OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: yzhilly on September 24, 2007, 09:13:32 am
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Hey DJ thats a attractive offer to race in N.Z . what sort of Beer are we talking ?.
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Hilly the beer is Tui, Speights, DB or any other poison you like to drink. Are you thinking about about coming over? We just had the first round of the VMX series and the smile on TMBills face says it all.
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TMBill after a couple of races
A couple of pictures of the day.
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Not at the moment DJ , Just dreaming it looks like a lot a fun and i hope to get over there for a ride .It looks a bit dryer this week
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Geez, Do 125J's grow on trees over there ;D ;D ;D
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Cool! That mister mx banner brings back memories, i like the vintage in there, nice touch. Geez thats something to aim for next year if the offer extends that far. I'd pack my uggies and jandels for that one!
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Yeah we hadnt had rain for a while, but we got a few drops that morning and being a cropped paddock the greenery wasnt in abundance but the dirt is a mix of soil/sand so she bermed up a bit. The 125J were there in force 250H and did well. Thats my one #178 (yellow YZ125J) with my werks rider piloting it. Some of the boys aint to happy about getting beaten by a girl ;D ;D.but with the nature of vmx and it people, they think its great, and the friendly banter that goes on is bloody funny. The 125 class is an awesome class to race in and is pretty hotly contested.
Oldfart, if you are going to be here in May the series will be over but there is a funny day/weekend called the Woodstock Classic at Eno's place. This event is the pinnicle of friendly fun vmx racing in NZ(dare I say it). It is about 3hrs away from Hawkes bay and I was just talking to Eno and he would love to have an International flavour to his meeting.
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090 bring those uggies and jandels- the offer from me and I'm sure from TMBill will be a permanent offer to all you vmx Ozzies, it would be great to see you guys over here. Maybe a few of you should get together and start planning.
One for TMBill; I here Murray has built a cheater bike and has only 4" of travel and wants to compete in the pre75 ;D ;D
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Great pics ... love these two
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All those pictures remind me of the great natural terrain motocross tracks in NZ in the 70's. I grew up and raced MX in NZ during this time and took the great riding country for granted. Moved to Australia in the 80's and only then realised how good and easy it was to ride dirt bikes in New Zealand.
I for one are going to have to venture "across the ditch" and enjoy the great riding yet again.
Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to a bike across the Tasman at a reasonable rate.
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Hand luggage Derail, hand luggage ;D. But tell us derail, what do you ride? Maybe we can help you out with a bike?
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Hey DJ,
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Hey Derail, how is Tassie? Is this PJ of YZ125J fame?
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Hey DJ (don't know what went wrong,must have hit the wrong key)
I have a KLX 250 - well sort of , its about as standard as the one Gary Goodfellow used in NZ in the mid 70's to blow away the RM's, CR's and YZ 250's at the time. I'm not really that fussy however. I am past the point whee the bike is the limiting factor.
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Hey Derail, where in NZ were you from?
I rode around Wgton in the 70s & 80s. One of my mates raced a KLX250 for a while, loved the handling but down on power. Mind you the way he rode, and still does, you wouldn't have known it.
DJ, I recently got married again (don't ask) I'm trying to work out how I can work a riding trip to NZ into the honeymoon..........................................................................................just got to make her think it's her idea
Cheers
Brent
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Derail you mean something like this dont ya ;D
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Hey ya Brent, hows Perth treating ya? hope ya havnt still got our vmx mags there ;D
Tell the wife she needs to go on a wine trail around blenhiem in mid October because the North V's South VMX meeting is on then and if you just happen to stumble upon it then will what can she say ;)
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Hi Brent/DJ. I grew up in Tokoroa, surounded by pine forests and dairy farms. Raced YZ'ds back then. I now reside in Central Quensland (Emerald) Thought I'd try to make a KLX go a bit faster and be reliable bacause there light, handle well and have a bit more suspension travel than the pre '75 bikes and my knees now appreciate that.
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The one in the picture is bored out to a 290cc and the owner (Pete) punts it round the track extremely well. So your used to the pumice loam of the central North Island Derail?
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Yeah DJ, I miss the loamy soil. Central Queensland is largely flat and the its the only place I've ridden where you can tear the knobs off the side of your new MX tyre in a good practice session.
Sweet looking bike. Mine is similar, over bored to around 300cc and a mega cycle cam. On a miniture TT track its not disgraced against modern 4 s 250's. At least for around 3 laps and then the rider expires.