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Clubroom => Twinshock Trials => Topic started by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 07:59:54 pm

Title: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 07:59:54 pm

Does anybody know who this guy is?
Image by Ron Vietheer F98

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: KB171 on January 17, 2009, 08:11:23 pm

Looks a bit like Mick Andrews  :-\ also looks like a early Falcon in the background

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 08:20:13 pm

You are right, Well done. It is an early Falcon in the back ground.
Is not it good to see the pioneers of trials wearing all the safety equipment that money could buy.  

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: mx250 on January 17, 2009, 08:35:07 pm

Mick did a promo tour of Oz in mid '70's promoting Yamaha and the TY 8). Although the Falcoon is mid /late '60's I presume the pixie was taken during that tour.

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 09:17:50 pm

Close !

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: firko on January 17, 2009, 09:24:30 pm

Bob Hannah

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 09:26:19 pm

Warmer

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: firko on January 17, 2009, 09:28:11 pm

marland Whaley?

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 09:30:27 pm

Wrong Country, but hotter

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: VMX247 on January 17, 2009, 09:36:44 pm

A Legend with a real nice six pack.  :D

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: firko on January 17, 2009, 09:37:13 pm

One of the Lampkins? Although this guy looks too fit to be a trials rider, and too tanned to be a pom. I give in.
Anthony Gunter.

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 09:39:24 pm

VMX247,
He is kinda cute !

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 17, 2009, 09:42:19 pm

Well Firko Me !

I will give you a hint.
He is a Pom !

He was the movie star of bike riding of his time.
You might even say he was Yamaha's Pin Up Boy.

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Noel on January 18, 2009, 11:31:43 am

Pace
Noel

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 18, 2009, 02:44:57 pm

I guess back then all riders looked the same.
Long hair and young bodies.

Next

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: firko on January 18, 2009, 03:06:09 pm

I answered Mick Andrews but deleted the post when I saw that KB had suggested the same thing. That threw me off. I went to his trials school at Menai back in '74 (I think) the same day the was on Peter Wherretts TV show. I didn't realise he was so chiseled!

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on January 18, 2009, 06:17:17 pm

I said KB was right.
This picture was taken at Lacys Creek QLD in the seventies.
It was a hot day and being a pom he removed his shirt.
I feel that we were all lucky that he travelled to QLD to show his great talent and even luckier that we were not in PNG or he may have ridden without his pants.   ::)

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on February 14, 2009, 10:52:18 pm

Okay,
How many world titles did MA win.

Ji

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: David Lahey on February 14, 2009, 11:20:24 pm

I think it was two World Titles, both on OSSA, or was that two European Titles?
I've had too many vodkas, can't think straight and can't remember which book to look it up in. Mate hes a legend whatever he won and he even won a couple of SSDTs on a YAMAHA!!!! Now that's a feat.

Title: Re: Who is this guy
Post by: Ji Gantor on February 14, 2009, 11:24:08 pm

Hi Feetupfun.

I will drink to that.

Ji