Eric Hinton Motorcycle Racer

It's curious how something or someone you have never heard of crops up in a conversation or a piece in a magazine and then within a very short time you happen across the name or event again. The season consisted of six grand prix races in five classes: It began on 10 june, with isle of man tt and ended with nations grand prix on 10 september.

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Eric Hinton at Longford,Tasmania in 1959, where he won

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Eric hinton motorcycle racer. Motorcycle events, motorcycle posters, cafe racer motorcycle, motorcycle garage, motorcycle art, bike art, best barber shop, bike events, event logo. Elder brother eric hinton built the bike up from a wreck and only finished it on the friday afternoon, giving rob just two practice laps as a 350. A superb and rare photo of the great australian eric hinton on a 350cc moto guzzi bialbero dohc single cylinder factory racer during warm up for the 350cc monza italian gp of 1957. He was a multiple australian tt and bathurst winner and first travelled.

The truth is regularly held to account for being stranger than fiction. The season consisted of thirteen grand prix races in six classes: It began on 21 march, with united states grand prix and ended with They were the xs650 yamahas of ron toombs/eric hinton and tony hatton/paul spooner, the norton 750 of brian clarkson/jeff lucas and the triumph bonneville of john warrian.

500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and sidecars 600cc. See more ideas about racing motorcycles, motogp, racing bikes. Eric along with his elder brother harry jnr and father harry snr virtually dominated australian racing in the early to mid fifties. This happened with the above name, i was reading about 50s motor cycle racing and read that harry hinton was a works norton rider in 1953.

See more ideas about racing motorcycles, vintage racing, racing bikes. Road racing world championship grand prix season. Peter is the son of eric hinton and the grandson of the legendary harry hinton snr. It can certainly be more colourful.

Successful former international motorcycle racer eric hinton has died peacefully at sydney’s westmead hospital. An overnight repair had kel on the grid on saturday, where he destroyed the opposition to win the lightweight gp, slicing seven seconds off the lap record. Take two incidents from the rich continental circus career of eric hinton. The year 1957 was a magnificent year for moto guzzi.

See more ideas about motorcycle racers, motorcycle and racing motorcycles. 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and sidecars 500cc. Eric first travelled to europe in1956 as a member of the australian team for the tt as his father. Cafe moto bmw cafe racer cafe racers brat cafe ducati yamaha european motorcycles vintage motorcycles custom motorcycles.

The 1965 grand prix motorcycle racing season was the 17th f.i.m. It began on 21 march, with united states grand prix and ended with japanese grand prix on october, 24. #iomtt 1957 eric hinton on a #norton #motorcycle. The 1965 grand prix motorcycle racing season was the 17th f.i.m.

The hinton family’s involvment in motorcycle racing spans three generations, many years in the world championship grand prix as well as domestic racing in australia. They won the dutch tt, the belgian grand prix and the ulster grand prix. Castlebrook memorial park is located on. A toolmaker by trade, hinton was a technical innovator.

Road racing world championship grand prix season. He was the first rider to win an international race in europe on a kawasaki. Photographs from the start of the isle of man tourist trophy in 1957. South australian ian hogg and passenger peter morgan stir up the straw as they approach moe’s nose in june, 1960.

Number 5 is b hodgkinson, norton 500 (nsw) peter points out is listed in the race program as #4 and #5 in the junior tt with his assumption that the rider didn’t change numbers between the races. Eric hinton who passed away in december at the age of 81 was part of the famous australian hinton racing dynasty. He made it a double in the junior gp, but only after the leader eric hinton retired when the spark plug of his norton fell out. The question of tyre wear raised its head for the first time when brian hindle stated before the event that he would change tyres during the race.

The 1950 grand prix motorcycle racing season was the second f.i.m. Sad new from australia eric hinton has passed away aged 81 pat of the great hinton dynasty bill lawrence The hinton family was synonymous with norton in the ’50s and early ’60s, but eric also raced bultaco, kawasaki, nsu, yamaha and even lambretta scooters. Alfa drag racing benelli bmw bsa bultaco cafe racer cagiva dirtbike ducati exotic wreck f1 flattracker harley davidson history honda indian kablamo laverda lemans motoguzzi mv agusta norton porsche racebike race car.

The funeral of eric hinton will take place 10am next tuesday, december 22 at castlebrook memorial park, windsor rd, rouse hill. 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and sidecars 500cc. The family emigrated to sydney soon after world war i and settled at canley vale where harry attended the public school. Sunday, may 4, 1958 in st wendel, west germany.

Number 25 is r richardson norton 500 (nsw), #26 edwards on his ajs, #1 j godfrey ajs 359 (nsw), #2 is hinton on the winning norton 500. Eric hinton was the middle of three sons of australian motorcycle racing legend harry hinton snr and a toolmaker by trade. The season consisted of thirteen grand prix races in six classes: