It is still amazing. That a bike basically built by a guy in a shed in NZ, could run with the Japanese bikes. Even tho the Jap factories had over 30 years development to their advantage. The bike & the man are now Legends.
Wow, Dowson did a 2:18 lap on the old first gen FZR1000in 88? shit he was fast on those old FZRs. There is a great video of him racing on one in the Swann series production race at Oran park in 86, (Yamaha sent him one of the first 87 production models off the line to race) and he just clears off, he also raced it against 500cc GP bikes at Calder Park and was right up there.
Dowson was an amazing rider. He was fast on any type of bike. He beat Wayne Gardner fair and square in the 1985 Castrol 6 Hour, Michael was riding a Yamaha RZ500 while Gardner was on a 1000cc Honda. I started racing in 1981 on an RD350LC. Michael Dowson was in my first ever race, he lapped me before the end of the 5th lap in a 6 lap race.
There's only a handful of guys that would race that place...the rest would be crying their little eyes out. Same goes for the TT... to me real road racing separates the men from the boys.
It is still amazing. That a bike basically built by a guy in a shed in NZ, could run with the Japanese bikes. Even tho the Jap factories had over 30 years development to their advantage. The bike & the man are now Legends.
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I was there that year spectating,it was awesome, first time i've seen the racing like this since, thanks.
my father won this race he reckons he stalled on the line too my dad being scotty mitchell
That was incredible seeing the rider jump back up. That air fence is a brilliant idea.
I cane here from the squid
Same! 🤝
This vid is about to go off 🦑
Wow, Dowson did a 2:18 lap on the old first gen FZR1000in 88? shit he was fast on those old FZRs. There is a great video of him racing on one in the Swann series production race at Oran park in 86, (Yamaha sent him one of the first 87 production models off the line to race) and he just clears off, he also raced it against 500cc GP bikes at Calder Park and was right up there.
Dowson was an amazing rider. He was fast on any type of bike. He beat Wayne Gardner fair and square in the 1985 Castrol 6 Hour, Michael was riding a Yamaha RZ500 while Gardner was on a 1000cc Honda. I started racing in 1981 on an RD350LC. Michael Dowson was in my first ever race, he lapped me before the end of the 5th lap in a 6 lap race.
@@jamesdoust6975 That was a great win on that RZ500, I recall Gardner calling the VF1000 a "big marshmallow" 😄
Thanks, I was there as well and it looked pretty exciting from where I was sitting😨
Were you racin that weekend Stu?? Your ZXR was no slouch either
Love Bathurst....Bikes or cars it doesn't matter..Love it ! Wonder how the Motogp guys might handle the mountain.
There's only a handful of guys that would race that place...the rest would be crying their little eyes out. Same goes for the TT... to me real road racing separates the men from the boys.
@@archetypex65 The Isle of Man TT is borderline suicidal. It's their careers and life, not much point taking unnecessary risk.
A hard fought battle for 2nd place beating the amazing v twin Britton was #89 mark Etherington ( Kawasaki ZXR 750 ) great result Evro !
Well done,Uncle Keithy. That Kwaka had some speed. Enjoy your retirement by the beach.
Wonder what ever happened to Scottys RG500.... that thing was a weapon!
scottys son here still trying to get it for a feature run 🤞🏻
Scotty got the best of the OW’s when the YZF’s arrived😉
dad always had the shitter bikes untill he didn’t and then he showed them !
As BIG as Australia is and they had to have the race on a track? Sad.
Its actually a public road, when there aren't races being held.😏
Motorcycle racing on roads is pretty much out of the question due to legalities.
@@MrGutfeeling They did have an event at Port Kembla in the early 90's I tink it was... but only happened once