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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: JohnnyO on March 18, 2012, 04:10:43 pm
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It looks like Ben Townley will head to the US to fill in for injured Chad Reed in the AMA Outdoor Nationals this season. Townley was to ride for the Carlton Dry Honda team in the Aussie Nats but has been offered the US ride by Reed.
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Watched Townley today in Taupo and he is back where he was 5 yrs ago ( read fast ;D ) if he can stay healthy and injury free the guy is a real threat for the out doors . Today he was winning 20 min + 2 lap races by 30 sec from Josh Coppins and Cody Cooper , He was doubing and tripling where others were singling and doubling yet looked smooth as .Your own Cody Mackie was riding real well in MX 2 :) I really hope BT can keep it all together in the US as when the blokes on form hes unbeatable ;)
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Bill he will have to be good to compete with Villapoto, RV just notched another win. Metty did well to keep him at bay for a couple of laps...
Stewart not racing so he does not even have to win at the moment but still finding a way. The guy is a freak..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlw1nMeJqZA&feature=colike (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlw1nMeJqZA&feature=colike)
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I agree Bill when he's fit and healthy he's as quick as any one. I saw him at the 2010 des Nations in the US and he won a moto but unfortunately crashed out of the other and it was all downhill after that.
If he can stay unhurt he'll be a real threat.
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Good luck Ben. Keep it on two wheels and stay healthy... and then kick some Kiwi butt!!!
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Ben will go well,lets hope his bad luck quota is full.
Sorry for the thread highjack-but how about 43 year old Darryl King winning the 2012 NZ MX2 class (250 fourstroke etc) on his two stroke YZ250!!
To me DK is a legend,how good is it to see a two stroke beating those "farm bikes on steroids"-(fourstrokes).
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DK is a legend... it's unbelievable the speed he still has. There was talk a while back of him and Shayne teaming up with Cooksley for a crack at the Farleigh Castle des Nations.. wonder if that's still on the cards?
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That would be a good team JohnnyO.....I'm gonna try and get them for the Conondale Classic in August. 8)
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I dont like your chances ;D they dont have a high opinion of old bikes ;)
They ride modern bikes faster than most of the young blokes here ::) therefore the older bikes really show there inadequeces :)
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Ok Bill .... are you available ;D
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Yeah i don't know if you could dangle a big enough carrot in front of them.. ;)
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Honestly if the format requires an over 40yrs team i dont thik the Kiwis could currently put together a team to challenge the Poms Belgians or Yanks :) maybe in a few years when Josh turns 40 , but you still gotta find 3 other fast over 40s who will race old bikes .
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Riding dirt bikes is still DKs bread and butter , why would he risk injury on a bike that dont stop and doesn,t handle ;) Shane rode a couple of years ago and didn't eally fire . Josh told me he absolutley loves the event and the track and was gutted he couldn't race last year ( he was still there pit crewing for his father in law and brother in law )but i think hes to young for the des nations team .
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A bit off topic but i wish i could motivate enough Kiwis to give your Nats a go ;D we have some real fast 50+ and 60+ riders ATM ;) Not quick enough to podium at Farliegh but fast all the same :)
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Bill, Josh is old enough for the Evo des Nations team (pre 90) it's 30yrs +
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Didnt the Kings cut there teeth on KX500's and CR500's back in the day Bill?....GP privateers weapon of choice?.....you gotta stop talking to yourself Bill. ;D....have you got our bikes ready yet?
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Didnt the Kings cut there teeth on KX500's and CR500's back in the day Bill?....GP privateers weapon of choice?.....you gotta stop talking to yourself Bill. ;D....have you got our bikes ready yet?
Joan FFS Ben Townley cut his teeth on a PW 50 but i dont suppose he would choose to race one now ;) I think the difference is these blokes got the most out of the bikes then and now , where as the majority of us wobbled then and wobble now .
Joan when your at work put down that Scan tool and use a multi meter , feeler gauges and a vaccum gauge to tune a new falcon or Commodore and see how much fun that is .
These blokes have nothing to gain and everything to lose by riding old bikes ;) When Graham Noyce first started riding Vintage events ( a good few years ago ) every little teenage shit head who couldn't cut it in modern so raced dads blinged up no expense spared Maico and was strutting round the pits waving their tiny dicks in the air cos they beat a 40 yr old ex world champion .
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Just got back from the MX Nationals first round at Conondale... it was the Kiwi and Pom show..
Townley was untouchable (30-40 second O/all winner), basically Townley, Anderson (DNFed last race with broken bike), Coppins and Mackenzie (Had get offs in two races when right up there in the mix).
Cannot wait to see Townley O/S in the US, seriously quick Kiwi....... Early in the season and a long way to go, but our guys really were not in the mix today.
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Yeah Townley was in a class of his own, lucky for the rest of the guys he's not doing the series. Hopefully he has the speed to run at the pointy end in the US..
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hes probably relieved thats hes going to the US too! be too easy and frustrating for him here!
His overtake in the last moto on mackenzie on the downhill was unbelievable!
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Best of the day for me was seeing Lawson Bopping doing the big jumps over Drunks hill, twice he nailed it unbelievable, a few others had a go but no one that l saw made it, Dan Readon came up short so to did Townly and number 100 in the lights class. And Townly a class above the rest, Todd Waters first Ozzie home, bloody good day. Don't for get Rd 1 Grand Prix series at Conondale 14/4/2012 the day before Harrisville.