Young blokes riding the Classics

[52]

Whats the thought?

[oldfart]

It's about bums on seats of old bikes .....age groups are covered in MOMs if that's where your heading.

[Curly3]

I don't have a problem with it, until the day comes when I jag a second place behind one at a title meeting.
Honestly I agree with oldfart, bums on seats, they'll eventually be the ones that carry the sport.
Best of luck in the U.S. Pete.

[VMX247]

They are a pain in the ass..they swap out all over the place...they talk with metal in there faces...they have too many tattoo's...they have listening difficulties from constant earphones glued to their heads and we are deaf from old age  :'(    .....they have six packs,they are fit,they pull all the chick and ride a Maico with ease.... but we love em cause we need em .....  
cheers A

[EML]

If you take Donny newell and Col Metcher and co. into consideration, the rest of us are 'young fellas'
Nah, more power to 'em I say.

[supersenior 50]

For the statistically minded:-
2011 Australian Dirt track Championships--riders by age.
Under 20---4,      20-29----10[most under 25]          30-39---11         40-49----41      50-59----32
60-69---9          70+----3         Couldn't read---2

[gdr]

obvisley you have a problem with the young ones riding the classic bikes,so why not tell us the reason.
it seems this same post comes up every time there is a national or big event.

[Curly3]

Apparently the guy who protested about Justin Burdus's RM250 in the pre 78 class, was also mouthing off about young fella's riding in a classic event.
Justin managed to rub their noses in it by winning the EVO 250's.
That young bloke Glen Evans has been a thorn in your side for a while Pete

[supersenior 50]

There was no protest by a rider against Justin's RM, it was knocked back by the eligibility scrutineer for Pre78 as it is not legal for that class. I observed the discussions regarding this issue and the mutually agreed solution. It was great to see Justins success in the Evo and the way the parties conducted themselves. I heard no rider "mouthing off" relative to that discussion or any reference to the rider's age.

[Curly3]

Point taken Col, protest is the wrong word but it was pointed out to the scrutineers by someone and the
mouthing was happening while they were at the back of the line.
They did him a favour in the end because he probably would've won the pre78's and it would've been very dissapointing for him then.
At the end of the day the correct decision was made and everyone came away happy.

[Freakshow]

Without the younger gens learning how to fix and maintain and ride , race.  There wont be any growth and it will just decline.  the Age grouping in pre 75 events now sorts out the feild for the old one who like to do there thing in comfort.  So its covered.

We have an issue in classic speedway where they are trying to limit it to over 35's, basically it would be killing it as the ones that ride are under 50 and the old ones complaining dont even ride !!!  So who going to do the riding when they also move on or to them a 2000 model is old shit and as far back as they are interested in ( sounds like the number of vic entries i have for the NAts so for - were are these scamble guys ? )  anyway i digress. 

Without getting the younger gens to ride the 2 valves now we are in the problem potenially the will disappear cause there not raced and if a young gen like me gets one but cant get handover of the knowledge to fix them and keep them going the bikes will be lost and they will be extinct from racing forever.

[colmoody]

Oldfart I dont think 52's heading anywhere with this one other than to ask for our thoughts. If it heads or goes somewhere so be it.

Hands up all the say forty five or fifty or fifty five plus year olds that have a modern and compete regularly in open Dirt Track or MX meetings.

[211kawasaki]

I have a modern and couldnt care less about competing with the young guys at a modern event; its not my thing. Eventually the lease I have on my bikes will see them handed over to someone else (you think you own something but you dont your only the custodian while alive).
Eventually the younger guys will have to be more involved, the 20 somethings of today will be the 40 somethings of the future and so on; when I started VMX I was in the under 30 class and the hot ticket was the 30-39 class now Im in the 50 plus old farts - time will catch up and take us all.
On the subject of the RM250 can I say with some knowledge that I rejected that bike for the pre 78 class at machinery, it was a B with a C front and we put him into the EVO class. He was very happy and complient and thought he had a pre 78 bike but was happy to be told he didnt. There was no protest and Justin handled himself very well both on the track and at machinery (to his credit).
There were others who were simply a pain in the arse, rude and agressive and as someone who gives a considerable amount of my time to the sport - freely, it was a blight on my weekend.

[52]

Interesting response, the subject always comes up.
Can only agree with the census, thanks for the breakup with stats Col.

[Curly3]

You're not wrong there Dave, the way Justin and his father Steve handled that setback was the way it should be and it's a credit to you guys that you were able to accomodate him in the next class up, they bought the bike thinking it was a pre 78 legal bike.
The way other boneheads go on must be dissapointing.