REMEMBER THE MOUNTAIN. ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MOUNTAIN.
Mt Panorama in Bathurst still boasts one of the most spectacular, dangerous, demanding and breath-taking racetracks on the planet.
That no-one races bikes there anymore is a shame. But we live in a world now circumscribed by safety for safety’s sake.
For decades, it was the place where the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix was held, and it is as special to car-heads as it is to bike nuts.
So let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we?
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The legendary Andrew Johnson and his son Shannon.
![Murray Sayle leading eventual winner Clive Knight](http://bikeme.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Murray-Sayle-leading-eventual-winner-Clive-Knight.jpg)
Murray Sayle leading eventual winner, Clive Knight.
![Graeme Crosby, Ron Boulden and John Woodley](http://bikeme.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Graeme-Crosby-Ron-Boulden-and-John-Woodley.jpg)
Graeme Crosby, Ron Boulden and John Woodley coming up the Mountain.
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Blue and green should never be seen, unless it’s this combo.
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Mr Pretty chasing Mr Phillis
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Not a fairing, or a poofter among them.
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That’d be Kel Carruthers.
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Been going on a while, huh?
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This was Yamaha’s interpretation of hate.
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It’s very hatey, huh?
![Bryan Hindle](http://bikeme.tv/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Bryan-Hindle.jpg)
The immortal Brian Hindle.
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Yes, that is a race-prepped 900 Ducati. Seriously.
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“We did not die.”
“Big success.”
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Le Mans? Fuck Le Mans! Le Bathurst!
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No time for altitude sickness.
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Legends, each and every one of them.
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And then the police bought them.
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Hate would make anything wheelie off the rise at Conrod.
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Look closely.
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Before they sealed it.
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Off the main straight and up the hill. Note the dinosaurs in the background.
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Knee sliders? No-one got time fo dat!
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Ladies, please pile your panties neatly over there.
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Where there’s a Willing, there’s a way.