One of New Zealand’s most accomplished motorcycle road racers, Rodger Freeth, of Auckland, hard at work yesterday in Christchurch preparing his 1200 cu cm Suzuki-based racer for Wigram on Sunday. Freeth believes that the four-cylinder Suzuki, the largest and most powerful racing motor-cycle in New Zealand, will be well suited to the fast Wigram circuit. It develops 150 brake horsepower and has a top speed of 295km/h (185 m.p.h.)., The bike is unusual in that it has a New Zealand-made Mclntosh frame and the engine bias been modified and assembled by Freeth, a lecturer in applied mathematics at Auckland University.
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100One of New Zealand’s most accomplished motorcycle road racers, Rodger Freeth, of Auckland, hard at work yesterday in Christchurch preparing his 1200 cu cm Suzuki-based racer for Wigram on Sunday. Freeth believes that the four-cylinder Suzuki, the largest and most powerful racing motor-cycle in New Zealand, will be well suited to the fast Wigram circuit. It develops 150 brake horsepower and has a top speed of 295km/h (185 m.p.h.)., The bike is unusual in that it has a New Zealand-made Mclntosh frame and the engine bias been modified and assembled by Freeth, a lecturer in applied mathematics at Auckland University. Press, 22 January 1982, Page 5
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