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His bike had mechanical problems. They had to wait for parts to come in from Belgium .

Tyres

That's a damp track and oil in places, not a great comparison...

No shortage of "Safety Meetings" in those days...

Like you I also have stacks of VHS tapes from those days, mainly 500 GP's and the 1984 transatlantic meeting. Glad I kept hold of the GP tapes as even Duke marketing have never released the early '80's GP's on dvd. Managed to get some dvd's off ebay that are copies of old tv recordings but never thought about copying my own. Big KR fan at the time and other than several compilation dvd's have never been able to get hold of his championship winning seasons.

Most were 500cc 2-strokes

@@davidpetersen1323 Thanks! I asked before I watched it, but heard one of the announcers mention 500. Thanks again!

It was fine, we enjoyed what we had, our expectations were less then, than now cameras every which way. Less is more & I'm just 69 & prefer back then really. Too many channels & full of reality social media poop.

I guess that is Haslam’s dad?

​@@Porsche996driver and viceversa

The wheely king.

If I remember rightly from reading about it a few years back the first match race meeting was in 1971. One of the British riders, John Cooper, comes not far from where I live.

Great rider, one of the very best

The best in my opinion

He's the only one who achieve this 500 + 250 in the same year.

Spencer was an incredible rider, even though I was hoping KR would win the title in '83. Two mates who were marshalls at Donington at the 1984 transatlantic meeting had to pull Freddie out of the gravel at Redgate, broke bones in both of his feet if I remember rightly. Just a shame that tendonitis finished his career when he switched to Yamaha. Would have been interesting to see him race against Schwantz, Doohan and Rainey later on. Even Rossi has never won both 250 and 500 titles in the same season.

@@topcat4759 I must have forgotten about his Donington crash. But, I think what happened to Freddy, occurred in mid July 1984 during the AMA National at Laguna Seca. With MotoGp on summer vacation, Freddy, Randy Mamola, Kenny Roberts (already retired) and Mike Baldwin entered the F1 race to makes things interesting for fans.. I was entered in the Superbike race but the Friday practice and Qual sessions were both combined, putting F1 and Superbikes on the track together. During morning practice, Freddy went into the corkscrew too hot, locked the front tire, sending him to the ground, breaking his right wrist. A review of his 1984 season, one can see that Freddy retired from the 1984 MotoGp season after round 9 in early July. That injury left Freddys right arm prone to loss of feeling ..which plagued him for many years..

@Bobbyof Earth I think the video of the 1984 transatlantic meeting is on here somewhere. Stood behind Freddies new v four in the pits, the underseat exhausts and the fuel tank underneath the engine unique at the time. KR's last race in Europe I think, got Baldwins autograph and the best meeting I ever went too. Laguna my favourite track and must have been a hell of a time to be a racer. Always liked US superbikes since first getting into racing in the late '70's. KR's win at the '79 British GP caught my interest as a kid.

@@topcat4759 Back then, Sega was full throttle exiting turn nine and held it open until a gear down and a tap entering turn four. It was a track best suited for a man with a natural affinity for speed.. it was my track. I feel fortunate to have been around to see and appreciate the significance of those historical times. Been nice chatting with you. Thanks for taking the time, TC.

The older you get the faster the time flies by, that is the truth

Tom....YEA I SAW YOU THERE..

@@slit4659 maybe you did. I was riding either a blue GS400 or later a blue BMW R80 with a RS full fairing and black Krauser panniers probably with my very greasy mate Stuart on his 750 Bonnie.

Had my 40 year high school reunion last year. Wtf lol

@@Porsche996driver the saddest part of those events is finding out about those that didn't make it.

Fools more like.

Aldo , my gpz 1100 had 85 bhp lol.

@@garybarfoot9856 they had around 105 HP, my 1982 GPZ750 had 82 hp stock, around 100hp when I finished with it....

@@MickH60 you're right i was thinking about my z nine i had before it.