Retro Dirt Bike Australia - For All Your Pre 90/95/00 Needs

[worms]

great to see the first small steps taken, well done Nathan and Graeme.

to the word retro, well it dosnt mean anything in MX terms, ( a bit gay really) can i say that?

how about, Revolution or" post classic mx". says what it is.

lets see if we can get to 20 pages for a name!

Cheers Trev

[All Things 414]

Oh. Ok. I missed the whole premiss. It's great idea. Seeya Nath (let me know if you wanna sell the VR). Seeya boys......

[TM BILL]

What about OZvmx the sequeal or Not VMX   Call it what you like   its great that you blokes have stepped up and created a site for somthing you are passionette about  

Good luck with your new site , hopefully it will mean and end to postings on here about pre 90 or my pet hate headings that start with NOT VMX BUT  

All the best with the new site , i look forward to being a lurker  

[Graeme M]

Geez, where were you guys when I was trying to think of a name for this thing. RevolutionMX isn't bad at all either. Still, the site is about ALL dirtbikes of the time, not necessarily MX.

As for my passion, well... I was riding streetbikes and discovering VMX in the 90s. I thought all those camo seat covers and fluoro tanks were a bit, ummm... you know. So, I know nuthink about 90s MX. But it was clear that there is a need for something like this site, and here it is.

[vmx42]

Geez, where were you guys when I was trying to think of a name for this thing.

It's not too late to change… MMX [Millenium MotoCross]. 

There would be a small touch of irony if Ken came up with the name. 

The bottom line:  the more blokes out there on old motorbikes the better. And if you can argue about that then you are too old!! 

[Nathan S]

Seeya Nath (let me know if you wanna sell the VR). Seeya boys......

The pre-85 bikes in my shed outnumber the post-84 bikes about 4:1, so you won't be rid of me that easily...

[GMC]

See what happens when you tell people to fork off and start their own thing, they sometimes do.

What about R.O.R.
Revolution Off Road

hopefully it will mean and end to postings on here about pre 90 or my pet hate headings that start with NOT VMX BUT  

Actually here is a good place to ask for help on that non VMX technical or parts problem as I consider the brains trust on here quite wise.

[Tex]

Yet another forum! 

It's a shame that you felt that you couldn't discuss these kind of things here. Pre 90 is a reality in Victoria (VIPER), and the sky hasn't fallen in...

Anyway I've joined (hell, I sit at a computer all day, if you created a forum about clothes pegs I'd probably join). I'm over 40 but I like a lot of bikes from that era. Lurid, fluoro graphics rule!

Tex

[VMX247]

If people outside of the VMX community (can I still call it that?) weren't confused before, they certainly will be now.......

I'm with ya 414.Though its people perception of vmx as a whole..if they are interested, they wil take the time to listen, understand and eventually maybe get involved..
Yesterday for example I spoke to two people one about 35ish..he kept calling it Evo    Like its a pre85 club  ..I didnt argue cause he took the time out to talk the talk   thought I did mention the next PRE85 event      and the second a 68 yr old...didnt have a clue until I mentioned the word scrambles and he had been around bikes for 68 years.
ps this is not just a WA attribute either.  
Its got its time and place ..enjoy your 90's+
cheers

[VMX247]

Why do we continually get Heaven this and Heaven that on the forum.
I don't think its heathy for the club full stop.
just my opinion-weather you wanted it or not 
cheers

[VMX247]

Why do we continually get Heaven this and Heaven that on the forum.
I don't think its heathy for the club full stop.

I wouldn't have mentioned HEAVEN at all except for the email I got this morning indicating an attempted coup this weekend.
I think it's quite relevant to the situation. Good old club politics at work .

Yes well,,i woudnt dare tell you about the break away club happening with in our club over here....Just you wait and see the new Pre65 club rock       
cheers

[worms]

is it a black dog with white spots or is it a white dog with black spots? to the dog it dosnt matter, but to the owner it makes all the differance in the world.

after watching on any sunday again, it just points out, it is really about the people of our sport.

Cheers Worms

Shoey enters stage left!

[TM BILL]

is it a black dog with white spots or is it a white dog with black spots? to the dog it dosnt matter, but to the owner it makes all the differance in the world.

after watching on any sunday again, it just points out, it is really about the people of our sport.

Cheers Worms

Shoey enters stage left!

Dead right Trev  Rogers book CD7 captures just how cool the people in this sport are 

[firko]

Trev and Bill are so right...it's indeed the people that make VMX so good. I've just removed another rant over what I think is wrong with the sport from this because it dawned on me that we need to concentrate on the positives we as individuals get out of the sport and not get involved in other folks dreams. My objecting to pre 95 isn't going to make diddley difference as to whether it comes in or not so I'll concentrate on what makes me happy instead. This is a time of change in our sport but for every change introduced we need to counter it with strengthening what already exists...the end result being a more solid all round sport.

There are strong and sensible plans afoot to reinvigorate the pre '75/78 scene in Sydney. The people involved are experienced true believers who know what it takes to get things moving for the future. It's going to take a few short months to set the ball rolling but at least it's started. Pre '75/78 is a long way from dead yet.

[Graeme M]

I look forward to reinvigoration of 78/75 in NSW, Firko. Hope it comes to pass, I remember you had hoped to get that going a little while back.

I know you removed your post, but as far as the plans behind the scenes, believe me there are none. I believe that true Vintage MX is more about a particular time, to whit the time prior to 1978, although I guess for me it extends to about 1980-ish. What I'd hoped to do was to preserve that concept but allow the pre 95/90 thing into the fold within a solid set of guidelines. It was discussed here on the forum, and the thrust of comments was that wasn't wanted. Many suggested that in time it would happen formally, and for now it is happening informally as Worms and others have pointed out.

So, that's fine.

But I don't want OzVMX bogged down with this kind of discussion, and nor do I want people starting to fill threads with discussion about bikes, events, times and people from 1990, or 1995 or whatever. Sure the occasional question about a 1988 CR500 is OK, but what if that became the norm? I for one have no interest. I DON'T want Pre 90/95 stuff on OzVMX to be honest.

Maybe in time that'll happen, just as the formalisation of those classes may happen.

BUT. Right now, I still believe there is an interest in that period. so, the site has no other aim than to provide a forum for people with an interest in old dirtbikes of any sort made after 1985. that's it.

If you don't want to be part of it, then don't.

Can't see as how it'll have any effect on anything really, other than maybe encouraging more people to become involved in the scene.

No conspiracies here.