VMX Issue #56 is nearly here!

[suzuki59]

No sign of it  in Auckland!! Any one in NZ got theres                                                                  (craig has)

Bazza give me a call and come around and grab mine

[bazza]

 Thanks Craig turned up with posty late yesterday (he was doing 2 rounds)

[tony27]

Thanks Craig turned up with posty late yesterday (he was doing 2 rounds)

What the, ours is more likely doing 2 rounds a week now & that's only 2km from the lower north island's mail sorting centre

[suzuki59]

Thanks Craig turned up with posty late yesterday (he was doing 2 rounds)

What the, ours is more likely doing 2 rounds a week now & that's only 2km from the lower north island's mail sorting centre

Tony thats what you get for living in banjo country mate 

[tony27]

I think of it more as vmx central Craig

[VMX247]

Thanks Craig turned up with posty late yesterday (he was doing 2 rounds)

What the, ours is more likely doing 2 rounds a week now & that's only 2km from the lower north island's mail sorting centre

Postal increase of 35% in Oz this last year,due to online shopping..Go the Honda ct110 

[TM BILL]

Just had a quick flick through it  will read it properly later .

Read the cover story and to be honest i dont get it 

So the bloke buys an 81 YZ465 , gets Jeff cole to build a frame with 81 Maico geometry $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ , a top tuner to build him a better motor than stock $$$$$$$$$$$, a CNC company to make all the trick bits $$$$$$$$$$$$ , an exhaust specialist to make a RH pipe to suit the frame , Landrus to build a swinging arm as the Jeff Cole one didn't suit $$$$$$$$$$$$$$  and probably a very very long wait .

Then the Craftsman builder bolts it all together with the Yamaha wheels and forks and some new Ohlins . He knocks up some fibreglass panels (probably useless on a race bike ) and its VMX cover material 

Only my opinion of course but to me its a very expensive nothing bike 

[Davey Crocket]

I'm with you Billy boy on the cover bike......where does it fit in?......and the irony of it all is it will never do a lap of a race track in anger.....like all those Harley custom shitboxes that people spend a 100K on, ride them round the block once, realise there motorbike building skills are zilch (the cheque book builder) and then put it on ebay for a third of what it owes them.....to me, building the bike is the first high and actually racing/riding it is the second high and with that comes satisfaction......to me, old mate with the MaygoZed took what they say is the best bike in it's class [Maico 490,EVO open] and turned it into an ordinary bike all with the help of probably 20 grand?.....I would hate to see what he would do to a classic car.

[Rossvickicampbell]

don't hold back guys - tells us what you think eh! 

[Ktm181]

don't hold back guys - tells us what you think eh! 

I like it. It hasnt been ridden by someone else, it hasnt been raced by someone else. Its HIS bike and is just beautiful, he has built it himself, the guy has BALLS as well as money, it might not be practicle and he could have had something else  but it is HIS...built his OWN bike, this sort of thing should be encouraged, without free thinkers daring to be different it'd be a boring world, for starters what about all those after-market frame builders a lot of people get excited about, they wouldnt even exist. The only negative i can see, well two actually, the fibre glass and its not this side of the ditch so i can have a ride, BLOODY WELL DONE IT SAY.

Kt.

[asasin]

nice bike. but for 2 issues now we have had cover bikes from "kitsets are us" Have we really run out of Proper VMX bikes to feature?

[FireKwaka]

Finally got my copy, Doh! gotta wait another 3 months to see an article on the Classic Nats.
Another top read, thanks guys.

[KTM47]

Just had a quick flick through it  will read it properly later .

Read the cover story and to be honest i dont get it 

So the bloke buys an 81 YZ465 , gets Jeff cole to build a frame with 81 Maico geometry $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ , a top tuner to build him a better motor than stock $$$$$$$$$$$, a CNC company to make all the trick bits $$$$$$$$$$$$ , an exhaust specialist to make a RH pipe to suit the frame , Landrus to build a swinging arm as the Jeff Cole one didn't suit $$$$$$$$$$$$$$  and probably a very very long wait .

Then the Craftsman builder bolts it all together with the Yamaha wheels and forks and some new Ohlins . He knocks up some fibreglass panels (probably useless on a race bike ) and its VMX cover material 

Only my opinion of course but to me its a very expensive nothing bike 

Ok the bike would fit into the Twin Shock class in the UK.  That is what they do over there.  They take good single shock bikes and make them into twin shocks.  Racebase will sell you a Maico (correct spelling not F@#%ing Maygo or Maico breako) based frame that is setup to take different engines, eg RM 465/500, CR 480/500, YZ 465/490, TT500 etc.  I'm sure there are also other bits available without having them custom made.  So the bike this guy has built with a JAPCRAP engine could be made/assembled from bits readily available in the UK for probably half the price it cost him.

As for the story, well it is something different and people are talking about it so it must be working.

Also of interest in the UK and Europe they appear to have Twin Shock class and what they call EVO.  There EVO appears to be  broken into two classes Pre 90 and dare I say it Pre 95.  I still consider this to be a positive post.