Hello, i saw a wonderful Movie about the Nordirish Roadracer in the seventies. I was stunned about how the hell they were driving on small streets and with more than 150 miles per hour with their Yamaha tz bikes. I may start a thread about the Roadracer like the great Ray McCullough or Mervyn Robinson brother-in law from Joey Dunlop, I know nothing about Joeys Brother Jim.
This men had nothing or very small money and they lived for their racingbikes.
Thomas
About Mervyn Robinson, Frank Kennedy and Joey Dunlop (Armoy-Armada)
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thomaskomm
, Jun 28 2007 17:45
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MoMurray
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 03:38
Yes a great movie called "The Road Racers". If you go on Amazon.com it is packaged with "V Four Victory", the story of the 1982 F1 world championship and culminating with that great 111mph on board lap with Joey at the IOM.
When this came out first in the early eighties, it toured schools and church halls in Ireland - remember on board footage was still something of a novelty back then and no homes had a vcr - there are stories of the punters sitting in rows folding chairs and the guys on the ends falling off as the leaned into the corners...
The tragedy of "The Road Racers" is that the sport claimed the three main characters
Mo
When this came out first in the early eighties, it toured schools and church halls in Ireland - remember on board footage was still something of a novelty back then and no homes had a vcr - there are stories of the punters sitting in rows folding chairs and the guys on the ends falling off as the leaned into the corners...
The tragedy of "The Road Racers" is that the sport claimed the three main characters
Mo
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 08:41
Hello Mo!
Yes absolutely tragedy and amazing too! I know nothing about road racers in Ireland but the few movies i saw with that frightenend speed about small countryroads boaahh! Very often they died in crashed. It´s the same racing sport like in the thirties, absolutely dangerous. But this men are really risk her lives in every race! This part of racing changed my mind about racing generally. I can´t described it. Mervyn Robinson, Frank Kennedy and Joey Dunlop (forget not Jim and Robert Dunlop, he was in the movie 17 years and drove Joeys 250 Yamaha in practise session Armoy too)
They have all little childrens! But they was all bikerace addict.... I have great feelings about this guys, tough this was 30 years ago.. Oh man, looked in this movie crookstown 100 this little bumpy forrest parth, 140-150 mph per hour.
This is in my mind real racing like in the golden racing years 1920-1930!
Thomas
PS: i hope i can dl this onboard lap from Joey Dunlop
Yes absolutely tragedy and amazing too! I know nothing about road racers in Ireland but the few movies i saw with that frightenend speed about small countryroads boaahh! Very often they died in crashed. It´s the same racing sport like in the thirties, absolutely dangerous. But this men are really risk her lives in every race! This part of racing changed my mind about racing generally. I can´t described it. Mervyn Robinson, Frank Kennedy and Joey Dunlop (forget not Jim and Robert Dunlop, he was in the movie 17 years and drove Joeys 250 Yamaha in practise session Armoy too)
They have all little childrens! But they was all bikerace addict.... I have great feelings about this guys, tough this was 30 years ago.. Oh man, looked in this movie crookstown 100 this little bumpy forrest parth, 140-150 mph per hour.
This is in my mind real racing like in the golden racing years 1920-1930!
Thomas
PS: i hope i can dl this onboard lap from Joey Dunlop
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lil'chris
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 22:38
Wonderful film.
I remember it being shown on BBC2 one Saturday afternoon circa 1980 and I sat there gobsmacked.
My reaction was similar on watching a documentary on the same channel a few years later featuring the french free climber Catherine Destivalle, especially since I hate heights : .
I remember it being shown on BBC2 one Saturday afternoon circa 1980 and I sat there gobsmacked.
My reaction was similar on watching a documentary on the same channel a few years later featuring the french free climber Catherine Destivalle, especially since I hate heights : .
