nepean

[Noel]

Hi Col,
Here's another shot with a pretty CR125 in the same pit.
I believe that this was it's first run and it performed well though he had a gentle off in front of the pack
in one race notice that the XL  is using a 19" front wheel which the rider  seemed to think worked well.


Cheers
Noel

[colmoody]

That CR125 does look nice to Noel. Seen plenty of quick Dirt Trackers in the late seventys and eightys running 19'' fronts mostly with Carlisles which did work well on the harder packed mostly oiled tracks of the day, of which Nepean was one. Am a little confused as the front on the 125 looks like a knobby. However Noel, what can you tell us about the two bikes in the background of that shot and are what looks like XT/TT500 Yamaha and CZ360 and how did they go on the day.

[Noel]

Hi Col
the CR had a normal 21' knobby , Both bike's are destined to do some MX as well I believe,
My bike in the back ground, I found the XT a handful as it has a particularly nasty back tyre which gave
terrible feed back as to what it was doing, sliding on roll off and straightening up under power?
the CZ on the other hand was a joy, could have used another gear on the long straight and the jetting
at wide open throttle was a little off but had great drive and predicable to ride. At the end of the day I managed
a second place in a  pre78 unlimited race
Cheers
Noel