Round 2 Heaven VMX Canberra

[Graeme M]

I'm fairly sure that's not me in the pic either. Doesn't look like my helmet, and the number should be 136. And yet that's about where I would have been in the one race I rode in on Sunday? And there was dust at that stage too... Hmmm...

On a side note, while my rib healed OK after the Bega getoff, my finger hasn't and after the ride day Saturday it throbbed too much Sunday for me to ride in the end. Then I went home and read about Reedy toughing it out with a broken shoulder and bruised lungs etc. I won't even mention it at CD5...

[Nathan S]

Well, I was clearly doing my best to not be in the photo, but even my piss-weak "oh, the gate has dropped, what should I do now?" start can't keep me from world-wide fame. 

Graeme, you've gotta ride the 125C at CD5 - Yamaha > Suzuki. I trust you to not blow it up more than I trust Bill, so you'd better get a ride before he does.

[Graeme M]

I'll be up for that for sure Nathan. I'd be very interested in the comparison. You know how you kick yourself with hindsight? Well, back a few years I had a whole bunch of bikes lined up to restore, but I sold them to buy the HL500. One was an RM125S, one was a YZ125X. They were mostly complete, just needed work and the usual rebuilds. I sold them both for a total of about $600. Geez, I wish I'd just kept them. Would be so good to have the M, an S, and a YZ-X.

[DJRacing]

It realy does sound like there will be a few 125's at CD5, and the photos here look fanistic, you guys look like your realy enjoying yourselves. Its going to be interesting for me as I have only ridden a man-made MX track 2 times. Keep the pictures coming.

[Graeme M]

I'm really buzzed to see so many Suzis going along, especially the 125s. But all sorts of other things as well, and hopefully an RM370 or two, I reckon they are such cool bikes. A shame we never see them at vintage MX events. We should organise to have all the RMs and TMs take to the track in one go in the Pre 78 session...

[suzuki27]

I am in the the process of building up a nice RM250B (1977) for MX and mostly Dirt Track-should be ready for Canberra in Sept at least.It goes good already, I'm just going to pretty her up a bit-I like it already, it is so much closer to the ground and holds a slide well-just need more practice as usual.

[Gerard De Ruyter (Twistandshout)]

DJRacing, I'll dob in vmxman here - i gave him around sixty juicy pics taken on sunday for uploading.  an he's only uploaded a doz or so.  slack.  my shutter finger's still recovering - but all for nought!!

i'm sure he'll be blaming his bruised ribs - but not only did reedy race with bust shoulder and bruised lungs but he also went home and uploaded seventy photos of his race nite to his personal website that nite.

ok so that might be a load of cock and bull but useful for making a point (not sure what about now....).

[suzuki27]

Come on vmxman upload these shots from Twista-I'm sure i'm not the only one who would like a look-especially of the Suzukis.