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Competition / Re: Tassie Nationals 2008

« on: July 31, 2007, 12:26:08 AM »

evo 550,
          from what ive been told,the pre 85 specs should be in next years gcr's

anyone else know anymore?

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Introductions / gorby reporting

« on: July 30, 2007, 08:20:41 PM »

gidday all,
            first job was in 74 at a servo come bikeshop ,serving petrol,servicing bikes and cars,making fibreglass stone fairings and cafe racer guards etc.
first bike was Honda dax 70,progressed to yamaha electric start 80cc trailbike,ts125j then a series of roadies.
built up a yoshimura kitted cb125 into a bombardier garelli frame,then put same motor into a XL125.
shifted into city to Suzuki dealership workshop about when the first RM125 came out.
I never was interested in the MX scene then and was a poor rider.
just did trailriding up to being involved at the VMX nationals that were held near my home in Tassie.
The bug bit and I purchased an XL350 sideport for the pre 75 class.
The first race meeting fetched me back to reality.My two weaknesses have always been riding in loose
conditions and ruts.The track was almost 100% powder and ruts!
The leader almost lapped me in a 4 lap race.I kept at it and after 2 years could be within a couple of bike lengths of him.
After a break of 12 months from all sorts of riding, I have started racing again and have found out just how out of condition I really am.

my real name is Michael,the nickname came from working at a place with four Michaels and the boss coined me with gorby- short for Mikael gorbachoffe .

 

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Competition / Tassie Nationals 2008

« on: July 30, 2007, 10:49:23 AM »

hello all,
             the Tassie Nationals will be held over four days,fri 6th to mon 9th of june 2008.
The monday being a public holiday for all states except WA

The provisional venue is at Quercus Park,Carrick in central northern Tasmania about 20km from Launceston.

The track layout at this stage will be natural terrain grass track for the pre 75/78 classes and include separate sections with enhanced features (jumps) for the evo/pre 85.

it is proposed to run pre75/78 on the fri/sat and evo/pre 85 on the sun/mon (subject to change)

The classes to be run are being sorted out.

The inclusion of sidecars is also being discussed and a result will be posted soon.

If you have any suggestions or queries please contact myself or fatboyracing through the forum or private message

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VMX Sidecars / Re: Events When ,Where and Status.

« on: July 30, 2007, 10:18:33 AM »

hello Tim,
                We will have an answer soon on the sidecars at the tassie nationals.

did you ever find a sprocket cover for your SL125?