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Title: VMX #52
Post by: jerry on December 12, 2012, 09:27:09 am
Is it out before Xmas? J
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: vmxken on December 12, 2012, 09:46:15 am
Yes, will be, at the printers now.

Ken
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: jerry on December 12, 2012, 11:04:12 am
Thanks Ken I need my fix! J
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: vmx42 on December 12, 2012, 02:01:52 pm
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/vmx42/VMX_Issue52_Cover.jpg)
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: firko on December 12, 2012, 03:33:13 pm
Cool cover bike.
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: AjayVMX on December 13, 2012, 10:09:54 pm
You WOULD say that Firko!   :P
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: AjayVMX on December 13, 2012, 10:13:14 pm
And while we're at it - cheap eBay CHRISTMAS Pre-sale on now...  doesn't get cheaper than this!

OZ listing...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121038354876?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121038354876?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649)

US Listing...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121038356892?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121038356892?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649)
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: Iain Cameron on December 13, 2012, 10:18:14 pm
Great a RT1m and a AT1m in the same mag
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: suzuki59 on December 14, 2012, 11:24:40 am
Just brought it thanks ;D
Are there any of those satanic Pre 90 bikes in the latest issue???
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: vmx42 on December 14, 2012, 11:35:14 am
…are there any of those satanic Pre 90 bikes in the latest issue???

No!!! And not even any God fearing Pre 90 bikes either.

What is it with Auckland and Satan worship?  ???
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: suzuki59 on December 14, 2012, 11:41:38 am
…are there any of those satanic Pre 90 bikes in the latest issue???

No!!! And not even any God fearing Pre 90 bikes either.

What is it with Auckland and Satan worship?  ???
We are all evil in Auckalofa Jeff, much like you Sydney siders.
Thats a shame about no pre 90 bikes featuring,there aint nothing like the smell of powervalves and disc brakes in the morning.... :o :o
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: Rusty on December 14, 2012, 11:47:10 am
Giving the benefit of doubt to dorklandrers ....... I would rather disk brakes & power valves than water cooled 4-chokes.
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: oldfart on December 21, 2012, 06:52:20 pm
Just turned up via the postie....
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: PEZBerq on December 21, 2012, 07:13:46 pm
Hasn't made it to the banana republic yet. Won't see it to well into the New Year now  :'( :'(
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: Doggy Digger on December 21, 2012, 10:02:57 pm
Got it today Friday.  What a bonza bunch of stuff in this issue!
She's chocka-block.  Pins and needles on the dunny; here I come.

Thanks and congrats, Ken and crew ...
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: TM BILL on January 04, 2013, 06:32:06 pm
Got mine today  :) great effort love the Yamaico 125  8)

WTF was ole mate thinking when he dreamt up that rockspew RM :o Bloody hell even marc dot com couldn't concieve an attrocity like that.

My cat saw it and took off up the curtains and wont come down  ::) its given me a migraine and a new appreciation for original bikes .

But overall another great effort team  :) will see me through a weekend on call .
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: Davey Crocket on January 04, 2013, 07:13:20 pm
I told you be carefull when you turned that page over.....I reckon that is the ugliest bike ever featured in the magazines history....poor old Ray Ryan will be turning in his grave....there will be VMXers around the world seeking counciling after there eyes saw that....what sort of drugs do you have to take to build something like that?
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: TM BILL on January 04, 2013, 07:27:54 pm
I told you be carefull when you turned that page over.....I reckon that is the ugliest bike ever featured in the magazines history....poor old Ray Ryan will be turning in his grave....there will be VMXers around the world seeking counciling after there eyes saw that....what sort of drugs do you have to take to build something like that?

Dont know if he was on drugs but i bet his guide dog had a headache  ;D
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: mick25 on January 04, 2013, 08:30:10 pm
Got mine today  :) great effort love the Yamaico 125  8)

WTF was ole mate thinking when he dreamt up that rockspew RM :o Bloody hell even marc dot com couldn't concieve an attrocity like that.

My cat saw it and took off up the curtains and wont come down  ::) its given me a migraine and a new appreciation for original bikes .

But overall another great effort team  :) will see me through a weekend on call .
You crack me up billy  ;D ;D I throught the same about the rm thingee  ??? every one to there own :-\
you should be doing stand up bill  ;)
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: vmxken on January 04, 2013, 08:47:42 pm
Mr Crocket - I think Ray would probably be turning in his grave as well, having a good laugh.  Do you really think I included it in the magazine because I thought it was the best resto I'd ever seen?  Talking piece, yes.  It takes all types.

Ken
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: oldfart on January 04, 2013, 08:51:49 pm
And they took the bait hook line and sinker.

Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: firko on January 04, 2013, 11:17:57 pm
Yep, that RM certainly is the ugliest bike the mag's ever presented but how cool is that swingarm? ::). My own work aside, I liked the mix in #52. I thought the Yamaico was an interesting bike, I would have figured that an MX125 motor would look pretty miniscule in the full size Maico frame but it looks right. Goolies 495 Kato looks a treat and the article is a good read.  Even the little Indian racer was interesting but I think our Jimsons bike is equally as good. To me however the best read was Smithy's piece on Joe Bolger, what a genius he is. His rear suspension system is equally as revolutionary as Tilkins cantilever system used by Yamaha but unfortunately no factories picked it up, if they had perhaps the suspension revolution might have gone in a different direction.

Kens Sweep Rider column was a nice tribute to our old mate Magoo but it's elsewhere in the piece that I found something that bought a wry smile to my face....to quote Ken, " ....She was a regular watcher of another Aussie on US TV at the time, that self absorbed Tosser Steve Irwin and had some vague idea that the bloke was mystical and mysterious. Sorry lady, Irwin just made everything out to be bigger and better than it really was, including himself". At last another brother in arms who thought the Crocodile Hunter or whatever it was Steve Irwin called himself was a wanker. Irwin made a living fuc*ing with poor animals that didn't want to be fuc*ed with. Karma got him in the end ::).
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: AjayVMX on January 05, 2013, 04:04:33 am
Psst.... Ken....

No one's bagged the CD9 coverage yet....  thank God for that!  ::)

Nice decoy the RM was.  ;D
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: Davey Crocket on January 05, 2013, 09:17:19 am
You blokes want to hope old mate with the pukestar RM doesnt top himself when he realises he's the laughing stock of the VMX word......then it will become the deathstar RM.....maybe this will be the next issue that pulls the big bucks in years to come?....a bit like the old "Edsel".....everyone thought it was ugly when it first came out, now it's a collectors item.....who knows?
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: vmxken on January 05, 2013, 09:27:06 am
I said it would be a talking piece, that's all, never accused it of being ugly, it's just very different!
Title: Re: VMX #52
Post by: Maicoman on January 05, 2013, 12:06:12 pm
I agree that RM is a bit in ya face and my first impressions were WTF!!! but I can recall in a few issues back some butt ugly XL's painted with white fork legs and spokes that made me gag. I enjoyed the story about Shoey's Husky Auto's though, nice bikes.