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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Viper666 on April 07, 2015, 02:59:53 pm
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http://www.cyclejumpers.com/ (http://www.cyclejumpers.com/)
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You won't get any piss-taking from me, that's a pretty cool story
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Respect!! What an awesome part of your life , most if not all wont get a chance at that in a lifetime. Whats the wheel base on the YZ now though.
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That's ferkin awesome Perko 8)
Bloody great adventure mate awesome
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Great yarn.
And don't kid yourself Neale: you're still a stuntman.
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The daredevil/stuntman story came out many years ago at a pre-race saturday camp out (over a few frothies) for a VIPER event, this at a time when no one could come close to a manic dude with a mullet on a screaming YZ125. At the time the VIPER 125 class was the most competitive must see race of the program and no-one could understand how a +40 year old bloke that had to take pain killers just to start the bike could out-jump anyone regardless of bike class.
Add to this the tireless work that this retired daredevil does for the Ballarat Rovers club won't see me taking the piss or a laugh at the expense of Neale Perkins.
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Top stuff Neale. I won't be taking the piss anytime soon. Scary thing is, it could of been your poster hanging beside Suzi Quatro on my bedroom wall instead of Dale Buggins......
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That's Homepage worthy Neale, Fantastic story No laughing just RESPECT!!
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Respect alright - fantastic story - and all of it true! Good on you mate for having initiative and some getup and go.
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Didn't laugh but I did smile all the way through.
Good story
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Scary thing is, it could of been your poster hanging beside Suzi Quatro on my bedroom wall instead of Dale Buggins......
FourstrokeForever Will this do?
(http://i61.tinypic.com/xpdh1x.jpg)
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Thanks for the compliments guys but I certainly don't mind the piss being taken, as you know.
How this came about was I had an audition for Who Wants to be a Millionaire & was researching for my bio for them & came across this site. I notice there were a lot of Aussies so I contacted they guy & gave him a quick run down of what I had done & asked if he was interested. Days went passed with no reply so nothing lost. Then about a week later contacted me & wanted a bio & pictures & wanted to make me Jumper of the Month (April).
I'm a bit chuffed. Hardly anyone apart from the mates I grew up with knew about this & it's not something, even when talking bikes, that you can merge into the conversation.
There are more photos he didn't include, not just me, if yous are interested but I don't want to take up too much "space" so be up to Graeme M.
PS, made it through the audition. Now the wait for the call.
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Space wise you can link to as many images as you like. No-one can upload images to the OzVMX server and take up space, so the usual embedding/linking to images is fine. Go for it.
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Yeah I knew that we couldn't post directly anymore but still didn't know if it took up a bit of space or not.
OK will do if anyone's interested.
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They dont come any better than Neale Perkins, glad we're mates ;)
Ken & Dawn Baker
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Definate respect from me Perko, The whole story should be on here mate, Thanks for sharing an awsome part of your life with us. No wonder you rekon the Monza stepups a piece of piss ;)
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They dont come any better than Neale Perkins, glad we're mates ;)
Ken & Dawn Baker
Me too. Not very often you meet people you can call true mates!
The whole story should be on here mate,
Thanks for the sediment but I think that would be a bit much. If someone is interested they'll click the link.
Steve Davis is going to put it in Scooter News
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Read the story & hung on every word---loved it & appreciate what you did to keep the crowd happy. 'Me' chicken when it comes to big jumps which makes me appreciate what you did all the more. Thanks.
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Wow, a real live Aussie pioneer in showjumping motorcycles. Who knows how far you could have gone in the sideshow game with the right promotion and management, I hear there is big $$$ in that niche industry these days!!
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Awesome stuff :D
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Add to this the tireless work that this retired daredevil does for the Ballarat Rovers club won't see me taking the piss or a laugh at the expense of Neale Perkins
Cmon people will talk
Thanks for the kind words I will be there next year for sure.
PS was I drunk when I told ya?
Stupid question, that was a gimmie
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Scary thing is, it could of been your poster hanging beside Suzi Quatro on my bedroom wall instead of Dale Buggins......
FourstrokeForever Will this do?
(http://i61.tinypic.com/xpdh1x.jpg)
Yes Neale, that poster would of got a look in beside Suzi Q. Shame you didn't get the right promotion back then. I was a big fan of Dale Buggins as I had aspirations (dreams!) of being a motorcycle stuntman. I was always the first kid to take on a new jump on my BMX and when we all got onto mini's, I always won the "who can jump the furthest" challenge. Even jumped 3 cars that the tip operator pushed together for us on my XR75 using an old car bonnet for the ramp. There was only one other who took it on and he was on a RM125S. Good on you for having a go but could you imagine yourself trying to out show Travis Pastrana these days? The man is a dead set lunatic!
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Even jumped 3 cars that the tip operator pushed together for us on my XR75 using an old car bonnet for the ramp.
That's the spirit!
Good on you for having a go but could you imagine yourself trying to out show Travis Pastrana these days? The man is a dead set lunatic!
Agree but where would they all be without the pioneers like Evel Kenevel?
They now do double back flips over my biggest jump?
I will add though that landing ramps make it safer and easier.
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I agree that Evel Kenevel was the pioneer of attempting ridiculous jumps on even more ridiculous machines. Those Harleys that he destroyed looked like they would be more at home at a Dirt Track meeting! No wonder he had so many crashes. That jump that he did across the Grand Canyon took some very big gonads......
These days the top level stunt guys like Pastrana and co all use foam pits to practice their manouvres before they have a go off a ramp. The guys doing the distance jumps all use computer modelling to set ramp angles etc. before they take off. Bet you never had that luxury Neale.....
And as for the flat landings, I never did appreciate them. The take offs and air time was great. Landing hard on flat ground was never good.
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And as for the flat landings, I never did appreciate them. The take offs and air time was great. Landing hard on flat ground was never good.
The trick was the faster you went the smother the landing because of inertia. My last jump (145') was the smoothest landing of the lot even though I would have nearly got 14', 16' maybe 18' in height. Look at the angle of my ramps, very slight. Today they're designed for hang time & HAVE to have a landing ramp. You've seen what happens when THEY flat land!
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Huge respect for Neale and all of his era. I rode the pushie out to Castlereagh drags to watch Dale do the jumps back in the day and was well impressed.
....However.....
Travis exits perfectly good plane sans parachute.... game over dudes!!!
For balls? Can't see this being topped any day soon.
Might be wrong though and look forward to seeing wilder shit from the comfort of my keyboard.
FWIW I cleared 8 kids on the pushie. Would have been 9 if Tezz didn't put his head up for a look at the last moment ;D ;D ;D
Cheers
Shaun
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^^^ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ^^^ Rule #1.....Got to keep your head down when being jumped over.