I worked with Dennis Neill later in the 80's. He never recovered from that accident. I happened to take a picture of his bike in the pits prior to the Arai 500. It shows that the axle clamps were not tightened after a wheel change just prior to race start. Later Honda settled with him, a front wheel falling out at 140mph is not a good thing. The mountain was the wild west, crazy shit happened, memories were made, brain cells burnt, we survived and some of us still live on.
Yea mate your comment was very interesting , where in the hell did Honda get those mechanics from , it’s looks like they were chasing that handling problem there on film when he was coming back in during practice , you can understand the cap nuts not being tight enough but to be so loose they unwound and fell off & not being picked up beforehand while in the pits is more amateur than any armature privater could ever be. And it cost Den’s his life .. eventually.
@@queenslander954 He lived life to the full, we had some fun at Oran Park with his advanced rider Traning courses and working with him at Emerson sport was a buzz
My first year was 1980 on a DT175A and I was only 17, what are different world that was I still miss it today but it was too dangerous., far too dangerous for this world
Loved it up there, best racing was 250 production, the Arai and of course Unlimited and Aussie GP on sunday, could get pretty wild up the top depending where you camped. Biggest memory apart from the racing was what we were charged in town for foam eskies and firewood up on the mountain 😳 Car crowd even crazier but you never hear about that, in the end the tin tops didn't like the motorcycle safety track changes and now it's just a concrete chicane😞
Great days of the bikes on the mountain... now gone. The following info as to why, was found on Wikipedia : "The Bathurst motorcycle race riots, or the Easter Motorcycle riots were a series of disturbances between 1980 and 1985 involving motorsport spectators and the New South Wales Police Force Tactical Response Group during the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix. Every Easter, the population of Bathurst would swell to 70,000, roughly 30,000 of those being motorcycle racing fans, with the police force in turn growing from the 25 normally stationed in the town to more than 500 to watch motorcycle racing in Mount Panorama Circuit, New South Wales. However during the early 80s, the fans and police relations began to "breakdown" and will eventually start the riots in the area for years."
I miss it. It was a brilliant time spoilt by the TRG trying to justify their existence which brought thousands of car driving louts looking for a fight.
I worked with Dennis Neill later in the 80's. He never recovered from that accident. I happened to take a picture of his bike in the pits prior to the Arai 500. It shows that the axle clamps were not tightened after a wheel change just prior to race start. Later Honda settled with him, a front wheel falling out at 140mph is not a good thing. The mountain was the wild west, crazy shit happened, memories were made, brain cells burnt, we survived and some of us still live on.
Yea mate your comment was very interesting , where in the hell did Honda get those mechanics from , it’s looks like they were chasing that handling problem there on film when he was coming back in during practice , you can understand the cap nuts not being tight enough but to be so loose they unwound and fell off & not being picked up beforehand while in the pits is more amateur than any armature privater could ever be.
And it cost Den’s his life .. eventually.
@@queenslander954 He lived life to the full, we had some fun at Oran Park with his advanced rider Traning courses and working with him at Emerson sport was a buzz
Yep I was there , still alive and still riding
Cheers
One reason i love RUclips we get to see the good old days 👍
Great memories.....my ex father in law was Ron Bouldens race mechanic for the years before he went with Yamaha....
Thanks Brian, what a great watch
How clear is this for 41 years ago , cheers mate
wasnt that clear then
thanks
Brilliant!
Awesome
Was there that year on the mountain.
What a night Saturday night was up there!
The "Conrod Straight" as it then was ... memories.
RIP Bob Moorhouse.
His brother John Moorhouse owns Ergo Seats. The most comfortable custom motorcycle seats.
I knew Rob as well, top bloke
My first year was 1980 on a DT175A and I was only 17, what are different world that was
I still miss it today but it was too dangerous., far too dangerous for this world
Loved it up there, best racing was 250 production, the Arai and of course Unlimited and Aussie GP on sunday, could get pretty wild up the top depending where you camped. Biggest memory apart from the racing was what we were charged in town for foam eskies and firewood up on the mountain 😳
Car crowd even crazier but you never hear about that, in the end the tin tops didn't like the motorcycle safety track changes and now it's just a concrete chicane😞
Love it
Brilliant.
Very cool 🇺🇸
👀 Wow.....
great footage ,,shame about the negative commentary.
Great days of the bikes on the mountain... now gone.
The following info as to why, was found on Wikipedia :
"The Bathurst motorcycle race riots, or the Easter Motorcycle riots were a series of disturbances between 1980 and 1985 involving motorsport spectators and the New South Wales Police Force Tactical Response Group during the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix. Every Easter, the population of Bathurst would swell to 70,000, roughly 30,000 of those being motorcycle racing fans, with the police force in turn growing from the 25 normally stationed in the town to more than 500 to watch motorcycle racing in Mount Panorama Circuit, New South Wales. However during the early 80s, the fans and police relations began to "breakdown" and will eventually start the riots in the area for years."
I miss it. It was a brilliant time spoilt by the TRG trying to justify their existence which brought thousands of car driving louts looking for a fight.
#JimmyBroadbent sidecars at 26 mins