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Title: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 18, 2012, 11:11:24 pm
Here's a few shots from Maleny 1980 to start with..
(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing022.jpg)
Stew McLauchlan

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing020.jpg)
Alex Kidas

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing021.jpg)
Andrew Bailey

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing007.jpg)
Calvin Brewster

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing023.jpg)
Geoff Worrall

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing002.jpg)
McLauchlan

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing010.jpg)
A grade unltd

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing009.jpg)
Bailey

Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Davey Crocket on October 19, 2012, 08:37:58 am
Thats cool JohnnyO.....keep em coming.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Rod Rocket on October 19, 2012, 02:24:37 pm
Great to see these old shot's from Maleny what an incredible track it was, I hope to soon find some old one's from the late 70's they are and have been in storage for many years hopefully to be released in the next couple of week's. I will post them if I find them should also be some from Beaudesert and echo valley.
Regards Rod.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: IT400C on October 19, 2012, 02:26:44 pm
Yup, please, please, please keep them coming!!

I remember that track.  It was great..

I keep looking for dad and I in the background too...
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 19, 2012, 03:24:13 pm
Here's a couple from Tivoli..
(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing014-1.jpg)
Kiwi Mike Thompson

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing016-1.jpg)
Andrew Bailey

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/80smxracing011.jpg)
Thompson
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Graeme M on October 19, 2012, 03:32:44 pm
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(http://api.ning.com/files/ilLOIP1B-SgwOATgjZAf0-MHcK7qSXYNP6g77qjzTTPf3keWmo3WIS5G68BLtFiwFJXs-zOIS1tLkFG6bOj0EopRD5e*iKnS/conondale3.jpg?width=737&height=493)

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(http://api.ning.com/files/8dBO4l69-aEYs-ebmv6CY6zjLee-OSE-9pARlewpdK7nCVB8-dWDRL1Iuj0pGtAts73PNJX87nIXHFZ9sH6cwbbtsnvb3DVG/miriamvale4.jpg?width=737&height=420)

(http://api.ning.com/files/ohwZ5IMPgCRqSHoL1-wKjO8pcEmaopEgmaKJ3xbbyWy6e8ffumt4dJh5nR3YQuft75vBtGmGm4RFU3N*u-DEYeqPJHurmPsM/conondale13.jpg?width=737&height=492)
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 19, 2012, 03:36:27 pm
A few from Mountain Man '84
(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman017.jpg)
Leisky

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman012.jpg)
Armstrong

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman011.jpg)
Belly

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman015.jpg)
Ellis

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman008.jpg)
kidas
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 19, 2012, 03:40:19 pm
Graeme that looks like:
Gumsy Morgan
Peter Ploen
Glen Mason
Not sure on the Husky
Dave Armstrong
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Eddy#36 on October 19, 2012, 07:35:41 pm
Great shots John,

Geoff Worrell launching out of the corner on his RM400N is my favourite, fist full of throttle - YZ catch me if you can!!
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Graeme M on October 19, 2012, 07:44:56 pm
JohnnyO, yes. And I think it's Rob Jones on the Husky.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 19, 2012, 08:08:40 pm
Some more from Mountain Man
(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman009.jpg)
Jeff Leisk

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman013.jpg)
Peter Melton

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman007.jpg)
Dave Armstrong

(http://i1208.photobucket.com/albums/cc374/JohnnyO31/Old%20days/Mountainman006.jpg)
Leisk, Deakin, Kidas, Armstrong, Melton
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: KB171 on October 19, 2012, 09:51:24 pm
Great pics of natural terrain tracks  8), the shots of Manley look a bit like Unadilla.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 19, 2012, 10:02:39 pm
Great pics of natural terrain tracks  8), the shots of Manley look a bit like Unadilla.
It looks like Unadilla in the old days.. I was there a few weeks ago and it's nothing like that now, there is no grass.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: GT43 on October 19, 2012, 10:25:01 pm
Cool. Thanks John.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: NSR on October 19, 2012, 11:46:56 pm
Quote
It looks like Unadilla in the old days.. I was there a few weeks ago and it's nothing like that now, there is no grass.

There is no grass at Maleny ???

Cool thread,  I'll have to fire up the scanner.   
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on October 20, 2012, 07:59:58 am
Quote
It looks like Unadilla in the old days.. I was there a few weeks ago and it's nothing like that now, there is no grass.

There is no grass at Maleny ???

