wayne gardner 1985 swann series

a funky clip of wayne gardner on the 1985 nsr500 competing in the australian swann series at the old surfers paradise track
wayne had the revolutionary on board live mini cam the weighed 2.1 kilos!!

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[broadywolf]

@TheWesty68 - hey mate he'd be glad to know it's still around, even if it is in bits. :) was a seriously quick bike. think my memory of the races was a bit muddled though after speaking to him about it.

[criticalmass181]

@torisydney I can't remember the exact incident, but you're dead right about Kwaka's dilemma. Epic blunder, on their part.

[torisydney]

@criticalmass181 do you remember the Castrol 6 hour. I seem to recall Hansford and Willing riding a Kawasaki MachIV and leading by a lap. They wore the rear tyre out , rules said the couldn't change it. Everyone else, who stood a chance, had transitioned to the Kawasaki 900. I wondered if the fix was in on this, Kawasaki would have had a real problem with the old bike beating the new model. Adams Bros were the sponsor and also introduced refidgerating the petrol (lousy mileage on the Mach IV)

[criticalmass181]

@torisydney Ol' Mal Campbell........ I thought that I was the only person on the planet that had the good grace to remembered him. He was a great rider. I'm also a bit of a Peter Radford fan.....Another one of the unsung blokes...... (He raced the V three, alongside Gardner, back in the day....)

[boltic1]

Stupid bastard had already won the series... pushed himself so hard those last few races, the next year he was world champ :D

[gorflunk]

Hooked on Disco!!!

[gemin1962]

kushitani is a good leather and nice design,, but Kushitani Hamamatsu President Mr.Hizashi Kushitani is a member of international illegal drug trafficking syndicate organization.. and he is a damn dangerous complicated criminal..! he ruin peoples life..!

[TheWesty68]

Broadywolf, I brought your brothers bike from his partner in about 1992, he was away with the navy at the time. Still have it, in bits, but hope to have it running again soon

[torisydney]

Rob Macelna on the Heron Suzuki RG500, Gardner on the NSR500 ( developed for Spencer-handled like a pig), Mal Campbell -NS500 Triple (Honda Japan sent the latest mods to Honda Australia for the series), Andrew Johnson -NR820 V4 4 stroke, Mike Dowson - TZ700. 3 clips of the 85 Swann Series are on Utube. You will see Gardner power sliding the NSR around the corner of the main straight. Dowson hot at the start and straights- ultimately, handling sucked. Mal C best rid - all over Gardner.

[broadywolf]

ok, sorry to hijack this a bit. rang my brother, the bike in this, #1 is his bike but the year before he bought it. mike dowson is riding it for pittman yamaha in this clip. the following year it wore the #36 and led the surfers race before kevin Magee blasted past on a works bike...