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[husaberg]

never happened, there would be only a couple that even competed too, i think john britten rode one in the six hour. i have all but one programme, i might sit down and have a looksee

didn't one of the R90's nearly win an Aussie one? the ones with the orange fade out tanks

edit it runner up twice and then win on a R100
esults[edit]

Year	Position	Riders	Manufacturer	Motorcycle	Laps
1970
1st	Len Atlee, Brian Hindle	Triumph	Bonneville 650	312
2nd	C Brown, R Jackson	Honda	CB750	308
3rd	D Burgess, Joe Eastmure	Suzuki	T20-250	303
1971
1st	Brian Hindle, Clive Knight	Honda	CB750	333
2nd	Tony Hatton, Paul Spooner	Yamaha	XS650	330
3rd	Max Robinson, B Gault	Honda	CB750	328
1972
1st	Mike Steele, Dave Burgess	Kawasaki	H2 750	334
2nd	G Thomas, M Robinson	Honda	CB750	332
3rd	Ken Blake, J Curley	Ducati	GT750	330
1973
1st	Ken Blake	Kawasaki	Z1B 900	342
2nd	Warren Willing, John Boote	Kawasaki	H2 750	341
3rd	Tony Hatton	BMW	R75	340
1974
1st	Ken Blake, Len Atlee	Kawasaki	Z1 900	344
2nd	John Warrian	Kawasaki	Z1 900	336
3rd	K Chevell, B Mayes	Kawasaki	Z1 900	334
1975
1st	Gregg Hansford, Murray Sayle	Kawasaki	Z1 900	335
2nd	Ken Blake	BMW	R90S	331
3rd	Roger Heyes, S Crymble	Kawasaki	Z1 900	329
1976
1st	Jim Budd, Roger Heyes	Kawasaki	Z1B	350
2nd	Ken Blake, Tony Hatton	BMW	R90S	349
3rd	Dan Oakhill, Ross Pink	Ducati	900SS	348
1977
1st	Ken Blake, Joe Eastmure	BMW	R100S	356
2nd	Jim Budd, Neil Chivas	Kawasaki	Z1B 900	356
3rd	Alan Hales, Dave Burgess	Kawasaki	Z650	353
1978
1st	Roger Heyes, Jim Budd	Yamaha	XS1100	354
2nd	John Warrian, Terry Kelly	Ducati	900SS	353
3rd	Mick Cole, Dennis Neil	Honda	CBX1000	353
1979
1st	Alan Hales, Neill Chivas	Suzuki	GS1000	360
2nd	Greg Pretty, Jim Budd	Yamaha	XS1100	357
3rd	Len Atlee, Gary Coleman	Yamaha	XS1100	357
1980
1st	Andrew Johnson, Wayne Gardner	Honda	CB1100R	322
2nd	Neil Chivas, John Pace	Suzuki	GSX1100	322
3rd	Roger Heyes, Dennis Neil	Honda	CB1100R	318
1981
1st	Dave Petersen, Neville Hiscock	Suzuki	GSX1100	314
2nd	Roger Heyes, Malcolm Campbell	Suzuki	GSX1100	313
3rd	Ron Boulden, Stephen Gall	Yamaha	XS1100	312
1982
1st	Wayne Gardner, Wayne Clarke	Honda	CB1100R	367
2nd	John Pace, Peter Byers	Honda	CB1100R	367
3rd	Alan Blanco, Geoff French	Honda	CB1100R	367
1983
1st	Malcolm Campbell, Rod Cox	Honda	VF750F	372
2nd	Rob Phillis, G French	Honda	VF750F	372
3rd	R Heyes, Robert Holden	Suzuki	GSX1000S	372
1984
1st	Richard Scott, Michael Dowson	Yamaha	RZ500	260
2nd	Wayne Gardner, John Pace	Honda	VF1000	260
3rd	Neil Chivas, Robert Holden	Suzuki	Katana 750	256
1985
1st	Richard Scott, Paul Feeney	Yamaha	FZ750	238
2nd	Len Willing, Iain Pero	Kawasaki	GPz900R	238
3rd	Michael Dowson, Kevin Magee	Yamaha	FZ750	238
1986
1st	Michael Dowson, Kevin Magee	Yamaha	FZ750	270
2nd	Robert Holden, Brent Jones	Suzuki	GSXR750	270
3rd	Richard Scott, Rod Cox	Yamaha	FZ750	269
1987
1st	Kevin Magee, Michael Dowson	Yamaha	FZR1000	269
2nd	Peter Byers, James Knight	Yamaha	FZR1000	266
3rd	Robert Holden, Aaron Slight	Suzuki	GSX-R750H	265

Check out 1984..

