All time classic photographs

[jerry]

Probably not the only small thing they were checking out when you were on the operating table! J

[Hoony]

cheeky J-Man    i didn't like wearing those tissue jocks at all.

[GD66]

 

[jerry]

Apart from the penis extension what did you have done on your knee Al? J

[TM BILL]

 

Doug Domokos he was a bloody legend   he came to the UK in about 1978 and put on an exhibition at the Dirt Bike Show run by Martin Christie .
 
Martin is a mate of mine and supported me when I was a junior racer , Doug stayed at Martins (where I spent most of my time back then ) and to a 15 yr old MX nut he was just the coolest dude ever   His stories of stunts and things they got up to back in the states kept us entertained for hrs, he gave me a big bag of stickers DG and Scott ones mainly.

At that time I was the local wheelie king in our area ( on a push bike or dirt bike and kids used to come from other areas to try their luck against me, ole Domestos told me "you can go as far back as you like just dab that rear brake and it will come back everytime " .

He rode a KLX 250 ? and I helped him fit an electric motor to the forks to keep the front wheel spinning while wheelieing .
Took he on the back and wheelied about 3 miles up the A3 ( main London rd ) passing cars and waving to the chicks  
When went out to the army parade ground at Aldershot where he wheelied a Kawa Z1 across the parade ground dragging the rear guard on the pavement .

Was only in town for a week but I will never forget Domestos as we called him  

I heard he was killed in a plane accident a few years back , couldn't have been that old but shit he sure packed in a lot to what years he had  

[jerry]

What a buzz as a young bloke to run into "Domestos" that's right up there in the famous blokes I have run into department. J

[firko]

Great story Bill....memories like that last a lifetime. When I lived in California in the very early 80's, Belmont Shore the small community I lived in held an annual Festival of the Sea which included a ski race, yacht regatta and for some reason they blocked 2nd street, the main drag and held a a classic car, hot rod and bike show'n'shine. It must have been 1980 or so and one if the attractions was Doug Domokos wheelying down the 2 km street and back down the other way on (I think) a KLX. By today's standards it was fairly average but back then he was the king and he had the crowd going apeshit. A few months later I was back in Oz and I remember seeing Doug on the 6 o'clock news, wheelying all the way across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a predecessor to appearing at one of the Sydney Showground supercross events. He was certainly a showman and from all reports, a nice bloke                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       

[jerry]

Have a look at that rear sprocket!! J

[TM BILL]

That's huge 

As Firko says what DD did back in the day was by todays stds a bit ordinary , but back then he was the king of cool 

That's the great thing about forums like this , if I tell anyone from todays era about it then they don't get it  it "yeah but did he do a one handed double backflip while tweeting his mates and filming the whole thing on his gopro  and is it on facebook" 

[jerry]

Exactly Bill! J

[Simo63]

As Firko says what DD did back in the day was by todays stds a bit ordinary , but back then he was the king of cool 

Mate, today I still think DD was cool ... and like Firko, I recall the z1300 wheelie across Sydney Harbour bridge ... something that has never left me   

[jerry]

My wheelie moment was standing spellbound watching a helmet less De Coster pop a mono on the RN370 with a blonde promo girl on the back out at Calder for the International MOTORcrosse. I've never been the same dice! Anyone else on here witness that? J

[FourstrokeForever]

DD was amazing to watch. I remember seeing him go for a record at Rosehill race course on a TS250X suzuki with a powered front wheel. He missed the record but still managed about 30 laps!

I also have a vague recollection of the late Dale Buggins challenging DD to a wheelie contest OVER the Harbour bridge. DD declined....

[D project]

I think there is footage of him on youtube at one of the early eighties supercross's at Sydney. Monoing around the track!

[allan hughes]

barry marshall  the acu qld photographer