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Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:22 am
by faminz
I found this photo in an old album of mine...
I took it years ago.. so long ago in fact Im not sure who it is.
I THINK I know but Im not sure.. so its a good conundrum for you guys... even if it is a biker!
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:34 am
by GD66
It's Robert Holden on the Steve Roberts-built "Plastic Fantastic" Suzuki. Looks like the corner leading onto the bridge at the Wanganui Cemetery circuit... or maybe turn one at Gracefield in its' final years.
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:46 am
by faminz
wow! that was fast! And yes thats who I thought Id taken a pic of. so thanks for the confirmation. and it IS at Gracefield!
Might have to be my next drawing I think!! He deserves remembering!
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:09 am
by GD66
Get to it, son ! He is well-remembered for his efforts at home and overseas : somewhat uncharacteristically, he was in the Isle of Man, set a good practice lap time, and said, "Well, I can do better than that !" and set off, never to return...for a bloke so seasoned, a most sad and disappointing end to an extremely honourable international career.
One of Wellington's finest.
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:59 pm
by stirlingmac
Are you guys sure it's Gracefield ? I work on Gracefeild Rd and don't recognise the corner or the houses/buildings.
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:08 am
by GD66
Well, it is 30 years old, Stirls.
I picked it as the turn at the end of the front straight, but on looking again it may be the end of the back straight. The only tight left-hander at Wanganui onto the bridge doesn't have that kind of backdrop, more of a bank and a cemetery...
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:15 am
by bob homewood
GD66 wrote:Well, it is 30 years old, Stirls.
I picked it as the turn at the end of the front straight, but on looking again it may be the end of the back straight. The only tight left-hander at Wanganui onto the bridge doesn't have that kind of backdrop, more of a bank and a cemetery...
I don't want to rock any boats ,but I say its Gracefield as well
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:33 am
by Murray Maunder
I'm betting it's the end of the back straight at Gracefield before the esses over the railway line. As you said GD, can't be Wanganui with that backdrop.
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:17 am
by faminz
Im sure its Gracefield, I took the photo!
Re: Any idea who this biker is?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:36 pm
by stirlingmac
OK I will have a closer look ,,but it really doesn't look familiar and I have worked in various businesses on the circuit for 25 yrs, in Hutt Park Rd where I had a workshop and now around the corner in Gracefield Rd. No biggie I love a good puzzle..