Pre 78 Rule changes

[dt tas]

Here in tas The purple flag in mx is for junior racing so they pick it up before they talk to there parents as mostly it's the parents who are not the happy ones it's take them out of the protest .Saying that in the 12yr i have been involved in junior racing i have never seen it used cheers George   

[albrid-3]

Gee, this thread has gone from pre78 rule change to purple flags, whats next, bars banging in the pits, 

[Shaun G]

Yep the purple flag is in use across all disciplines of junior competition here in NSW.

The thing to remember is that the flag can only be used by the junior competitor and can not be used once an adult has come in contact with the rider after the race. The flag is usually placed at the entrance to the pits.

I can say that I have only ever seen the flag used once in the last twenty years and that was at minikhana and was a dispute over the rider being fouled out in a bending event.

Seniors of course rarely use the protest system possibly because of the associated cost of doing so.

Maybe we can take some pocket money off the kids for unsuccessful protests 

Cheers
Shaun

[Curly3]

There endeth the purple flag debate.
Hope that ankles going okay Shaun.

[TM BILL]

There endeth the purple flag debate.

Thanks SlideRulz and congrats on taking over the running of the website 

Of Course it wouldn't have been you who stirred it up in the first place by putting the shit into VMX would it  Na 


Quote slideRulz
"You guy's need to take up Dirt Track, 99% of the issues raised aren't an issue.
That was a generalization because I don't have the time or the patience to read all 13 pages.
VMX has a lot to answere for I reckon. " End quote

[worms]

there was no barramundi in cairns,  seeing as no-one asked how the fishing was

cheers worms

[Curly3]

Nark.

[Davey Crocket]

How was the fishing Trev....are we dining on fish at the Conondale Classic?

[TM BILL]

there was no barramundi in cairns,  seeing as no-one asked how the fishing was

cheers worms

Trev how was the fishing  we have only managed another 3 pages while you were gone 

[firko]

Yet not a single soul said anything about Glen Bell's '84 CR500 having upside down forks! WTF!

And the wavy discs and other modern odds and sods. The owner of that bike has been pushing the legality envelope from the day he entered the sport so it would have been fitting for someone to say something. I guess having one of the sports icons on board the bike made people think twice, not wanting to be seen as the person to protest Glenn Bell (who quite frankly would have won the class on an XR200).

[albrid-3]

How often does Glenn Bell come out to play the vintage, regardless the ineligible bike.

[TM BILL]

[quote (who quite frankly would have won the class on an XR200).
[/quote]

Thats the irony of it   Glen bell probably wasn't even aware that the bike he was riding didn't comply   and as you say firko the bloke could win on a postie bike  

Even with our relaxed rules over here we still have people who want to push the point , particulary in pre 86  

[TM BILL]

How often does Glenn Bell come out to play the vintage, regardless the ineligible bike.

No your right Dave , we should make exeptions for former heros, perhaps Craig Dack can bring Josh Coppins current race bike to the Connondale classic for the legends race 

[JohnnyO]

Was the bike Belly rode really illegal though? Upside down WP forks were available in '84...

[worms]

first off, the fishing was terrible, the guide was a tourist-con and he wasnt a fishermans ar--hole, unprepared and an arrogant prick.

as for Glens bike, perfectly legal.