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Clubroom => Competition => Topic started by: paul on September 16, 2011, 04:21:49 pm

Title: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: paul on September 16, 2011, 04:21:49 pm
geoff asked me to post these pics
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/20110910111955.jpg)
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(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/20110910111958.jpg)
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: paul on September 16, 2011, 04:24:37 pm
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/20110910111959.jpg)
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/20110910111960.jpg)
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(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/20110910111963.jpg)
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Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: firko on September 16, 2011, 04:36:19 pm
Nice work Flinky.....The vintage Robbie Maddison! Obviously the crook back is on the mend mate ;D.
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: 211kawasaki on September 17, 2011, 12:37:12 pm
very cool name for VMX
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: JohnnyO on September 17, 2011, 12:57:36 pm
That's a big jump for a guy in the 60-69 years class on a '74 model bike! 8)
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: Davey Crocket on September 17, 2011, 01:01:57 pm
 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: Hoony on September 17, 2011, 01:12:21 pm
That's a big jump for a guy in the 60-69 years class on a '74 model bike! 8)

60-69 years class, Really?  it sure is !  8)

Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: pirie593 on September 19, 2011, 04:01:22 pm
They breed them tough in Pirie ...... well some of them are !!!
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: firko on September 19, 2011, 04:06:20 pm
You should have dragged old Bob Vourmard out of retirement Geoff. He wouldn't have been satisfied until he jumped a foot further than you, even if he face planted trying ::)! Did he come out for a look over the weekend?
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: bazza on September 19, 2011, 05:45:31 pm
that will be Dt on the AJ before you know it
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: midway200 on September 23, 2011, 05:16:37 pm
You should have dragged old Bob Vourmard out of retirement Geoff. He wouldn't have been satisfied until he jumped a foot further than you, even if he face planted trying ::)! Did he come out for a look over the weekend?
Didn't see him Firko but i reckon he wouldn't have missed this event for anything.  We spoke about a week beforehand and chewed over a few old times etc and i thought wow where have the last 20 yrs gone.  ???  There's no doubting he would have Mark, his racers brain would have took over!
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: Freakshow on September 23, 2011, 07:09:44 pm
Didnt his kid or family member enter im sur ei saw that last name in the rider list ?
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: foxy999 on September 23, 2011, 10:06:26 pm
how clean is the up ramp, very nice,,,,   why are our tracks not like this 8).........
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: Duane799 on September 23, 2011, 10:07:24 pm
Bob never showed up but his lad Rohan came for a look on the Sat. We also used Rohans's 74 CZ 400 at local show to promote the Titles.
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: firko on September 23, 2011, 10:09:38 pm
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Quote from: firko on September 19, 2011, 04:06:20 PM
You should have dragged old Bob Vourmard out of retirement Geoff. He wouldn't have been satisfied until he jumped a foot further than you, even if he face planted trying ! Did he come out for a look over the weekend?
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Didn't see him Firko but i reckon he wouldn't have missed this event for anything.  We spoke about a week beforehand and chewed over a few old times etc and i thought wow where have the last 20 yrs gone.    There's no doubting he would have Mark, his racers brain would have took over
For those who don't know him, Bob Vourmard from Port Pirie was one of the real characters of the first 10 years of VMX. He was blindingly fast on a string of CZ's and a Weslake Metisse, and extremely competitive to the point that he would take you out at the drop of a hat if you happened to be between him and a race win. Bob was  a true wild man on the track and a bizarre and colourful character off the track. He was the 1969 Australian 250 Motocross Champion on a Yamaha DT1 and won many titles during his VMX career. As high maintenance as Bob was he was sadly missed from the sport when he gave it away.

Bob wasn't the only character from South Australia, there was another fast racer named Fred Richards who rode some very fast MX250/360 Yamahas. He also won a lot of titles and was more times than not the last man standing at the post race piss up along with his trusty offsider, a bloke known only as 'Clarkie'. Does anyone know whatever happend to 'Fast Freddie' Richards?
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: Brian Watson on September 24, 2011, 12:33:14 am
Another guy from that era was Cactus Martins...he showed his face at the Nats..........same sort of race period as Geoff / Fred / Bob...
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: firko on September 24, 2011, 11:57:01 am
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Another guy from that era was Cactus Martins...he showed his face at the Nats..........same sort of race period as Geoff / Fred / Bob...
I forgot Cactus ::). When you factor in the comparitively smallish vintage racing population in South Australia, they've certainly contributed well over their quota of eccentrics and party animals!
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: supersenior 50 on September 24, 2011, 01:31:35 pm
Fred Richards came up to me and had a chat at CB--great to see him again
Title: Re: geoff flink at the nats
Post by: firko on September 24, 2011, 02:24:29 pm
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Fred Richards came up to me and had a chat at CB
I'm glad Fred's still around. I recall hearing that his mate Clarkie passed away a few years ago which must have been hard on Fred as the pair seemed inseperable. Clarkie and Fred really knew the ins and outs on pre '75 Yamahas and it was Clarkie who solved a problem I'd been having with my Yamaha clutches by telling me to simply add an extra steel plate, something I still do to most of my Yammies to this day ;).

I'm even sorrier I missed Crystal Brook now :'(.