23 PM »
I've imagined myself riding my CB350F like that!  Maybe one day> ::)
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Re: Great vid of air cooled superbikes
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2007, 12:50:54 PM »
It's so cool to watch races from back when it was a rider and the machine without all the computer bits to help.
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