I had the good fortune of meeting Ken Shorter in 1982. He's quite a tall bloke and very easy going. It seemed like he was up for giving anything risky a go.
God, what I wouldn’t give to go back to 1972 armed with the knowledge I have now. The producer of Stone told Kawasaki Australia, “If you loan us 14 of your brand spanking new Z900s, we’ll give you a 90 minute commercial about what a Z900 can do.” The first bikes were delivered within a few days.
@@J61-y4h Brain surgery with a Black & Decker! "Well you've got your quarter veg, your half veg and your full veg. George? He's full veg." (or something like that).
Very few people had a Harley Davidson in Australia back then. Kawasaki Z900 or a Honda CB 750 is all we could afford. They were the quickest and most reliable bikes back then. Thanks for this memory 🎼🤘🏻
Yeah, I've always found it funny that from say the mid-80s on, bikie type people always called Japanese bikes 'Jap crap' and looked at them with disdain, but back in the early '70s those same people all rode either Kwaka 9s or 750-4s.
@@warrenmilford6848 In Sydney "The Finks" rode CB 750s but all the other gangs had Triumphs, BSAs, Nortons, etc. The Harleys of that time were particularly bad. Bad brakes, bad handling and poor performance.
I was lucky enough to ride in the Stone memorial ride back in the early 90’s. From Sydney to Newcastle. If I remember correctly some one died on the ride. We turned back half way. Riders were doing stupid things. Good memory though.
First watched this on VHS back in about 82. Me and my mates all loved it along with Mad Max and Quadrophenia. The early / mid eighties was the end of the teenage rocker / biker era in the UK. But these films inspired plenty of us to ride like this and wear the leather jacket, jeans, boots and denim cutoffs.
Just made up for the film but after the films release the back patch was given to an Australian club called the Vietnam Veterans which later on became The Veterans who still use the patch now.
Has it been completed yet does anyone know? When you google earth it, it doesn’t look as though it has been or they haven’t updated it on google earth 😂
It's important to the plot. One of them witnessed a crime, and the criminal is trying to murder them all 'cos they all ride Kwaka9's and have full-face helmets - he can't tell them apart.
Apparently, whoever made the Hollywood feature Stone Cold (1991) starring Brian Bosworth and Lance Henriksen were big fans of this one, right down to swiping the name and cop-going-undercover plot.
since this flick was totally unknown in the states they probably figured nobody would ever know it was just a remake. 'reservoir dogs' was a remake too and nobody outside hong kong ever knew it until much later.
Icame to Australia in 1966 on the Fairstar ship to have a better life with my Family.Decimal currency was just coming in .Now they are trying to get rid of cash which is king .More people need to use it to stop that from happening.
