Crazy stuff

[Graeme M]

Here we are at the beginning of 2015, which sorta makes you think about... well.... stuff.  What grabs you and says "How bizarre'?

Watching Terrafirma III today while doing the morning workout, and it occurred to me. Those race scenes were filmed in 1996. To me, that's just yesterday, but really, it's nearly 20 years ago. Anything in the first half of the 90s is now 20 or more years ago. That's Classic Motocross, right there. WTF? How did that happen?

[80-85 husky]

once you hit 40 and the kids are in their teens, someone sneaks up to your "escalator of life" and winds up the speed! before you know it your 60!

[VMX247]

Yep what 80-85 husky said..
1990 was a big number, though in five years it'll be 2020     

[bishboy]

1990 was a big number, though in five years it'll be 2020     

Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that we had all the excitement about Y2K and the world ending, well it seems like only a couple of years ago 

[80-85 husky]

who can remember how long ago the climate change team said Sydney harbour would flood with the sea level rising in 20 years

[Nathan S]

So... Support for Pre-95 VMX is at an all-time high.

[Rusty]

So... Support for Pre-95 VMX is at an all-time high.

Yup .... on modern tracks.

[Kane Mcguire]

I think exactly the same Graeme. When I see car personal number plates that say KHM-90 for example, I think how could they be old enough to drive, 1990 was only a couple of years ago! but then I realise its 25 years!

[Hardo]

LOL ! I saw a number plate the other day and thought the EXACT same thing Ricky...

It was a few letters followed by 1996 .... 1996 !!   And THAT was when Terrafirma III was filmed!!  wow....

[Graeme M]

Yeah, that number plate thing... you think that someone born in 1995 should be still in kindy, not driving a car and holding down a job. And Y2K, I remember watching the fireworks in Adelaide on New Years Eve 2000 wondering if anything at all would happen the next day, it'd been hyped up for so long. And all of sudden it's 15 years later!

Nathan, the thing with pre 95 VMX is that in 1995, a bike from 1975 looked and behaved a LOT differently to a 1995 model. I'm not so sure about a 1995 model when looked at today. That said, the SX track McGrath, Emig and Dowd were riding on looked pretty tame compared to today's tracks!

Sydney harbour flooding from global warming... I was on the harbour a few days ago and wondered exactly how much higher the water is today around the Rocks or Circular Quay than it was in 1915. Not much is my guess...

[Marc.com]

 1975 looked and behaved a LOT differently to a 1995 model.

aint that the truth, once bikes arrived at single shock twin disc layout they sort of peaked and have only been the subject of mild tweaks since apart from the whole 4 stroke thing.

[shelpi]

HMMM looks like I had better start getting my act together for pre2000 models, before i know it I will run out of time to get them prept for the first race meeting

[GMC]

I remember back when the internet used to be closed on Sundays

[80-85 husky]

that was "hotels" Geoff, that were closed on sundays...you need to get checked for oldtimers mate...

[KTM47]

 1975 looked and behaved a LOT differently to a 1995 model.

aint that the truth, once bikes arrived at single shock twin disc layout they sort of peaked and have only been the subject of mild tweaks since apart from the whole 4 stroke thing.

Yes bikes haven't changed a lot over the last 20 years, the first YZ400F is 16 years old now.

As for tracks, I think they have become tamer.  I can remember when SX first started to take hold the MX tracks had all sorts of shit in them.  I remember a double jump in the start straight at Tivoli and quad jumps.  Really it not the modern tracks that are harder to ride it is us who have got older.

Just another thing, anyone who has ridden the new bikes will know how much easier they are to ride than the old bikes.