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Title: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: DT_Mania on October 26, 2010, 01:20:30 am
Just wanted to share some photos of our last VMX meet for the year in South Africa. It was held at Dirt Bronco, a couple of clicks NE of Johannesburg on 9 October 2010. It was probably the best prepared track of the year and a wonderful day for racing and socializing.

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Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: firko on October 26, 2010, 10:29:50 am
Great shots DT, it looks like South Africa scene is growing in leaps and bounds. Lots of nice bikes and happy faces. ;D The terrain looks like a cross between Southern California and Australia, especially that nice red dirt. Good stuff.
*Would the rider of Husky #171 have some sort of speedway background? His 'elbows in the air' style remind me of a couple of blokes here who've jumped off sliders and onto MX'ers but haven't adapted their style.

*I think it'd be a good idea to give the bloke who owns the Montesa with the red pipe a polite tap on the shoulder and a quicky lecture in good taste. ;)
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: VMX247 on October 26, 2010, 10:40:40 am
AWESOME Stuff DT ..thanks heeps for sharing and great to see Dave ripping it up on the Canam.
Duracell bunny gettin stuck in with his Maico. :P  :P and the riders wearing there West Aussie memorabilia clothing.  ;D
A prosperous VMX year you had.Well done to all  8) 
cheers Alison
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: sa63 on October 26, 2010, 10:46:49 am
any hill climbing on the mine dumps??!!
I can remember riding on the mine dumps as a 13-14yr old,(in the early 80s) somewhere near jhb with a mx track attached, could be the same place. It was a free mx track but had been preppd. I do remember being chased off the dumps and what sounded like gunshots which got us shit scared but a good laugh later..
Parents used to drop us off and we'd camp overnight -totally unsupervised... guess SA is a little differnt now
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: Tossa on October 26, 2010, 10:58:27 am
Great shots fella's keep them coming.  flat track at Bridgetown on 27th, I'll provide the Boags Premium, you supply the slow moving targets!!lol  When you guys coming back!!
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: pancho on October 26, 2010, 03:39:51 pm
Looks like a heap of great fun. Love the feel of anticipation one gets from looking at the first pic of the three bikes on the trailer. Makes me feel like grabbing a bike and going for it!. I'm a bit too long in the tooth and a bit too crazy to ride 'scrambles' any more cheers pancho
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: DT_Mania on October 26, 2010, 05:08:29 pm
... great to see Dave ripping it up on the Canam.
Duracell bunny gettin stuck in with his Maico...

HAHAHA - I was wondering who will recognise Dave and Evan in their Springbok jerseys!
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: DT_Mania on October 26, 2010, 05:16:44 pm
any hill climbing on the mine dumps??!!

Yeah we still do some mine dump riding. Wouldn't recommend camping in the vicinity these days! Wouldn't actually recommend riding in the area by yourself.

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Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: VMX247 on October 26, 2010, 05:19:08 pm
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yes !! also good to see the older ones nursing the young ones blisters  :D  ,after such an array of era racing  ;D  :P
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: Tossa on October 26, 2010, 05:26:15 pm
someone always has to look after him!!
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: VMX247 on October 26, 2010, 05:30:36 pm
What # is  G Ireland, 171 ??  ;D
cheers
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: DT_Mania on October 26, 2010, 05:49:55 pm
Yip! Guys you might know:

171 Gareth Ireland
73  Steve Ireland
77  Hamish Ireland
29  David Hains
19  Evan Pretorius
2    Dave Bevan
175 Me  ;D

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Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: VMX247 on October 26, 2010, 11:49:06 pm
and you have a sign fx pit board too.. :o   ;D  cool.........what tricks does it say ??
cheers
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: DT_Mania on October 27, 2010, 12:43:14 am
and you have a sign fx pit board too.. :o   ;D  cool.........what tricks does it say ??
cheers

bwhahahahahahaha.....no! It's actually the board telling me that I have 1 lap to go!

Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: TooFastTim on October 27, 2010, 04:22:23 pm
I can remember riding on the mine dumps as a 13-14yr old,(in the early 80s) somewhere near jhb with a mx track attached,

Corobrick? Quite close to Jan Smuts Jo'burg International OR Tambo  ;D
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: VMXSA171 on October 28, 2010, 04:18:59 am
Yes okay that's me with the elbows. I grew up racing flat track and it just stuck. Infact you may notice my brother has a similar style. Don't worry they come in handy in the first corner and have gotten me around a couple of Roof of Africas (good for fending of rocks). Works for me.
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: Tossa on October 28, 2010, 02:19:33 pm
Yes okay that's me with the elbows. I grew up racing flat track and it just stuck. Infact you may notice my brother has a similar style. Don't worry they come in handy in the first corner and have gotten me around a couple of Roof of Africas (good for fending of rocks). Works for me.

Did anyone tell you about the trip to West Australia you missed.   Evan tried hard to drink your share of alcohol, but failed miserably by West Aussie standards!!lol
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: sa63 on October 29, 2010, 08:16:34 am
I think the place we used to ride was brickworks or something like that.. also remember a track out by a sewage farm on the way to hartebeespoort dam.
I moved to oz in mid 80s so a while back for me now.. A good mate who Id love to get in touch with from riding in those days was roy macdonald , have been unable to track him down, dont even know if he is in SA any more -
Any of you South African guys know of or remember him? he was racing in early 90s in jhb mx scene?
Title: Re: Last National VMX Meet - South Africa
Post by: TooFastTim on October 30, 2010, 10:50:07 am
I was in Cape Town. Only ever drove past Corobrick. Stick your head in at e-dirt.co.za to see if anybody on there knows Roy.