1983 BATHURST ARAI 500

MOTORCYCLE RACING BATHURST

[@ducatimale]

Amazing spectacle these 'old' races! No run-off's and people everywhere in pitlane. Beautiful layout of a track!

[@tammyhodges4447]

Nice. Love the Arai helmets.

[@aujay]

Australian riders were just world class in that era (70s and 80s), the legendary Ken Blake, Mal Campbell, Phillis, A.J. Greg Hansford, Jeff Sayle, Graeme Geddes

[@hansedvard2623]

One of my best memories of Bathurst was being at McPhillamy Park on a Saturday. It was there that I saw Warren Willing on his Yamaha TZ750 in the rain with his left knee touching the ground. However, one of my worst memories was also at McPhillamy Park. This time it was on a Sunday when my very good friend, Roy Denison crashed at the top of the mountain. I was only about 50 metres away and so I was able to hop over the fence and stay with him. This was the start of a unique experience, in so far as that I rode in the back of the ambulance with him down Conrod Straight as the other racers went either side of us at full speed. Fortunately for Roy, he only sustained a broken leg and was able to race again.

[@gmac9841]

That would of been an experience , how times have changed.

[@gazzas123]

I was there as i grew up in Bathurst not far from the track. I remember Warren Willing r's ing.

[@brucebird133]

I remember back when I was racing buying Michelin Hi Sports from Roy down at his factory at Caringbah... Great bloke, always looked after club members. Quick google shows the business still going Denison Roy Wholesale

[@dextermorgan5893]

Awesome video! $2000 prize money 🤣 I remember watching this race on tv as an 18 yr old with my Katana 1100 in the driveway! These guys had big kahunas to race around Bathurst-Johnson,Phillis,Campbell and the rest! Thanks for the memories 👍😎🇦🇺

[@paddy2661]

What a legend Rob , I did laught when he said Rob's easy on machinery, yeah look after it but talk about ride the wheels of anything he hopes on to the limit. 38 yrs on Rob on same bike would definitely hit same lap time. Legend. Awesome video .

[@michaelokeefe8935]

Love the safety gear in the pits. Terry toweling hats, jeans and sandals. Classic!

[@Holden308]

Last weekend at the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour, multiple MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi was in a BMW. This is a guy who has raced bikes at over 350 km/h (217.5 mph) ... and he thought that Mount Panorama was "scary" and just like Johnny Cecotto back in 1985 when told that they raced bikes on the track ... he couldn't believe it. The late Gregg Hansford, and Wayne Gardner, have held motorbike lap records at Bathurst.

[@queenslander954]

Australia’s greatest riders on the worlds greatest track (probably) .. AJ & Wally Campbell . Robbie Phillis , Rod Cox etc .. legends.

[@agylub]

The best memories riding from Adelaide to Bathurst in a day on my GS1000S to watch this race.

[@queenslander954]

GS1000S .. yea mate , I remember a sleeping bag strapped on the tank to take the weight off the wrists , head inside that fairing & feet on the back pegs , & that clock was very handy on long rides to work out fuel limits .. loved my days on the blue & white S , until the GSX1100’s came along in 1980 / 81 with that 4 valve head & CV carbs .. great days on the big Suzuki’s

[@brucebird133]

5 True legends of Aussie racing in the top 5! Back when roadbikes were roadbikes, not racebikes as roadbikes!

[@usernameoqidj]

andrew was a king, he will be missed

[@JonathanBays]

AJ was a top rider super confident handling

[@richardvietz11]

that is a great video... enjoyed Mick Hones commentaries and insights... among the rest!... brilliant! thank you

[@aujay]

Go! A.J. What a gun rider, he could ride bikes like a mix of Marquez, Rossi and Biaggi R.I.P --- Mike Home (interviewed) 10:51 who apart from being an legend in Australian motorcycle racing, was also the Navigator in the car that Peter Brock had his final drive. - R.I.P - P.P!

[@gmac9841]

I didn't know Mike was in Peters car . Cheers

[@princephilip-v5t]

No he wasn't. Mick Hone is alive today. He just did an interview 7 months ago with Rob Phillis on infomoto channel.

[@AuMechanic]

Golden Days

[@anuaranuar3616]

Rindu sangat nak res.shahrul anuar bin buang binti lena.

[@jamesstewart7224]

V4 vfrs and katanas great noises,the best riders 👍

[@matthewpower1614]

I like how Suzuki said no worries to Phillis getting on the Honda, I wonder if that would happen these days.

[@waynesmith2287]

It just would not happen today. Imagine in F1 when Lewis Hamilton was replaced by George Russel if Max had said I'll drive it!

