OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => Introductions => Topic started by: leonrekrah on December 28, 2008, 02:46:09 pm
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Hi to all, I,m MAICO 54 been meaning to get on this forum for a while now,new to computers but not bikes,been playing in the dirt and on the road since about 12 y/o as you all know it,s a hard habit to kick once in the blood.I,ve just been reading a few of the stories about the old days in the records and it sure brings back some great memories.I,ve made many lifelong friends over the years through my involvement in bikes,and that to me is one of the best aspects of our chosen addiction.Still got the odd bike or two around the shed,not like steve,brad ,john,russ,and many more of you guys out there although once I rekon I could have, ADBW. Any way, can,t wait for 09 to start as we,ve got both classic dirt and the nats at connondale...I rekon it,s going to blow the organisers away with the turnout when you look at the support MX across the board is getting in QLD at the moment , just gotta look at the crowd at the recent SuperX an entries across all our disiplines.....So it,s going to be a great year ,Hope you all have a good 2009 doing it dirty..............Noel
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Welcome Noel.
I reckon its gonna be a bonanza year too.
I have $2700 saved for the Conondale VMX Nats/holiday in Qld 09. Missed Tassie last year. :'(
There will be no stopp'n me going to sunny Queensland this year. :P Hope we catch ya there.
cheers
Alison from WA
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Mister Noel! Good to see you make it to the new millennium tech wise! Just don't punch the pc if it isn't doing what its told. Being around the old girls as long as you have it will certainly will be an asset to have your input on the forum.
And another Maico-ophile!!
Here's to more great memories in '09!
You dyslexic bugger!
Cheers,Brad
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hey noel loved watching you work on the track and now i can,t wait to see your work on the computer good luck.hope you had great year and looking forward to a great year with all these events are in our neck of the woods shit hot hay
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Thanks for the welcome fellas,hey Brad what,s dyslexic,is that what my sister,s got for washing up.......I,
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Hi Noel I was one of the teenagers who bought riding gear and Suzuki parts from you at Phil Thews shop and greatly enjoyed watching you racing on RMs.
Regards
David Lahey
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Gidday Noel, I also recognise your name from back in the day.
I think I also recognise one of my photos as your avatar; here's a couple more of #54 from the files.
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I remember both you and your brother from the drag racing days. Welcome aboard.
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Hi Dave Wombat and Firko,thanks for the welcome......I had to steal your pic for the avatar[whatever the hell that is] wombat hope you don,t mind..I,ve got plenty of pics from the old days at Phil Thew Moto from the early 70,s on ,Mountain Man ,Mr Motocross,Aus titles etc but will have to wait til my son comes around to help me post them, cause like Brad said I can,t wash dishes,or something like that....It,s a major effort pushing thes little buttons one at a time...Firko I gave up the drags early on and went MXing as I couldn,tget my head around the fact that the more money you spent the less time you acutally got to ride....one of my big brothers Steve,now spends hundreds of thousands$$$ just for a 5 second buzz,just kidding, strokes for folks I guess.He,s full time pro in the States now and doin well , runner up in his funnycar div this year,another Aussie out there..His twin daughters are both driving alcohol rails over there as well..Personally I,m more partial To the drinking kind these days,although that new year thing gets harder each year.....A bit similar to when you throw a leg over a dirt bike,all those good intentions and promises to the missus that I,ll just take it easy and have a bit of fun with me mates go bye bye and you instantly revert to a 10 foot tall 18 year old.................................................
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Noel i would've thought New Years Eve was a walk in the park for you after all the practice you had at the Thunder-X this year. ;) Good to see you finally learned to type and joined up! Yes i remember the good old days at Phil Thew Moto as well... dodging empty beer cans following you home from Lismore one year. ;D
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Hey John,were those good days or what????????At the Thunder X I have to race you guys the next day so I take it easy.....He He
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Looking forward to any old 'back in the day' photos!
I was a big fan of Phil Thew's Peter Boyle and Stewie McLachlan - they carved up Tivoli back when I relied on Mum to take me to watch.
Walking into Phil Thew Moto was like 'Motocross Mecca' to a young bloke learning to ride on a YZ 80. 8)
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Yeah those guys were awesome.. loved to watch Boyle giving it 110% he was spectacular. Stewart was a brilliant rider, it was a really sad day when he passed away, way too young.
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Hey Noel, any chance you have any Phil Spew stickers??? ha ha
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What's your plan Brad? Take a photo, fabricate and sell on? ;) :D ;D
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Build a PTM replica.. you were probably still on a peewee back then Brad. ;D
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welcome to forum noel its gunna be a great year for vmx
cant wait hows the suzuki holding up
hope you have been training
will tell a story when i went up to get trophy at thundercross thanked all my sponsors etc
noel got up thanked four xxxx and benson and hedges ;D ;D ;D ;D
we raced in vets state championships 15 races in total
came down to last race noel was leading me by 1 point so whoever won won championship
i led till last 2 laps nearly crashed over bars, noel sneaked around me
then i stalled on last lap he won fair and square, was good racing all year
lets hope this year will be the same
oh and in state evo noel won that, and i won pre 85 unlimited
so you could say we have raced a bit together, this year will be great
welcome aboard rusty ;D
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Brad.sorry gave away the last Phil Spew sticker just recently....(he was a hard bastard but taught me a lot) ...John ,still got my last PTM jersey, it fits still.,... welllll.... sorta like a body shirt from the early 70.s .............Russ,you know I only wear that plain black jersey in practice eh??? Seriously fun year racing with you though,hope for more this year but we,ll have to watch out for the new mature gents coming up a class..Hopefully we,ll both learn how to ride these new bikes properly....That KX AF throws nearly as much roost as a Maico.........................
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Hey Noel , here is a shot of Rusty shaking his fist & yelling : How dare you pass me ,you Maico riding swine ;D .
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yeah thats me on my factory sr500
i was shaking my fist cause two lappers
one on a husky and one on a maico
got in my way ;D ;D ;D
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Hello Noel,
I was surfing the web the other day and to my supprise I came upon this website with mesages from you on it.
I remember you as a young man working at PTM and how you used to put my mother in stiches at the shop.
I see your still riding and not doing too shabby even if it is as a veteran...hard to believe that your old enough to be in that class.
It was good to see some nice comments about dad and brought back some fond memeries of some of you guys who used to ride for him.
Thanks for the memories......... Yes I was just a kid when I saw you in the shop.
Best wishes
Peter Thew