80's Enduro results

[mustanggrahame]

Just reading about the spoke problem with your KLX. I had a friend who had one in 1980. He broke a lot of spokes as well. I'd never thought it was engine torque. I put it down to him weighing about 130kg.
What was your racing weight Geoff? (not suggesting this would be the problem).
Cheers, Grahame

[Nathan S]

I know a bloke who broke a heap of spokes in his KDX175, without even riding the bike...

[GMC]

Just reading about the spoke problem with your KLX. I had a friend who had one in 1980. He broke a lot of spokes as well. I'd never thought it was engine torque. I put it down to him weighing about 130kg.
What was your racing weight Geoff? (not suggesting this would be the problem).
Cheers, Grahame

Ha, good on ya
My racing weight back then was around 80 Kg's
Wish I could be back there now.

And I have since vowed not to let 'Fat Bastard' ride my KDX again

[rmyzit]

The Alpine was a DNS for me.
The KLX was in need of a rebore and in a bid for power I went the big bore option, only I became greedy in my quest for power and went the 290 kit instead of the 270 kit.
This meant that I had to split the cases as they had to be machined to accept the bigger liner. Several weeks should have been plenty of time but I didn’t get the cases back until Saturday arvo.
Took me 3 attempts to put the cases together with the gears actually engaging. As a mechanic I made a good sheetmetal worker.
I needed to be up at 4 in the morning to make the drive to the event so once it got to midnight I threw my hands in the air and went to bed, and stayed there.
It would be several more years before I could get my act toget

I actually finished the 81 Alpine (#127) I found this an easier ride than the Devils Pinch
Evo

[GMC]

Don't remember anything about this one, I must have entered it to have been posted the results
Can't remember if I Dnf'ed or Dns'ed





As we are talking about Ian Drydale in another thread you will note he finished in this one, XR 500 from memory
He dnfed the Alpine.

Also just noticed a young Arno Dnf'ed the Alpine too

[rmyzit]

Also just noticed a young Arno Dnf'ed the Alpine too

Arno DNF'ed  he was riding his PE175 that day but I dont remember what happened to him. I will ask next time I see him.
Evo

[80-85 husky]

I see the Mt Despair Supa challenge results you got me in the hill climb but I pipped you in the hare n hound..
I also note my current Neighbor, Mr T Knox was at the pointy end of the 250 xperts much more than he lets on....

I didn't start the vic series till 82

[GMC]

You also got me good in the MX section.
I was actually quite proud of my hillclimb test as a lot of the guys in front of me were experts, that KLX sure could go fast down hills.
I think it was also a bonus for me only having to go fast for 108 seconds
When events get longer than 2 minutes I start to fade

What bike were you riding that year John?

[80-85 husky]

I was on the KDX 250.
I botched the hill climb badly, had a great run up the hill, think I got 3rd gear and was fairly humming at the top. as I got there, I got  the sun full in my eyes as I crested the hill and lost all vision!, went straight over the top (missed the track completely) locked the front brake up when I saw where I was going and slid all the way down to the bottom on my arse. picked the bike up, slipped under the bunting and roared back over the hill.

hilarious

One more thing Geoff, How did you post these up? I sent mick at EBT a heap of pdfs of my results but he couldn't get them to load. were these jpeg files or pdf's?

[GMC]

Now that you mention it I do recall the sun in eyes moment and it was a bit tricky at the top.

I scan and post in jpg format, I should be able to change your Pdf's to jpg's if you want to e-mail them to me.

[GMC]

82 Wonthaggi 6 hr Pony Express
Dangerous Dave and I teamed up but found my KX 420 quite the handful around this tight circuit

[Tony T]

Lots of familiar names in there! 
I reckon Tony Reefman might be the father of Wayne or Warren something like that.
Regardless, I've still got video of him cutting the course repeatedly to pass me at a motocross in Mount Gambier!
Yes, I do hold a grudge.......   

[80-85 husky]

I went the following year, it was hot and dusty, i still cough up that coal dust i reckon!!

[Viper65]

The Lima Forest Enduro was my first enduro
Does anyone remember the bloke on the PE175N who fell off the bridge and into the creek?

That was me