Also Croz
Crosby, however, is the only rider ever to win each of the Daytona 200, Imola 200, Suzuka 8-Hour and the Isle of Man TT.

[Grumph]

Name there I've always wanted to know more about. Craig Brown, 2nd in 1970.
Supposedly a kiwi living in OZ. No one in local roadrace circles at the time had ever heard of him.
A mystery man.

[pritch]

- top grade cast iron gave superb braking

So rare as to be unique for a K100.

[roogazza]

Name there I've always wanted to know more about. Craig Brown, 2nd in 1970.
Supposedly a kiwi living in OZ. No one in local roadrace circles at the time had ever heard of him.
A mystery man.

Lol a mate from Lower Hutt , we met in about 1966 on 80cc Yamahas. Always admired his riding skills big talent. Rode to the 1970 Aussie 6 hour,took off the handlbar fairing on his CB 750 and put on some bars.Ran out of brakes and pitted but was gunna win it solo !
A group headed off to Sydney in about 68' I still had 3 mths to do on my apprenticeship so was delayed.
Craig got into some silly stuff and became a 501 couple of years ago. Lives Mangonui up Nrth.
Mystery man for sure !! I could write a book lol. (well I have,half way thru !).

[Grumph]

Thanks for that. At that time here in the SI we were sharing race days with the cars.
In the long gaps between our races there was usually a group formed to talk - well, gossip would describe it better - and of course after that ride his name came up.
As I said, no one had heard of him. So we went back to asking Nev Landrebe about the US....

[pete376403]

So rare as to be unique for a K100.

Dont know what standard K100 brakes were like, but these disks were really good. Probably illegal as not from an approved manufacturer. They were very well made and the only way you would now they were not a "off the shelf" part is that the threaded holes where the clutch cover bolted were still visible. And the light film of rust every morning, whcu went away with the first application of the brakes

[pete376403]

Lol a mate from Lower Hutt , we met in about 1966 on 80cc Yamahas. Always admired his riding skills big talent. Rode to the 1970 Aussie 6 hour,took off the handlbar fairing on his CB 750 and put on some bars.Ran out of brakes and pitted but was gunna win it solo !
Our group headed off to Sydney in about 68' I still had 3 mths to do on my apprenticeship so was delayed.
Craig got into some silly stuff and became a 501 couple of years ago. Lives Mangonui up Nrth.
Mystery man for sure !! I could write a book lol. (well I have,half way thru !).

"Two Wheels" did a feature about him after the 6 Hours, titled "A star out of nowhere", mentioning he was known in NZ as the "King of the Rimutaka hill"/
The story mentioned that he was unable to get replacement brake pads, the local distributor being unwilling to take them from a bike on the showroom floor, and that was the main reason for not winning. (Shit I wish my memory wculd recall useful stuff)

[F5 Dave]

Yer kidding right? Some people like these, but they are a big heavy slug that you would be mad to VMX as it would be hammered by its date range contemporaries as well as hammering you literally.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/4713315457

And it's not very standard and it's not very road legal.

What else could you buy for that money? Quite a bit. Plus on behalf, that's always plausible deniabilty.

[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/4718245670

I like this. Its cool. Someone buy it and let me ride it.

[Grumph]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/4718245670

I like this. Its cool. Someone buy it and let me ride it.

His BMW K100 is a better buy if you want a decent bike that's been fucked about.

Mate had one of the first wings in ChCh. Freely admitted that if it fell over he couldn't pick it up. Not a small guy either.

[HenryDorsetCase]

His BMW K100 is a better buy if you want a decent bike that's been fucked about.

Mate had one of the first wings in ChCh. Freely admitted that if it fell over he couldn't pick it up. Not a small guy either.

I just do what everyone does and get my butler to pick it up if it falls down

[FLUB]

His BMW K100 is a better buy if you want a decent bike that's been fucked about.
.

It's horrible!

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[roogazza]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/4718245670

I like this. Its cool. Someone buy it and let me ride it.

Quite fast for their day, but there's always a corner after every straightaway !
Came across them at an early 6 hour...
Honda may have even taken them home after the first practice, wore thru their exhausts??

[F5 Dave]

So, why no front mudguard? How bad would that be in the rain (and wof fail surely? ).

[HenryDorsetCase]

His BMW K100 is a better buy if you want a decent bike that's been fucked about.

speaking of which:


https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...ing/4715015728