When I met Guy, he'd just been presented with a Vintage Iron restored Cooper and was hanging to get out to the desert and give it a fang. We met up a couple of days later and I was blown away by his collection of 'stuff'. He was the top supercross racer in the USA at the time but his heart was in the history and old bikes of the sport as much as it was for his works Suzukis* and his modern racing 'profession'.
On the local front, Superbike legend Shawn Giles posesses the same cool attitude. Shawn has a pretty impressive collection of vintage motocrosser's and dirt trackers including a very nice Honda XL420 powered Cheney. He's indicated many times that once his racing career is over he'll compete at the odd VMX meeting. He was a regular on his Elsinore 125 before contractual obligations stepped in to prevent him riding in amateur events. Don't let Shawns road racing career make you think he's a 'one trick pony'. He's a very good A grade standard motocross rider and exceptional dirt tracker as those who remember his amazing battles with Eddie Warren at the Bathurst Long Track back in the 90's.
* Guy Coopers factory Suzuki from 1990/91 was owned by a bloke in Muswellbrook or Singleton whose name I've forgotten. He actually used the bike, still resplendent in its Surf washing powder sponsors livery, as a marshalls bike at the '92 Cessnock ISDE. I rode the bike around for a few hours during the 6 day and was amazed at the unbelievable engine. It had power all over the range but was as easy to ride at trail speeds as an XR250. It was a very trick unit, I wonder if he's still got it?
