Australian Film: Stone (1974) 

Sandy Harbutt lived on Bent st. at the time the film was made.

@@leslieayling7932 Wow, definitely didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. Cheers.

Look at the empty roads it was great!

As someone who lived in Greenwich I totally agree with you re the locations.

2:25 Premier Street North Sydney.

yep I hear ya man. I'm still riding a 900 Yammy from last century. and yes still have a copy of' Stone'

I was riding a 550four with those curved tail pipes. What great times we had.!! In 1979 came MadMax.

You werent a real biker if you never owned a kwaka 9 or honda four at some stage .

@@paddingtonbear5172 when you ride a bike , I mean a big bike!!!! what can stop us man what can stop us!!!!

"Take The Trip". Glad you discovered it.👍

Lol most drive Chrysler 300c's now with "gangster bling" and follow more club rules than us civvy bikers ever would,they're a joke

It's BIKER not Bikie 🤦🏼‍♀️

@@alisonholland7531 Are you Australian Alison? because in the 1970's in Australia I was a Bikie, we still call patched riders Bikies, Biker is an American term and thank f#@k we aren't all Americans.....

@@alisonholland7531 Not in Australia mate.

sadly not the case nowdays , you got that right , spent 6 years about 10 years ago looking for brotherhood , none to be found that i could see , all about the $$$$$$$ and useing cnts to get it , ive gone lone wolf solo 👍

Those roads would favour the Norton heavily, lots of off camber, tight turns and the straights just aren't that long, even some of what appear to be straight are actually sweepers, the roads are ordinary even now, 50 years ago with cars that leaked oil to mark their spot, they'd be frightening. Those Brit bikes were winning championships long past their designs use by date, the Z's certainly had the power but, even with my rose coloured glasses on, changing direction was like trying to manhandle a block of flats, and I remember that rocking motion it would get even at an easy going speed in a quick sweeper, you got used to it, but it was one of the ways you made judgement on your speed limits. Those roads are unforgiving, sandstone walls to catch mistakes. Riding hard back in the day, no matter what they were riding, the movies stars were the bikes.

In 1974 Nortons still won some races, even against the 4cyl.

@@jeeves6490 100% correct

Don’t forget the Z would have had bloody awful Japanese tyres on it while the Norton would have had British Avon’s or Dunlops which were much better for grip. Also the Norton if it had the Combat engine and lowered gearing would have been quick off the line and out of corners with the Norton frame, forks and shocks giving it a good edge. The Japanese didn’t really overtake the Brits on handling until the eighties. Triumph sold lots of Bonnevilles in the US because of better handling as well as looks.

The Norton shown is a standard 750 roadster, the combat engine bikes came with front disc brakes.

I think awarding the "Grave Diggers" colours to the Vetrans MC is a most respectful and wonderful token of appreciation . I applaud them all. Well done.

@@robertkupper1327 agreed mate. I'm still riding a Yammy 900 from last century

@@michaeledwards8058 I'm still riding a Kwaka Z1R, love me an old Jap bike...!

outstanding name for sure

Let us not ask how he came about it.

@@tomservo5347 His mate, arsehole, doesn't like to talk about it.

@@jeeves6490 Or perhaps his biker chick Shelly everyone calls Smelly?

After riding both I'd rather have the 650. Better all round motorcycle.

@@jeeves6490 I still have a 650, amongst a few other old Jap bikes, and the old 650 still handles well for an old girl, way better than the old 900's. Interesting fact, in the 70's , it was common to use 650 triple clamps on the 900's when racing, they had a better offset and settled down the 900's rather poor handling....

The Z650 was a cracking bike. Quick as most 750s, great looks, handled well for its time and a bulletproof engine

They probably got a couple of the pink bikes hahaha

did they get the frogs?

The worst handling Japanese big four cylinder bike. I owned lots of Yamahas but in the XS1100 era the Suzuki GS1000 (chain drive) was the best handling big four. In a straight line there wasn’t much between them.

You obviously don’t know much about norton commandos.

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.

@oierre C you are right. There are some actors in both movies - Toad in Stone (Hugh Keays-Byrne) as Toecutter in Mad Max, Dr Death in Stone (Vincent Gil ) as Nightrider in Mad Max. There is another Aussie movie with Mad Max actors - the chain reaction.

@@rupprechtknecht3103 Yes, Hugh Keays-Byrne already a rebel biker. No doubt George Miller watched Stones before to make the casting of Mad Max.

Not a prequel no but it did inspire elements of Mad Max and some of the actors in Stone are in Mad Max

That horse trough is still there on Montpelier Street today

Not anymore it isn't.@@bluemax697

Don’t forget the Norton handled better, had better tyres (British Avons or Dunlops instead of Japanese Bridgestones) and if it had the Norton Combat engine with lower gearing it’s acceleration off the line and out of corners would have been better. On short straights the Zed wouldn’t have been able to use all of its top end power. Norton were still winning circuit l races late in the seventies.

Stone...

Stone

correct. I believe the Motorcycle Riders Association had them outlawed because the front plates restricted air flow to the engine

@@michaeledwards8058 I heard it was the RTA as they were deemed a cut hazard to pedestrians if you ran into one ?

Front number plates were stopped as in an accident with a pedestrian especially a child it could cause real damage. Same in the UK around 74 they stopped fitting them

what? no bike shops anymore? that's where I bought my first Ducati back in the early 80s

@@michaeledwards8058 True, the atmosphere has changed so much, got my Z750 in Heidelberg 1981. Ride a push bike now. 😆.

for starters, Bubble Tea is fantastic so don't even start on that, secondly it was the stupid city council that caused that to happen NOT the people that happened to take over the stores so don't take it out on them.

​@@perpetualgrin5804I'm on a old Yammy 900 still and 89 GSXR 750

Where do you Think in prison and at work!!!!

Australia had the white Australia policy right up to the late 70's immigration was mostly restricted to white Europe

@@blake9358 73 was the end of it.

Who told you that sh1t ? Meth is only a problem if you go looking for it, like any drug..

and saved lives

Freed up the Hospitals though

If you've got a cheap useless head, don't wear a helmet. Freedom.? hahahahaha, hahahahahaha...FFS

"curtailed freedom" hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Just before I got my motorbike licence. I was mad about that - I wanted the wind in my shoulder-length hair! Back then I would never ever have believed that they would eventually make bicycle riders wear helmets too, (unless you're a Sikh).

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.

dirt bikes like the Devil, those are Triumphs.......

Nah mate .. Norton Commando and Kawasaki Z9's

You tend to forget how small even big bikes were back then.i think in 74 i was on a Yam FS1e.lol Now I am on a 9 foot long 1400 cc FXDWG

My Uncle rode on the film . Kawasaki on the day presented ( I think around 40 ) brand new Z900 for the Freeway/Funeral scene.. The Z900 was ahead of it's time

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