{"id":8315,"date":"2014-04-09T01:50:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=8315"},"modified":"2014-04-10T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T01:22:19","slug":"remember-mountain-always-remember-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/remember-mountain-always-remember-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"REMEMBER THE MOUNTAIN. ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MOUNTAIN."},"content":{"rendered":"

Mt Panorama in Bathurst still boasts one of the most spectacular, dangerous, demanding and breath-taking racetracks on the planet.<\/h2>\n

That no-one races bikes there anymore is a shame. But we live in a world now circumscribed by safety for safety’s sake.<\/h2>\n

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.<\/h2>\n

So let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we?<\/h2>\n
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The legendary Andrew Johnson and his son Shannon.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Murray

Murray Sayle leading eventual winner, Clive Knight.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Graeme

Graeme Crosby, Ron Boulden and John Woodley coming up the Mountain.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blue and green should never be seen, unless it’s this combo.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mr Pretty chasing Mr Phillis<\/p><\/div>\n

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Not a fairing, or a poofter among them.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kel

That’d be Kel Carruthers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Been going on a while, huh?<\/p><\/div>\n

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This was Yamaha’s interpretation of hate.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It’s very hatey, huh?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bryan

The immortal Brian Hindle.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yes, that is a race-prepped 900 Ducati. Seriously.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“We did not die.”
“Big success.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Le Mans? Fuck Le Mans! Le Bathurst!<\/p><\/div>\n

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No time for altitude sickness.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Legends, each and every one of them.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And then the police bought them.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hate would make anything wheelie off the rise at Conrod.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Look closely.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Before they sealed it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Off the main straight and up the hill. Note the dinosaurs in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Knee sliders? No-one got time fo dat!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ladies, please pile your panties neatly over there.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where there’s a Willing, there’s a way.<\/p><\/div>\n

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