OZVMX - History / What year did it start ?

[Hoony]

i have been a bit quiet on here of late, but then again so has many others.

i just got to thinking when did the forum start, it has a history i'm guessing back to 2000's era, it got hacked by the Ottomans and others from memory. its glory days of high activity are past due to other media (like spacebook) buts its always been a great resource of collective knowledge.

i miss the incredible resto's that members like Doc used to post up, the suzuki footpeg thread,
the "VMX version of war and piece" - The Sprite/alron saga and other crazy stuff.

[brent j]

OZVMX started as a YAHOO group run by Graeme McElligot (spelling?) and even before that as the PETshop.

He changed to the forum as we know it after Ray Ryan's passing and I think we owe him a big thank you for his work.

But I still can't work out when it all happened. I attended (I think) CD3 at Barrabool and the forum started not long after

[Hoony]

CD3 was definitely at Barrabool. first 2 were at Kyneton in approx 2001,2002 so i think CD3 was 2003.

 i know CD4 at Broadford was 2007 as i have pics and dates there was a few years between CD3 and CD4 due to Ray's passing.

[VMX247]

Yes they where grea write ups Hoony.
Ken Smith from VMX Magazine has been writing a blog along with Barbara Ryan via email, its a great read with the upcoming CD15,hope it gets written into the next issue of VMX Magazine

Quote :But Ray was definitely a man with Vision (with a capital V), so he started scouting for a place to hold event number 3, somewhere with a better track and facilities and chose Geelong.  He managed to get some famous faces to attend this event, Brad Lackey and Jim Pomeroy to name a few.

Quote :The very first VMX Magazine Classic Dirt in 2000 happened to incorporate my birthday so it was a great start to the two decades of Classic Dirt events I've attended.

CD1 & CD 2 Kyneton Vic 2000 & 2001
CD3 Geelong Vic 2002
CD4 Broadford Vic 2007
CD5
CD6
CD7
CD8 Conondale 2011 still got 4 tea towels of Roger Harvey's
CD9
CD10
CD11
CD12
CD13
CD14
CD15 QMP 2019

[Tony.Brown]

From memory it was 2003, I was member number 1.

[Hoony]

From memory it was 2003, I was member number 1.

 

and thanks

[brent j]

From memory it was 2003, I was member number 1.

I have a funny feeling that I remember your name from the old OZVMX Yahoo Group.
The others that come to mind are Firko, Tony T, and Tim754. I'm sure there were others but the memory fades........................

[Tony.Brown]

Yes Brent I remember you had a TT500 up around Darwin if my memory serves. Did you use a chainsaw cdi on it?

[brent j]

Yes Brent I remember you had a TT500 up around Darwin if my memory serves. Did you use a chainsaw cdi on it?

I did to my eternal regret!
 Heaps of torque down low but starting became a game of chance. One episode broke the kick start knuckle and the next put me on crutches for two weeks. You would kick it 5-6 times with no joy then it would fire too early and drive the motor backwards. Technically speaking a 4 stroke can't run backwards but with the muffler full of fuel mix there's enough to make it fire 4-5 times and run backwards. It doesn't so much kick back as the lever gets DRIVEN into you foot.
NEVER AGAIN

[brent j]

From memory it was 2003, I was member number 1.

If we go back to the original YAHOO group, you and Tim754 could be the longest continuously serving members of this group. I think both of you were members when I joined.
There were several others but they have left and returned at various times over the years.
You and Tim754 can argue over who was first but I reckon I've got a good chance to claim the No 3 spot

[Tony.Brown]

I had the number one spot on Ozvmx but left for a while and had to re-register, not sure why.

[jimson]

I was at the start, but not at the pointy end. As I'm always a little slow to get going lol jimson

[GMC]

July 07 is the oldest post here but this is the reboot, I think it was around 04 when I heard about the original forum and joined up, it had already been going a while.

Been a bit quiet on here myself, not much to write home about these days
When alzheimer's kicks in a bit more I might start posting more but then I will just be repeating myself

[80-85 husky]

time to rehash those war stories Geoff!!

[Iain Cameron]

I think a lot left when some of the posts got quite nasty . Graeme was quite a good mod and didn't put up with it . I miss some of the older blokes mmmm . I pop in every once in a while but not lie b4 .  Iain used to be Iainyz a long time ago .