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Re: Early Broadford Motor Cross
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2012, 12:11:23 pm »
and it goes in reverse now doenst it ?  will it did at the last classic titles

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« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2012, 12:31:51 pm »
Those more recent shots are still quite a few years old I think? 

Some photo's I took back in 2010,


The track originally ran anti clockwise. It was reversed for the Classic Nats in 2010 and I think it has stayed in the clockwise direction since then.
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« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2012, 01:21:53 pm »
Those more recent shots are still quite a few years old I think? 

Some photo's I took back in 2010,


The track originally ran anti clockwise. It was reversed for the Classic Nats in 2010 and I think it has stayed in the clockwise direction since then.
                                                                                                                                           
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« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2012, 01:27:20 pm »
Ha ha, I don't think I ever remember the Broadford track being good  :-)
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« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2012, 01:30:59 pm »
I'd say 1983 it was good for some! ;)

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« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2012, 02:00:45 pm »
Ha ha, I don't think I ever remember the Broadford track being good  :-)

the original almost natural terrain track that had the uphill start ,sweeping to off camber first turn , moccapan etc was pretty okay.

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« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2012, 02:40:10 pm »
I can remember when A.C.U.V. first got the place and my club East Malvern M.C.C. would go up there for working bees and our job was wiring tyres to the fence line and we had to be careful of the redbacks that were living in the tyres. After the days work we could then ride around the track for a few hours. Back in the early days i can remember the very fast downhill back straight. That all got changed after the Danny Rielly Crash....  Was a great track in the late 70s and early 80s...

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« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2012, 02:49:50 pm »
Yeh I remember going up with Frankston Club and building fences.  I remember lining up for scrutineering with Brent for the Channel O event before that track was there.
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« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2012, 02:53:47 pm »
Yeh I remember going up with Frankston Club and building fences.  I remember lining up for scrutineering with Brent for the Channel O event before that track was there.

haha 1976 - geez you got a good memory. I only remember the dust and Ronnie D's "where did everyone go" interview

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« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2012, 03:25:17 pm »
I think you had a CR125M1, I was on my RM125A that I bought off Steve Cramer.  I remember not getting good starts and being lost in the dust cloud lol.
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« Reply #25 on: September 20, 2012, 03:59:53 pm »
I think you had a CR125M1, I was on my RM125A that I bought off Steve Cramer.  I remember not getting good starts and being lost in the dust cloud lol.

M2 , yer I had no idea of my placing only I think you got better starts than me , I remember George J passing me on his Mugen kitted M2 ,maybe he was lapping me ,no idea.

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« Reply #26 on: September 20, 2012, 04:07:27 pm »
M1 - M2 What was the difference, red handgrips & forkboots?  LOL
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« Reply #27 on: September 20, 2012, 04:12:15 pm »
M1 - M2 What was the difference, red handgrips & forkboots?  LOL


na M2,M3 where the same , M is original green stripe ,M1 is 75 with redstripe and some minor porting etc ,M2 is the first all red tank and frame, first LTR with moved up shocks. You're forgiven for mixing that up since you were a Suzuki guy back then.

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« Reply #28 on: September 20, 2012, 08:09:02 pm »
I believe they still have Danny Reilly memorial events in SA. I always wondered what had happened.
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« Reply #29 on: September 20, 2012, 10:25:25 pm »
M1 - M2 What was the difference, red handgrips & forkboots?  LOL


na M2,M3 where the same , M is original green stripe ,M1 is 75 with redstripe and some minor porting etc ,M2 is the first all red tank and frame, first LTR with moved up shocks. You're forgiven for mixing that up since you were a Suzuki guy back then.



He he, thanks  :-)  That's where I had the mix-up, I new it was a red tank job.
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