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Marque Remarks => Yamaha => Topic started by: OverTheHill on May 01, 2013, 06:01:30 pm
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gosh i miss those days, fond memories of all those riders especially Jimmy as he stayed down the farm & named it the "ponderosa" went well on his [by memory] 380 greeves griffon. Was looking for something else in the scrapbooks when i saw this [sorry about the quality]. Forgot i was making toasted sammies till the smoke came--bugger.(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/jimmydowsetandothers_zps3a2a461d.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/jimmydowsetandothers_zps3a2a461d.jpg.html)
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Must have been hard up for pics that year to use this one of me to advertise grass track. Mind you the old Metisse was bloody good on what we call "Miniature TT's over here" Revved like a 125 & pulled 'mad' wheelies. actually [funny--now] if this pic was taken from Xmas Hills i was 'black flagged' for dangerous riding' [NO I WASN'T Sir]--always ride like that, albeit out of control haha.(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/MorleyonMetisseinAus_zps7d9dbc3c.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/MorleyonMetisseinAus_zps7d9dbc3c.jpg.html)
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Don't know about hard up but that's a cool pic 8)
Cheers
Nick
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probably just as the black flag came out ha
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[only putting this up for the statement] It's Official--SIZE DOESN'T MATTER--thank heaven for that, made my day--or night.(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/sizedoesntmatter_zps5858673f.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/sizedoesntmatter_zps5858673f.jpg.html)
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Cool pics. I remember hearing your name a lot Morley from Swordy when he first came over here to race.. Do you still ride now?
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Have a few pages like this from Mt Kembla i think stuck in a scrapbook, will try & scan them but don't think they'll come up very legible wordwise.(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/ausmtkembla_zps6386b145.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/ausmtkembla_zps6386b145.jpg.html)
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Swordy, yes he was a hell of a good south island rider. Always admired him & if my memory serves me right Graham had a nerve problem? with one hand which [must have] made it difficult to hang on--always thought highly of him for hangin in there & not giving up. [Sorry Swordy if i got the hand thing wrong]. Obviously did the right thing, 'saw the gap' & went for it to aus. Cheers.
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Swordy, yes he was a hell of a good south island rider. Always admired him & if my memory serves me right Graham had a nerve problem? with one hand which [must have] made it difficult to hang on--always thought highly of him for hangin in there & not giving up. [Sorry Swordy if i got the hand thing wrong]. Obviously did the right thing, 'saw the gap' & went for it to aus. Cheers.
Yes he has kind of a seized wrist and has to move his whole arm to twist the throttle..
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to JohnnyO, more dreaming than riding. Have a YZ490K [in pic] but that pic was the last time out--must be close to two years ago bugger it. Think i'm loosing it, went & assembled some new grass karts for the people on the land behind us last week & while one kid was pulling full lockers around a marked out oval i came out with the second one [i'll show these youngsters how to slide] had a 'good' power slide on but a bit too sideways so straighten it out a bit then full lock for last bit of corner, ran out of corner & got hooked in the electric fence tape [Turned off luckily], ripped the standards & reel out of the ground etc to the applause of 30 kids sitting on the fence. [people run a school holiday country adventure thing] i showed em--not. Cheers.(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/PIC_0411_zpsfbabb586.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/PIC_0411_zpsfbabb586.jpg.html)
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Mike Groom(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/PIC_0222_zpsdfb2d3cc.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/PIC_0222_zpsdfb2d3cc.jpg.html)
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(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y476/gasgirlings/programme_zps4ea6fae6.jpg) (http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/gasgirlings/media/programme_zps4ea6fae6.jpg.html)
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Morley.....hidden away somewhere on this forum is a great newspaper or magazine clipping of you in battle with someone else......maybe Tim Gibbes. I thought you might have been riding a Metisse but I've forgotten the details. I found this in the meantime.........Love those sideburns ;D.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/morley_zpsf8051567.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/morley_zpsf8051567.jpg.html)
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This'll be the bit yer talkin about Firko, Morley good to see your still into it,
Cheers KB
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?PHPSESSID=80ed0c4824d44a62bb02f9c68f53dee8&topic=606.0
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I have a good pic of Morley 'in the air' at Mt Kembla But it's on a slide and I spent about half a day Tuesday trying to copy picsonto 'my pics ' .ONE DAY!.
pancho.
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This'll be the bit yer talkin about Firko, Morley good to see your still into it,
Cheers KB
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?PHPSESSID=80ed0c4824d44a62bb02f9c68f53dee8&topic=606.0
That's the one.....I knew he was poppin' a wheelie against someone pretty good....and Ray Fisher was indeed pretty good. The bike looks to be a Triumph Metisse to me, not a CZ as the caption states.
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/4tqxwxy_zpsdbff93c7.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/4tqxwxy_zpsdbff93c7.jpg.html)
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Where are you guys finding these pics, i'm gettin worried now!!. says getting front wheel up for traction--more likely for fun!!. Remember Mat Daley as the fast guy on a husky at Mt Kembla [or was it cz before husky], made it look easy, which i'm sure it wasn't but had a fast smooth style. Actually i rode piss poor at the first meeting at snake gully Adelaide [too hot & dusty for me], reasonable at Mt Kembla [don't really remember], just recall going over the bars [& the fence] at bottom of a hill & being shit scared of snakes i was back outa there pretty quick & away. Christmas Hills i had a good day purely due to the fact that it rained, i put a new Barum tyre on the back & ran it very soft so it spread out. Stayed with Athol Paterson as i recall & he was just 'so good' to us guys. Remember going somewhere with Gunnar Lindstrom & others on the train & Gunnar left his tool box with special husky tools etc under the seat never to be seen again--poor guy, was a bad day. Recall the sidecars at xmas hills & couldn't believe how hard they went as we didn't have sidecars in nz. Also an eye opener was a scooter class in Adelaide as i recall, couldn't believe i was witnessing 180 vespas going hard out over jumps & probably lapping quicker than me that day, think Ivan Miller cleaned up on his 360cz that day [maybe Gunnar] Ian Cameron took us to the three meetings in a 'sidevalve chrysler ex ambulance towing a 'big' 4 wheeled trailer, she chuffed along all day at a respectable speed--boiled--but never gave up, was a great vehicle for that job. 27 hours from adelaide to sydney. Had air brakes on the trailer [i think] with a lever on the steering column, was so sensitive you could squeal the trailer wheels too easily going down hill & had to be careful. Ian had a mate Max Troth with him for the long trip starting from the plane in Melbourne. They looked after us Kiwis 'just so well', was an enjoyable trip for us young fellas. Went back in possibly '73 to xmas hills on an RT2mx, got off a DT2mx at home & just couldn't get on with the 360, consequently rode terribly [too much power--sort of difference between you controlling the bike [250] & bike controlling you [360]. Long time ago so some details above might not be accurate but ummm, made a good story eh!!. Cheers.
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My Brother Roger was sponsored on a Dot in New Zealand back 60`s, by a bike shop in Auckland or christchurch not sure which town, don`t know the bike shop that he was riding for. back in 1974 my friend Johnny Herd #60 Maico and myself were all set to ride in new Zealand and we were set to say at somewhere there and meet up with the Morley Sheriff and others, but the trip fell through, their was an accident, It was a shame, I was really looking forward to ride their. (Oneday)