[@Kneedragon1962]

Awesome. I was watching from about the dipper. Couldn't see myself in the footage, but ... good memories. Thank you. You don't see it there, but I remember those VFR860s having huge speed weave issues. AJ going over Ried Pk and McPhillamy with the front all over the place...

[@chrischeater261]

Memories great ride Rob!

[@aerith119]

Wow that's a lot of riders.

[@donbon4204]

conrod looked so good back then its a shame they changed it

[@teamsp21]

Wow Great video ! Thanks so much mate ! please if you got more races at Bathurst or other rounds of old times Australian motorcycle champ. will love it .THK

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Thanks for that .

[@copee2960]

Yep this is the first time ever watching this race ..thumbs up from the UK..Brilliant stuff...but then you should have a knot in your stomach from watching proper motorbike racing ha ha.

[@306champion]

This is the first time I've watched bikes at Bathurst, I'd been led to believe they went clockwise opposite to cars!

[@Aerkcvb]

It was always "down" Conrod Staight

[@gazzas123]

Same direction. Easter Thursday to Saturday was bikes and sidecar and Sunday and Monday it was cars.

[@hodaka1000]

The good old days

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Great days .

[@robertrishel3685]

Brilliant!

[@lukebarton3974]

I was there was an awesome time

[@gazzas123]

So was I

[@SoyBoySigh]

Oh wow - it's the RS860 V-four! How awesome is that? I've never even seen pics of it with this style of fairing. Would be an awesome look for a VF or VFR custom project....

[@hudsonhawk0016]

I was going to fit out my 86 VFR 750 as a Bubba Shobert replica bike with all the HRC goodies, wheels, forks ect. Sadly it never happened.

[@PeterPatterson-vt2cx]

The good old days! No safety, no chicane. Plenty of balls!

[@Aerkcvb]

Improved touring category .... ahhhh ... factory road racer more like.

[@colinlyders]

Notice on the 2nd last lap, Phillis hit a false neutral going up Mountain Straight!

[@timbodedidleo]

Rob Phillis - yohbeyohti !!

[@ianrawlings2546]

Going so much faster than cars down Conrod straight. 270 km's.

[@forddriver8827]

Just like IOMTT or NW200

[@Broxin7]

Was this Easter 83?

[@Gav671]

Is that Neill Crompton commentating on this?

[@TheAjs71]

Gav Brady yes it is.

[@ylilycam]

I was just about to ask the same question but you beat me too it by 7 years....He really has been doing the rounds for a long time but always sounds young and fresh

[@greyhound3561]

We camped on top of the mountain in`83 and it was a great spot to watch the racing from, NOT such a good spot for a restful night`s sleep, the crowd spent the evening "baiting" the Police - they had a fenced-in compound on the mountain "to keep order" - provoke riots more like it !!

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

Good old ' Auntie ' . She covered and promoted heaps of bike racing . Eight cents a day , now slashed to four cents a day . Murdochcracy usurps democracy .

[@steveallen1340]

ABC funding is over A$1b per annum, which is approx 11c per day per person. It was 8c in 1987, there has been a reduction in real terms but not cut in half like the ABC claim. Remember Australia’s population is 55% higher now than 1987 so cost per person is a misleading measure.

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

@@steveallen1340 You're wrong . That misinformed dribble is typical of the Cretinoid Hominid Australis . Pure and unwavering bigotry . You must be the AC-DC model - Acquired Cerebral - Dystrophy Complex , a total expensive failure by Boeing , whom it appears have falsely claimed , that all these have been recalled . Not all is lost for you however . Do your country a favour ; don't vote and definitely do not breed .

[@steveallen1340]

@@peregrinemccauley7819 Take me through your Maths

[@packhams4]

Channel 0/28 wasnt 'Auntie', if you mean the ABC - it was the ethnic telly station that evolved into SBS, quite separate from Auntie, though also taxpayer-funded....I could be wrong....

[@isaidthat4505]

Needs to return to Bathurst. Why has everything changed for thr worse

[@maelmeknohlecing8472]

Kantana 33

[@plebtile3347]

The boomers in these comments

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Knobheads in the comments. Protected species millennial mummy's boys.

[@gazzas123]

I am a boomer and lived near the track. A group of locals broke the endurance record which was 100 hours continuous riding without stopping. The record set was 300 hours I sliding changing the front wheel. Fuel and rider changes was done on the move.

[@scorpiuswireless1]

Yawn

[@deehaws4334]

why you tired?

[@gazzas123]

You don't know what it was like. Bikes that were not that much different to what we could ride on the road not multi million dollar machines.