Farleigh Castle 2012

[09.0]

As good as Ballard is, he would be at least 15 seconds A LAP off the pace. I keep saying it, those guys would run up the front at our nationals.

[ksithumper]

GB's lap times around 2:31 in the over 50 class. Believe me, that is fast. Good clubmen are in the 2:50s.


Best twinshock times however were in the 2:15 range 

Best evo (pre-89 mono shock, disc brake) times were around 2:09

All from the Sunday morning block of racing.

Some fast guys there? Hell yeah.

[EML]

Hard to believe eh guys. We were 10secs a lap off the best outfit riders back when we were there and I kept asking "so where is 10secs in a lap going?"
Corner speed is where you pick it up-or so I've been told 

[HVA61]

Having considered the previous comments

Imagine how quick GB would be if he was 20 years younger and a specialist MX rider rather than a specialist enduro rider with one of probably the most envious records in the world in respect to ISDT / ISDE rides.

He's still consistantly mighty quicker than most , a champion bloke and he's over 50

One thing can be said sometimes in Aus. , geez its a hard crowd somedays when your at the top of the game in your arena of choice , even when your over 50.

[holeshot buddy]

yeah the depth is amazing my best lap was 2.37 and
i was floating around mid 30s to 40 in the race over 60 riders in the race
this was my third year and one thing i noticed was riders who were
in the top 20 2 years ago are now in the mid twenties the speed the top 20
are running at was amazing as the track was rough and rutted but good

[JohnnyO]

Having considered the previous comments

Imagine how quick GB would be if he was 20 years younger and a specialist MX rider rather than a specialist enduro rider with one of probably the most envious records in the world in respect to ISDT / ISDE rides.

He's still consistantly mighty quicker than most , a champion bloke and he's over 50

One thing can be said sometimes in Aus. , geez its a hard crowd somedays when your at the top of the game in your arena of choice , even when your over 50.

We are not having a go at Ballard at all, I respect him, just using his speed as a comparison as to how fast the Euro's and Yanks are. I don't think people realise how good the rest of the world is...

[EML]

Having considered the previous comments

Imagine how quick GB would be if he was 20 years younger and a specialist MX rider rather than a specialist enduro rider with one of probably the most envious records in the world in respect to ISDT / ISDE rides.

He's still consistantly mighty quicker than most , a champion bloke and he's over 50

One thing can be said sometimes in Aus. , geez its a hard crowd somedays when your at the top of the game in your arena of choice , even when your over 50.

We are not having a go at Ballard at all, I respect him, just using his speed as a comparison as to how fast the Euro's and Yanks are. I don't think people realise how good the rest of the world is...

Which leads us to ask "how good have the last few generations of Kiwis been?? King Bros, Coppins, Townley and co. have been at the fore -front of world motocross for some years now."

[TM BILL]

Carefull EML  you will be accused of bagging the entire Australian off road fraternity if your not carefull 

Quote "One thing can be said sometimes in Aus. , geez its a hard crowd somedays when your at the top of the game in your arena of choice , even when your over 50."Quote


FFS if you really think that any of the comments posted re Geoff Ballards times at Farliegh were in anyway critical then you have my deepest sympathies as you are indeed a victim of the bullshit PC world 

[VMX247]

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[09.0]

Carefull EML  you will be accused of bagging the entire Australian off road fraternity if your not carefull 

Quote "One thing can be said sometimes in Aus. , geez its a hard crowd somedays when your at the top of the game in your arena of choice , even when your over 50."Quote


FFS if you really think that any of the comments posted re Geoff Ballards times at Farliegh were in anyway critical then you have my deepest sympathies as you are indeed a victim of the bullshit PC world 

Exactly. FMD.

[crankpin]

Had a bbq with Geoff and the rest of the Australian Team on Sunday night. PMSL at Geoff, funny bloke, looks like John Cleese too 8-)

Worth a watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGu4iDspxKw

FWIW Mike Bell was in the over 50's and posted consistently at 2:21 on a 250 Yamaha.

Geoff won the 1st race.

[odd1]

Did you get your money Simon?
Regards Steve

[HVA61]

Up your's too Bill

 

[shortshifter]

Rusty have your times improved as well,given its your 3rd time there?Do they run the same track every or are there changes in layout?Did you get the same bike you rode last time?

[GMC]

In a bid to compare apples with apples can anyone elaborate on who was faster and on what?
As far as I know Ballard was on a twinshock Maico and seems to have been on the pace in the over 50’s class when the bike was running.
So if guys were 15s a lap quicker were they younger guys (mid thirties?) and were they on Pre 89 bikes or were they also on twinshock bikes?