The Nats

[motomaniac]

Even if you are a local its a tough call to have 3 weekends in a row for the bikes.
Viper,HBBB, Nats.
I guess if you were contemplating divorce or ending a relationship its the perfect time to do it.

[Hornet]

Stop the whine and get ready to ride     today's entry count 51... bring it on.... make it happen. 

How many sidecar entries , VMX 247 ?

[VMX247]

Viper,HBBB, Nats.
I guess if you were contemplating divorce or ending a relationship its the perfect time to do it.

   surrounded by mates doing what ya love...sound's great.    

[VMX247]

Stop the whine and get ready to ride     today's entry count 51... bring it on.... make it happen. 

How many sidecar entries , VMX 247 ?

geez that was a quick reply walter, here's the number to ring ..Francis Conroy 0413 622 079

[Hornet]

What annoys me the most , MA and the organising club listened to our pledges  to have a Vintage friendly track  and now they are not getting the support they deserve , after all that hard work . Lets hope those entries keep coming .

[Nathan S]

What annoys me the most , MA and the organising club listened to our pledges  to have a Vintage friendly track  and now they are not getting the support they deserve , after all that hard work . Lets hope those entries keep coming .

Yes.

Why is it that so many people in the VMX world are so keen to whinge and bitch and moan the instant something doesn't go exactly their way?
What happened to the Aussie notion of 'copping it on the chin' and just doing what you enjoy? Why do we have to blame someone, every time we have a lull in our enthusiasm?
How many of us are such primadonas in real life?
Do we expect our families/friends/bosses/workmates/customers/etc to do things exactly how we want, in the way that we expect VMX race meets to run exactly how we want?

Nobody has to do anything - its up to you to get the best possible outcome for yourself and your sport, in the short term and the long term.
If the idea of a weekend away for VMX racing is so unappealling, then you have no place in this thread.

[Tossa]

What annoys me the most , MA and the organising club listened to our pledges  to have a Vintage friendly track  and now they are not getting the support they deserve , after all that hard work . Lets hope those entries keep coming .

Yes.

Why is it that so many people in the VMX world are so keen to whinge and bitch and moan the instant something doesn't go exactly their way?
What happened to the Aussie notion of 'copping it on the chin' and just doing what you enjoy? Why do we have to blame someone, every time we have a lull in our enthusiasm?
How many of us are such primadonas in real life?
Do we expect our families/friends/bosses/workmates/customers/etc to do things exactly how we want, in the way that we expect VMX race meets to run exactly how we want

Nobody has to do anything - its up to you to get the best possible outcome for yourself and your sport, in the short term and the long term.
If the idea of a weekend away for VMX racing is so unappealling, then you have no place in this thread.

Well said

[worms]

Yes  Nathan,generalization of the VMX you are right, but there is a VMX meet going on somewhere every weekend in Australia that is well supported, what we have here is a special event that is charging more and has had changes made to the std competion rules that might not wash with everybody( the pre 75 class) which is the hardest class to cater for, but it is what the competition was based around from the start, maybe there should of been more process in the changes, we arnt 12 year-olds and all have strong feelings about our sport.


I hope they get the final numbers they need to run the event.

Trev

[albrid-3]

I am not whinging, about the Nationals, l merely saying that my bike will not be ready to be raced. Wanted it to be, but that is how it goes, but woul;d like to make a statement about the nationals and club level racing.
I must say these large events, entries, gate submissions, prices go up, normal club meeting licence on the day are not $77 dollars, so l do feel its a bit of a revenue raising.
If the entry chargers keep going up each year, then the competitors will decline, and we the riders and clubs will fine a cheaper solution to our sport.
The vintage movement started as a good old fun day and to bring back the history as we all new it, and it has expanded, and we need to change with it, but l do feel it needs to level off for the good of our sport, prices of entry, licence. need to stay at a level for us to be able to afford.

[GMC]

has had changes made to the std competion rules that might not wash with everybody

Please enlighten me


As for fee's etc. There is a difference between club / interclub fee's and opens.
Opens are expensive which is why most clubs run their vintage meetings as interclubs, to avoid a lot of those fee's that aren't practical for low membership VMX meets.
However you can't have an Australian championship interclub event. Contradiction in terms.

Was it wise to run the Nats. on the back of the Bonanza? Well that will always be up for debate.
It has been mentioned in the past on here to have the Nats next to CD which some thought might be a good idea.
A few of the WA guys stayed on after the Nats last year to ride another event in Qld, so I don't see this as any different.
Naturally it won't suit everyone, it wasn't expected that everyone would do both events.

A bit too close to the last event has left people without enough time to recover financially is a fair point, but I can’t help but feel from a lot of the comments that a lot of people will be jumping for joy if the Nats are cancelled.

I have read in the past how MA must hate us as they don’t do anything for our sport, now that they have taken an interest in the Nats this also seems to have pissed people off as well 

[fatboyracing]

Come on guys,
My entry and my step sons entry are in the post today coming from Tassie has the added cost of getting over the water, we are doing both HBBB and the Nats although we do have to rough it a bit at the track as the costs have blown out quite abit, with entrys for both events,boat trip,licences and beer costs for the 10 days we are up near $2500 but hell who cares we need riders to come to these events or they will become extinct. Surely riders from Victoria and NSW will turn up and ride, it is in your own back yard. Come on guys stuff the politics come and have a ride and enjoy yourself. I will be fighting for 30 position on the podem again but what a buzz, mixing it with the best for the first 200 mts of the race before being left behind and enjoying the company of some true gentlemen after the race.

You are a long time dead

Cheers
Fatboy  

[All Things 414]

Well taking away ( stealing ? )  the original CD concept and then run it  in competition to the hard working CD people  was never agreat idea.

You mean an event that is now going to stay in the one place, year in, year out? Why can't we have our bit of time in the sun, enjoying old bikes in a non-comp event?

[caps 999]

ill be sending my and my brothers entries in this week

[Hornet]

Ross , A) CD was, what made VMX  is today  and B) they used to rotate  from different states ( Kyneton , Broadford , Raymond Terrace  and Connondale . ) But that is some time ago , perhapsyou where not around then 

[All Things 414]

Walt a: So CD was responsible for the worldwide phenomenum that is Vintage Motocross (VMX)? b: They don't anymore.....