Ivan Mauger part one

Many of the pictures on this page have been borrowed (with his permission) from Ivan's NZ Museum page on his personal website. If you want to visit Ivan's website click on the link below: -

This 1965 photo is when I rode with my leg in plaster to do the World Champ qualifying rounds in 1965. I did not have a boot on, only the plaster and we made an oversize steel shoe to go over the plaster. It hurt a lot in the three rounds and semi-final but I was young and ambitious then. In the photo I am having a bit of a struggle with Dick Fisher from Belle Vue.

Update: John Skinner says: An excellent photo which shows the plaster clearly. I remember going home after watching you ride with it and told my dad. We had a big argument about whether you were mad or not!!! But you survived. Big shame about that injury as you may have landed your first world title that year. Who knows what might have been. Modern regs. would not have allowed it I suspect.

I set the World Long track Record,144.666 Kph average converts to 89.89mph at Alexandra Park Auckland NZ in Feb 1986. The timing was electronic from the trotting club. This record still stands 23 years later. This bike as it came off the track and same with my leathers boots ,helmet, gloves etc are in my NZ Museum in my home town Christchurch .

1986: Practice for the World Record. Ivan spent most of his career just a few yards from camera lenses

The two photos of my 1971 World Long Track Championship Factory Jawa. I won that LT Championship in Oslo. The Bike is now in my European manager’s Bar in Bremen , Germany .
I think Long Track bikes look better than speedway machines and I can see why Ivan has so many good memories of riding round the big tracks 100mph that's why.

Ivan Mauger MBE 1976 with the "Street Conversion" and his medal from Buckingham Palace

I asked Ivan if he owned any Street 4 valve engines. This was his reply: - Neil Street would not sell his conversions to me as he thought I would take it to Jawa to copy. So I contacted Ivan Tighe in Brisbane who helped Streety to make them in the first place. My Engines were not Streetys. They were made by Ivan Tighe in Brisbane .Ivan told me to send an Engine to him and he would do it. I sent him an 890 Speedway Engine and an 892 Longtrack Engine. Couple weeks later he sent them back. Jawa were not happy that I had them but they did not care much. They were not interested in them as they were developing their own 4 Valve Engine. I only used them occasionally but Won the Erterna Watch Trophy at White City on 28^th July 1976.The day I received my MBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace that’s why the MBE Medal came to be on the seat. I still have both Engines.

Andy Green

Giffy says : Hi John mate, yes I did have a Street motor, in fact I had two, a mark 1 and a mark 2. The mark 1 was as your correspondent stated, it had the drive chain for the overhead cams situated on the left side and the chain was in an aluminium sheet case. The mark 2 had the cam drive on the right and was a much neater set up. My mark 2 seized the first time I rode it and I chucked it under a bench and never used it again or even took it apart. At the time I was working on a Scottish trawler and simply never had time work on my gear properly. My sponsor bought one or two 4 valve Jawas for me and I stopped riding the Street mark 1, they were quick though. I do have photos and will try and send them. Sorry to see the Maggies went down, unbelievable, and to make it worse bloody Sunderland stayed up. Many suicides?

Peace, giffy
Yes Tyneside is the suicide capital of the UK as the moment

Ivan's Record Breaking Bikes

The following bike pics are shown with Ivan's permission. They are part of the Ivan Mauger Australian Museum which you can visit here www.ivanmauger.com

As a Newcastle fan. I remember this bike well. The rear mudguard was a design classic and the Rotrax Jap was probably the greatest looking bike of all time.

Godden LT

The Bike I got the Long track World Record on was one of my three HZ Long Track Bikes from my last ever long Track World Final at Esbjerg Denmark on 15^th Sept.1985. I still have the other two. The Godden in the photo in your defunct tracks website is the one Kym won the NZ LT Championship on in 1995. The attached photo is another one of that.

The Rudge I rode at the Lokeren benefit meeting at West Ham in Oct 1970.
Terry Stone says: Its me the preszzz. (of WSRA in 2009), re picture of Ivan Mauger at West Ham on a Rudge in 1970 ? I think it is a Douglas: look at the fly wheel and exhaust. .Keep the wheels turning and the plugs sparking. all the best from the preszzzz.
I agree with you Preszzz It's definitely a Douglas tank and exhaust. What does Ivan know eh?

The 1000ccV-Twin Vincent sidecar I rode at Brisbane in Nov 1969.It was the only time I have ever ridden a sidecar.I done one race and won it so retired undefeated from sidecar racing!

Ivan Mauger World Speedway Champion 1979. His last World Speedway Final success and record breaking too.

Gordon Stobbs (right) and my UK manager Peter Oakes at a function at the Sportsman club in London in Nov 1977 when the Sunday Mirror presented me with the World Championship Winged Wheel to keep to mark my 5^th World Championship