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Clubroom => Foto Forum => Topic started by: maico police on April 30, 2012, 11:17:23 am
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Pre 85, 45 yrs +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDEMMvXsXJk&feature=youtu.be
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Good stuff Ross. That vid shows how nice the track was.
Cheers, Grahame
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-G2AMxtP4g&feature=youtu.be
Chasing Arn, Henry and Micheal. You might want to look away in this one Graeme....... :'( :'(
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Yep that made my leg hurt just watching. Didn't look any different than the other 30 times I did that jump ???
Good camera work Ross, maybe more commentary next time?
Cheers, Grahame
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Good camera work Ross, maybe more commentary next time?
I can only yell at Michael so much and it doesn't make any difference. He's like one of those old blokes out on a country drive. :D
And speaking of old blokes. I give Henry some fuel and then he smokes me with it..... :-[
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I told you not to give him any. :)
Cheers, Grahame
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What's the prognosis of Rob Kent. Anybody know?
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Mental damage, collateral damage, psychology damage , bikes good though
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bikes good though
Goodo.....
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Thanks for the Fuel Ross, big day out on a realy rough track took a toll me and the bike, I was out of fuel as well.
The track reminded me of the good old tracks of the late 70's. bloody good fun. HL
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busted humerus,2 nights in ballarat hostpital....now at arnos being looked after by marg....thanks guys............back on bike asap.....
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The track reminded me of the good old tracks of the late 70's. bloody good fun. HL
Did you all hear that? Yes the tracks really were rough back then...... ;) :)
I guess that spanking you were gunna give me will have to wait 'till next year Rob. :-[
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Must say that the track preperation was far below what you would expect for a vintage day as the holes and one lined racing showed that through the day. This also showed with some choosing not to race as the track prep concerned a few that they might get hurt as some did. What tured out to be a good day could have been awsome if the track was preped like it has been in the past .
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First thanks to the MAJORITY who said the track was good or at least they had a good time.
You all know me that I would have done all I could to give the best track possible.
And if we had preped it & it got too much rain Sat it would have been like last year.
We went out (Me and Jacko) the Sunday before a decided with the sh*tload of rain that was coming best to leave it till next weekend.
Jacko came out late Sat arvo & went about 2/3 to 3/4 round (As you can see in the video) & decided it was best left alone.
I WENT BY HIS ADVICE.
I could understand the criticism if we had done nothing but we tried.
I actually wanted this event on March 18 or 25 but with all the stuff that happened (MV affiliation etc.) it couldn't happen. That weekend perfect weather & track.
What do expect us to do???? April to August at Monza is a turkey shoot at best.
I have weathered just about all I can take from the noisey MINORITY. Dont like it, dont come back.
The club lets me run these events as a favour to me, we certainly dont do it for the money. After all costs are deducted there aint much left
WE DO IT FOR THE SPORT but the whingers are making it hard for me to step up again.
Thanks again to the ones who enjoyed it.
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Geezez. I think some people must be losing the plot.
I can't believe people would seriously stand back on Sunday and say "This looks a little risky. I might give it a miss".
Maybe some people are just in the wrong sport. If the track had have been billiard table smooth then there still could have been injuries (at greater speeds and all).
A bit of bike set-up and fitness (believe it or not It's a big part of the sport) would go a long way to improving people's overall enjoyment of racing on a motocross track.
But I get the feeling that a lot of people would just like to haul their sorry bottoms about on a shiny bike in a paddock......
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I don't want to be used as an argument that the track was too rough. I may have ended up with a serious injury but this could have happened falling off a ladder. It was my fault not the track's. I do believe that if I had been on an MX bike, not an enduro with the lights off, then the difference in suspension travel and compliance would be the difference between a sore leg/foot or a broken one.
I thought the track was great. It did chop up a bit and end up with a couple of set lines, but overtaking was always possible. Braking bumps got bigger, but they always do. Thanks to all involved.
Cheers, Grahame
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And I'm pretty sure Rob's injury was the result of coming down the wrong way in a second turn pile-up. The sorta thing that happens at any track.
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Sorry, wasn't inferring that the poor souls who got injured were having a shot. Just at those who actually commented on it.
John Raine & I commented that in the late 70's if we pulled up to ANY track that was in Monza's condition Sunday we would have thought we were kissed on the preverbial!
I have suffered a few injuries over the years, mostly my fault, sometimes another rider but never the tracks.
From the video I thought that the track did some a favour. Rough enough to discourage lessor riders of attempting things they shouldn't but not bad enough to slow down the good ones.
Great to see Ross jumping only when safe! MY POINT!
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Thanks to all involved in organising a great day. Yeh the track was a tad rough and I am still sore from the effort but it was still awesome fun - even if I was at the rear end of most of my races ;D
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Just got this in a PM so I guess he wants to remain anonymous so I will respect that & just copy it.
"Well done Perko
I understand that the weather plays a big part in what you do to the track and I think you and Jacko made the right call. I DID get out and walk the track and saw that you had tried to rip it and stopped, and that someone had been out with a shovel to drain the puddles, (Big thanks to Mr Maico Ken Baker, Perko) so in my eyes you guys had done what you thought was best for the track and the riders.
I had a good day and I enjoyed riding the track and I don't feel it was unsuitable for the vintage riding. My bike can handle the bumps and ruts, maybe some of these guys should take up road racing then it won't be a worry for them. I don't know why they shoot their mouth off and criticise someone who is trying to do something positive for Viper. Any more of this and we'll have nowhere to ride!
Keep up the good work
Cheers"
It is for these guys I & the club do what we do. Dont get me wrong we are no more special than any other club & dont expect outrageous complimants to keep us going. Just a simple "Had a great day, thanks" will suffice.
One thing is I dont know 99.9% of who's who on the forum apart from a couple of obvious ones so I take it personally as it appears that people hide behind an alias to say what they say. Want to constructively criticise, go ahead but do it to me on the day not through some forum. Who knows, you may have something valid we can use but I WILL NOT take it from this.
Always easy to do it from afar.
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Well after talking to many people on the day for feed back on what they thought and liked and disliked they gave me this feed back the track was not up to scratch and yes it did concern some so they pulled out.
This is something i need to know because not all of us are gun racers so for the future of viper i have asked the question i am not saying that no one tried to do their best i am responding to what the club members have the right to do give feed back and coment on what we are giving them.
I myself had no issue with the conditions but i am not going to just stand around and have many coment to me with what they think and do nothing i have to deal with the good and then the shit aswell so all i am saying is that some of viper riders did not like the conditions we have all seen what great work neil has done with the track in the past this time it was not so good sorry for the negative feed back neil not personal but i have to deal with the fast and slow guys who ever pays the money.
If it was up to me we would be on tracks with bigger jumps faster straights harder tracks in general but i am just the dart board at the helm
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I had a great day, body is still pretty sore, but thats primarily because of my low fitness levels.
The ruts & no rear brake on one of my bikes certainly made be careful, even at my usual snails pace. But that was good to make sure that I did not pull the trigger too much... last time I did that at Monza, a KX250 back wheel tried to chew my jersey off.... >:(
Thanks to Perko, Ballarat Rovers, ViperMX Committee & all the people I spoke with on the day, for an excellent time!! Looking forward to a great year.
Cheers,
Scott Taylor