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Offline pirie593

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Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« on: June 02, 2011, 02:55:23 pm »
This track is currently in use in France and was the venue for a recent twin shock event.  Heaven.  No foot breaking table-tops there.  And its on the edge of an industrial estate.


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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2011, 03:14:23 pm »
Well, maybe a couple of table-tops !!!!!

For more views and photos of bikes etc, go to http://forums.mxtrax.co.uk/showthread.php?t=293631&page=5

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2011, 03:22:48 pm »
Sadly know were I'm aware of. Sadly again if you did the first things riders would say( In Aus ) it's to fast.
Our tracks are little more than stretched out SX tracks with hardly a use for 4th gear.
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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2011, 03:59:40 pm »
It's not quite that nice, but QVMX's Coles Creek track is not that different! Once a year down this way the Bega club run a grasstrack at Coopers Creek and it's again a nice big fast grasstrack on the side of a series of rolling hills. They have a club day there in late June - after all the rain there this year I suspect it's gonna be nice and lush.

But yes, I'd LOVE to ride that track in the piccies. On a nice 250/Open Class twin shocker.

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 04:12:05 pm »
Ya beat me to it Graeme,
The Far South Coast MCC runs a beaut event at Coopers Gully, a natural terrain event at an awesome venue,they also run Amcross at the old Bega racecourse.
Check the Club's website www.fscmcc.com.au for any info.
The next Coopers Gully event, from the website, 26th June
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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2011, 05:10:06 pm »
A track like that would never work here anyway....  Track's too long and the hills are too steep....  Too far for all those Euro bikes getting pushed back to the pits, and then having to be pushed up those hills too....  Nah, never work here..   ::)  ::)

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 05:50:22 pm »
don't think i could manage 3 laps there either ;D, :P
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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2011, 05:56:02 pm »
You blokes are whimps, and you call yourselfs motocrossers :-[ ;D
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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2011, 05:57:12 pm »
  Too far for all those Euro bikes getting pushed back to the pits, and then having to be pushed up those hills too....  Nah, never work here..   ::)  ::)

Actually that track above used to have a deeper gully in the middle but over the years has been filled up with Euro bikes.

No where near so elaborate because they were setup over a weekend but some of QVMX's earlier tracks had a similar feel, Smiths and Fraser's at Canungra and Janine Dve, Beenliegh (also a Mr MX was run there in the 80's). Covered with houses now of course.  

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2011, 06:02:49 pm »
You blocks are whimps, and you call yourselfs motocrossers :-[

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2011, 06:27:38 pm »
Who you calling Block? ;D

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2011, 06:43:50 pm »
What a grouss track would love to ride the Beeza there bit softer ground than when i came over to ride your Nats at Mt Kembla.  As an outsider i would have thought the right to ride any land (not approved only - so you just go mark out a paddock like in Un Zud) would have been better than tinkering with the class rules?
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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2011, 06:50:51 pm »
Toowoomba was great smaller version of what's in the picture raced there about a month ago.

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2011, 06:54:46 pm »
If that was an Aussie track it'd have another 25 corners in it and be a 10th of the length.

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Re: Can't we replicate this in Oz?
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2011, 06:56:39 pm »
Toowoomba was great smaller version of what's in the picture raced there about a month ago.
Toowoomba is a fantastic track and only a couple of years ago we were racing the Evo class there in the Thunder X series.