When we were kids/teens

[David Lahey]

That XL175 brings back memories. My riding buddy had one he rode in the countless hillclimb contests we had in what is now a National Park at Mt Glorious near Brisbane. He was a die-hard 4 stroke dirt-bike nut while the rest of us were just die-hard dirt bike nuts. His poor XL175 was hotted up and flogged to death over about a 24 month period then unceremoniously replaced with an XL185 which was also flogged to death then replaced with a KLX250 - hotted up and flogged to death then replaced with a DR250S enduro model. Then he got married and that was it for him

[Quicksilver]

The old XL's were top farm bikes. Better then bloody ag bikes, smoother to ride could putt along all day behind sheep or cattle yet decent enough to play on too. Only thing that was very very important was monthly oil change. Forget that and you'd stuff the heads on em quickly particular if doing low speed 1st and second gear work in 40 degree summers.

[TM BILL]

Me & my dad ( TM Bill Snr ) it just dawned on me were a 3 generation VMX family 

[Doc]

Bill, remember your dad well, very cool, say hi for me eh..I see he is on the TS185 special but what's the Kawa jersey on a zook  don't tell me he's now riding the A5 too!! 

[TM BILL]

Thanks Chris i will pass on your regards , Yea i do appreciate my old man  we had some turbulant times as a kid but when push come to shove he was always in my corner .
The TS thing was to make him feel at home , he has a TS 185 the same model he bought new in 1975 still in the UK and on the unusually sunny days they have over there he takes it out for a spin
The Kwaka shirt was the only bugger i had to fit him  but i have ordered a suzuki shirt for his next trip 

[DJRacing]

Bill, is that down south at the "Past Masters" ?

[pmc57]

Here is a couple of pictures of my RM125S only months old back in 1975.

I am reliving my youth at the moment by helping a friend rebuild another 125 S, you will probably see it at a BMCC Club Days throughout 2008 and beyond.

Peter

[Doc]

pmc..Peter, always good to see another Big S enthusiast 

did I meet you at BMCC sign on? Eddy's 125S??

[TM BILL]

Bill, is that down south at the "Past Masters" ?

Close DJ Sid Harrison memorial last year

[eno]

  Hey Bill...posting pics at last, good stuff.

[pmc57]

DOC, Yes that was me with Ed and his 'S'. I also managed to get a few laps on it at the club day on Sunday after we sorted out some of the bugs from the practice day a couple of weeks back, after riding my RM250B I was really surprised how well the little beast handled. We've still got the gearing and a throttle cable broblem to sort out, but when we get there, it's going to be a great ride.   

[Woody]

Here's my last 'kid' pic. Proud 15yo owner of a new YZ125G.
Doc, I ended up inheriting the 'gympie gold vinyl roofed' 180B from my dad after he was none too pleased with my hot HT 253, which I know was a death trap, but it was fast and cool.
I also remember getting a lift to a meet in the back of a HK panel van and finding it hard to breathe. 
I was lucky enough to get ferried around to all the race meets with my best mates mum. Barty was very quick on his YZ100 and took out the 79/80 N/E Vic junior 125 title.

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[Stewart Allen]

Circa 1981 (I think) Menai NSW, man that think would thump hard when it landed.

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[Doc]

Woody,,the HT no doubt was fast and cool in the day but these days they still remain cool even if not so fast..they wonder why the road toll is spiraling..cars now are rockets compared to what we had. Remember the ton was a benchmark..I can't think of many cars on the road that wouldn't do this speed today excepting my hot rod L300 hippy van  I reckon my ol' 180B was good for the ton and it had the huge borg warner auto reamed in there from the assembly line my first grey powered crashboxed FJ was good for about 90, the EK wagon was flat out at about 75..it had the wonderful 138 hydramatic..indestructable but dead slow without major reworking and then it was just slow. Had the Goss Special 2 door Falcy..it was the plushest car I ever owned but not the fastest..a 2nd FJ sedan which I basically dropped an XU1 202 motor..less the triples but the 650 Holley did the same job 920kgs on the weighbridge, absolutely fried the tyres from the lights and not a seltbelt in sight I still have the car but not in it's former glory..yet  the quickest car I have ever owned was an ex police VN Commonwhore sedan..a dead stock injected V6 auto and handling package made all the others seem like utter slugs and now this model is basically a slug also..it got written off by flood and then I lost all interest in cars and bought the you know what sorry folks..got a little side tracked but just 1 car pic vintage illegal street drags and the other my late Dad on of all things a TY175JC!!..JC stood for Jesus Crikey! 

[David Lahey]

Doc I've got a deal for you. If you keep putting up photos of trials bikes, I will keep putting up photos of 1970s MX racing and Suzuki dirt bikes
David