Cool thread,  I'll have to fire up the scanner.   
I was talking about Unadilla having no grass now..
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: 09.0 on October 29, 2012, 09:28:40 pm
Graeme that looks like:
Gumsy Morgan
Peter Ploen
Glen Mason
Not sure on the Husky
Dave Armstrong
Glen Mason? On a yz80? Looks like Wayne Biden from Bundy to me.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: whitey 43 on November 13, 2012, 02:15:04 pm
Has anyone got pics of the old Pine Rivers MX track (now known as North Lakes)? It closed just as I moved back to Brisbane, bit was told it was an awesome track...
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on November 13, 2012, 03:20:49 pm
Has anyone got pics of the old Pine Rivers MX track (now known as North Lakes)? It closed just as I moved back to Brisbane, bit was told it was an awesome track...
Must've been a long time ago, I started in '76 and don't remember it. There was a redcliffe track not too far from there..
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: IT400C on November 15, 2012, 02:28:28 pm
Pine Rivers?  I remember that one!

Based in-around an old quarry?  Or was that just the surrounding land?

I was routing round some old boxes the other day and found an old membership card for Pine Rivers.  You had to join to ride there.  Must have been 1982?

I'll see if I can dig it out on the weekend.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on November 15, 2012, 07:43:35 pm
The Pine Rivers meetings I rode in the 70's were either at Kilcoy or Tivoli.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: NSR on November 21, 2012, 11:12:32 pm

Dave Armstrong VS's Darryl Schultz

Toowoomba

(http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww125/NoelSR/DAampDS2.jpg)
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: maico police on November 22, 2012, 07:52:25 am

Dave Armstrong VS's Darryl Schultz


Nice to see some of The Village People were along for a look. :)
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Doc on November 22, 2012, 09:38:13 am
Pine rivers..was that the track on the left of the Bruce H/way inbound? There was also another mx track out near PGH brickworks at the end of Kremzow Rd.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: IT400C on November 22, 2012, 10:42:53 am
Pine rivers..was that the track on the left of the Bruce H/way inbound? There was also another mx track out near PGH brickworks at the end of Kremzow Rd.

Not 100% sure which one I went to.  Only went a few times back in around 82 or 83, but the brickworks does sound vaguely familiar.  All I remember is that it was next to what from memory was an old quarry area or similar..

Being an enduro rider, I spent more time in quarry area than on the main track...   ::)
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: STW996 on November 28, 2012, 02:17:41 pm
The Pine Rivers meetings I rode in the 70's were either at Kilcoy or Tivoli.

There was a somewhat of a motocross track that the Pine Rivers motorcycle club run on inside and around the Caboolture speedway track (before the motocross track was set up on the road to summerset dam).

There was also a couple of tracks that were riding and not racing tracks, one off Kremzow road at Strathpine and also another along side the now freeway at North lakes. don't recall either being race tracks.

There was also a track where the dam is at Samonvale whch had a seniors motocross track and a junior flat track but that was pre 1975.

John, did you ever ride the old Redcliffe motocross track that was near the areodrome? big down hill drop off and then you rode back up the same hill. After this closed the motocross club moved to the dump site at Duffield road.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on November 28, 2012, 03:14:50 pm
Shane I rode a redcliffe track once in '77 that from memory dropped down to another level then back up further round.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: STW996 on November 28, 2012, 04:18:43 pm
Yeah mate that was it.

We were still on XR's back then, I think Brett had a CR 125 so that would have been 76ish
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Slakewell on November 28, 2012, 05:46:01 pm
I remember the old Redcliffe track on the Airdrome road, Yeah it had nice drop off and for some odd reason a mud trench on the front straight. Mortimer and  McLauchlan had some good battles there. I think it closed down in 1980 or there abouts as the houses got to close.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on November 28, 2012, 07:19:38 pm
Slake were you in Brisbane back then? They were good times with some great tracks in the area.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Slakewell on November 28, 2012, 08:48:39 pm
I lived at Kipparing about 5 min ride to the Redcliffe tack discussed , I was a member of the Redcliffe club which Stew McLauchlan was also and we used to ride together sometimes. I do remember Beers were 2 for $1.00 at club meetings from the fridge ;D
The track we used most was across the road from the one they use now near the old dump or actually what was the old dump site. We had some great bush tracks in the area at that time plus we used to race dirt track on the salt flats.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: JohnnyO on November 28, 2012, 08:59:29 pm
I lived at Kipparing about 5 min ride to the Redcliffe tack discussed , I was a member of the Redcliffe club which Stew McLauchlan was also and we used to ride together sometimes. I do remember Beers were 2 for $1.00 at club meetings from the fridge ;D
The track we used most was across the road from the one they use now near the old dump or actually what was the old dump site. We had some great bush tracks in the area at that time plus we used to race dirt track on the salt flats.
Cool.. I knew Stew pretty well, do you remember Geoff Holmes from those days? We raced each other a lot at open meetings.
Title: Re: Qld mx in the 80's
Post by: Slakewell on December 05, 2012, 06:18:40 pm
I can't say I remember him now but he may have been around, One thing about Stew he never like the RM 370 preferring to ride his 250 at most meetings.