I started racing after having a hotted up roadbike - a cb750 with 900 carbs, exhaust, GPZ750 fairing, 900 antidive forks with the bigger brakes etc - and hearing of a rider training day at Oran Park. This must have been about 1991. So I took my roadbike and had a ball - taking instruction on racelines, braking and launch control etc.
Turned out Wayne Gardner was there overlooking our progress. half the bikes were racebikes - mostly 250s and 600s. I heard that there was a move to allow CBs etc to race seperately under the Forgotten era title, so I decided to build a seperate bike: a CB900 was built. This was raced for years with good results and many friends were made. I went through probably about 4 versions of these bikes in various specs and moved from 900cc to 1100cc engines. I also built a 1220cc version with sponsorship from Caltex-Havoline Oils by Metropolitan Fuels Sydney. I met my now wife vanessa at a trophy presentation, went to phillip Island, then New Zealand for the 1996 TT (6-2-1 finishes=second overall), raced at Bathurst in 2000, in the Formula Extreme nakedbike series, as well as the Post Classic NSW series.
After a 6 year absence from racing, I decided to move to a newer class: try my hand on the awesome YZF750 we used to fear! Having said that, we are going to rebuild a CB for forgotten era racing from all my spares - sometime...
Early days of CB racing: me on #6 with my 'flying wings' goof, with Roger on Wayne Fox's #52 Cb900.
That's me -relaxing- in the pits. Not sleeping!
This poster was a promo poster when being sponsored by Caltex as well as the other businesses mentioned, including my own pest Control business.
Some of the best races were dicing with Tim Lilley on his NRC Ducati
At Wakefield Park in 99.
The above bike is roger Quinlan's Ex-graeme Crosby's Moriwaki Z1100. I had the privilage of punting this around Eastern Creek, now in retrospec finding the handling amazingly like my yzf750's - smooth and balanced - not the same on the brakes, but this was allowed fro by the huge horsepower over a 750. thanks rog
At the Formula Extreme Nakedbike rounds - we even got TV coverage!
I'm at the front middle grid position at Eastern Creek here: had an awesome day with consistent 2nd positions to Tony Marsden on his very hot GSX1100.