Vintage Class A4DE

[XC83]

Vespa = KTM504

[80-85 husky]

504 in "stealth" mode eh...(watching too much Netflix )

[VERi]

Best of luck to all the VERi members and everyone else competing in the Vintage Class of the 2018 A4DE starting tomorrow.

[VMX247]

Ballards out yesterday with a buster gear thinga me.
Udys lovin the PE performance
Alan Makin has rebuilt his Husqvarna and on a roll.
Rob Shoemaker and teams are neat as a pin and staying clean up front.
Steve Davis KTM runs very sweetly.1st kick.
Peter Drakeford,Mike Jaeger and Mike Harding are running mid pack.
Social media, mylaps and #A4DE are right at the door delivering the action.
Congratulations to all involved

[LWC82PE]

Would be good if you can post the results on here.

[Tex]

I'm not 100% sure that these are the final results, but they look like it:

https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Sessions/4781148#byClass

Tex

[GMC]

Drakie wasn't running mid pack, he was in fact leading...
...leading the dnfers as he ran out of fuel on day one

From what I heard it turned into everyone's worst nightmare due to of having to ride over a very chopped up track due to 300 or so moderns that went before them.
As per typical four days only the fit and fast survived but I tips my hat to all that tried.

1   366   Ricky Madden
2   338   Andrew Dennett
3   376   Ashley Sprenger
4   342   Andy Elliott
5   336   Jeff Dawson
6   361   John Liddell
7   372   Deeds Raymond
8   371   Craig Ralph
9   353   Jamie Harrison
10   331   Chris Bullen
11   380   Brendan Walsh
12   321   Terry Allen
13   369   Bryan Noble
14   324   Martin Baker
15   348   Sean Hamilton
16   358   Steve Juzva
17   373   Allan Rich
18   374   Noel Schulz
19   352   Spencer Harrison
20   320   Matthew Adamson
21   357   Glenn Johnson
22   379   Geoff Udy
23   344   Grant Franklin


24   332   Mark Carruthers
25   365   William Lynagh
26   328   Murray Billiau
27   323   Stephen Baker
28   355   Mick Jaeger
29   335   Steven Davis
30   349   Chris Hampson
31   325   John Ball
32   329   Mark Boddy
33   333   Peter Cave
34   385   Cliff Maggs
35   350   Mike Harding
36   327   Ross Bedford
37   367   Alan Makin
38   364   Geoff Ballard
39   362   Wayne Litzow
40   377   Rick Stevenson
41   343   Dean Fisher
42   339   Lindsay Donai
43   375   Darren Smart
44   382   Mark Williams
45   330   Gary Brown
46   381   Mark Waterhouse
47   378   Murray Tainton
48   370   Stephen Phillips
49   363   Brian Litzow
50   360   James Lawry
51   356   Colin Jay
52   354   Lee Hodges
53   351   Colin Harper
54   340   Peter Drakeford
55   334   Greg Curley
56   322   Lawrie Asgill
57   345   Phillip Glasson
58   384   Colin Woods
59   337   Glenn Day
60   341   Matthew Dwyer

[mboddy]

Monday's issue was sorted out again and Mark Carruthers officially finished.

[Tex]

I see that Michael Turner managed a respectable finish in the Masters (modern) class on his IT250, well done that man!

Tex

[Slakewell]

Well done to everyone that entered and extra well done to the finishers. Looking at the youtube clips I am sort of glad that I procrastinated and didn't get an entry in on time. Hot very dry conditions are tough on new bikes so no doubt a lot of the vintage class bikes will need some love to freshen them up afterwards. It's a hard call for organizers to make everyone happy and were else can you put the vintage class if not behind the moderns? 

[LWC82PE]

Any ride reports? Anyone willing to share their experience?

[Tex]

Any ride reports? Anyone willing to share their experience?

Plenty of stories, videos and pics... all on Facebook. 

Tex

[Gday]

http://www.mcnews.com.au/a4de-2018-cessnock/

[NSR]

I am waiting on a usb with a heap more photos. Here's a few I took.
It was a really well run 4day. It has been about 25Yrs since I rode a 4Day some things have changed but not as much as I thought it had. It was tough.
I think it was great the way they didn't let us off. If we had been just sent out to the STs on the road than back again I & even my mates that didn't make it would have been pissed off. If we had done that I'm sure Daniel Milner would not have mentioned us at the presentation night. We were treated as a A4DE Class. You can’t ask more than that. Shame the MC press don't see us that way. 







The winning XR

[VERi]

Some VERi members at the 2018 A4DE.



Sean Hamilton performs some last minute adjustments the day before the event commences. Photo by P Drakeford.



Colin Harper, Mark Waterhouse, Steve Juzva and Peter Drakeford all looking confident on Day 1. Photo by D Britt.