Classic Dirt Track Images.

[Curly3]

Carl rode at that meeting and bought his Girlfriend with us.
Di Louis is here name and I was a dowe eyed 13yo.
Great shot of GC looking so fit, well and happy, it was just a matter of months and the Showground claimed him.

[jimg1au]

and the only diference now is your way way older
ps
do we have a pit crew for nepean should have 3 bikes.beter get that dr going the staracer is ready to go
jim

[JAP 454]

Hey Slider,
Mark , I totally agree with your last post, lovely shot !!

OK , the three most popular makes of Slider frames in the '70s were , Hagon , Godden , and Elstar, in that order in my opinion, we've seen the grouse Godden catalogue from Slider and a beaut shot of a Hagon Sandracer from Slides, so here's my two bobs worth.



This is my Elstar just after re-building it and fitting an 84S engine, check the clearance between carb and maggy.
The Elstar , IMO, was the best handling frame for me, shorter wheelbase and a bit stiffer , the seat tube went down to the bottom of the engine plates , unlike a Sandracer.
Foss

[Curly3]

I don't know about you Jim but I can look after myself thanks, Tom will be with me though.
Foss, Foss, Foss, why did you let it go?
Just like the rest of us, I bet you're kicking yourself about the one that got away.
I'm ready Jim, should we put a bottle of Scotch on it?
Hang on, TH will turn up.

[jimg1au]

steve
dont mention scotch th will be there for sure giving both of us the order.

[JAP 454]

After posting the pic of me Elstar, which was my last serious racebike , I went looking for this pic, a year or so after the shot of the Elstar was taken, EA's, the kids and my world went up in flames, literally.

In the early '80s, my 10 year old son, Brian, acquired a KX 80 and asked could he go over to Fairbairn Park dirt track and have a run, took him over there once and the Dirt Track bug hit me again.

Didn't have a bike but Bro Jim had given me the remains of his single cylinder class road racer, pulled the YZ 400 motor out and looked around for a frame, found a DT 250 frame and a few other Yam bits and pieces, wedged it all together and this is the result on its wheels for the first time.
Tidied it up a bit , fitted a boat tail seat assembly and took it over to Canberra , It went like a cut cat and I fright myself and a few others many times !!



Tony Day's Tenere inthe background
Foss

[jimg1au]

allan
you know the frame was a gen tr2 yamaha racing frame.ahh the things we discard.like my 2 cottons !!!!!!!! and that special streety motor wish i still had that it would sit nice in the long track roller
thats history

[matcho mick]

not a bad looking pipe on the yammie Foss,

[TC91]

In the early/mid 80's when dad and his brothers had the Bendigo Showgrounds there was an 'A' grader who would idle his bike around to the start when every one else would practise their starts on the way round. He seemed to be able to pull more gearing yet would holeshot. Had me stumped at the time. A few years later yarning over a few beers he fesses up. A sponge above the the throttle slide soaked in nitro mix. First time it is screwed open "yepee",a later fuel check says all legit. go figure.

[JAP 454]

AAAAH, TC
The dreaded sponge in the carby slide spring soaked in Nitro trick, it was more widespread than everyone thought, no-one talked about it too much !!
Foss

[Slider29]

Foss, Foss, Foss, why did you let it go?
Just like the rest of us, I bet you're kicking yourself about the one that got away.

   All of those 500 JAPs and ESO's/sliders must be out there somewhere and i'm looking for one .  Cheers    Mark

[Slider29]

what am i doing wrong fellas? the quote and my comment are in the same box
  Mark

[Freakshow]

Foss, Foss, Foss, why did you let it go?
Just like the rest of us, I bet you're kicking yourself about the one that got away.

All of those 500 JAPs and ESO's/sliders must be out there somewhere and i'm looking for one .  Cheers    Mark
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Open it up with modify message, and you can See you have only one [/quote] at the end to close it all off, i suspect you deleted the top one when you started typing.  easy just put any anothers in where you want it

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[Curly3]

Aye boy's, we actually recieved a rapp today from a fellow forum member, oldschool.
In light of the " Shitfight " that has become the Carbon Tax debate, we're helping keep other forum members interested in the forum by talking about old dirt bikes.
Here here.

[JAP 454]

Yep, Slides saw that comment a couple of days ago, fair comment too !!
OK , Quiz Time
The following shot is of Alan Hill and I don't know what bike he's on, all I know is he borrowed it for the meeting or what track it is !!
I think it's Londonderry or Arcadia, maybe you can help there, Pancho



Alan's normal ride was a Hagon JAP , sorta sticks out due to his riding style, how-ever he went over to the dark side for his 250 ride and bought a Maico which promptly crapped it-self bigtime so Hilly fitted a 6 speed, 250 twin Suzy Hustler motor , didn't that thing go !!

Foss