Mental Trousers
20th March 2014, 10:48
The Cliffhanger Hill Climb is a great fun event. Unfortunately this year we lost a good man at it. Kevin "Wharfy" Waugh died of injuries sustained in a crash while competing. He was a gentle, decent, sincere man who was willing to stand up when he saw something wrong. He was passionate about injustices, political and environmental issues. Respected by friends and loved by family but for me Wharfy was an inspiration because he was out there racing motorbikes when his peers were gardening, having a nice quiet cup of tea and generally acting old. He showed us that getting older and having major medical problems isn't a good enough reason to act like an old aged pensioner, that you can still be out there exploring the boundaries when you're closing in on retirement. He will be missed.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to Wharfy's funeral but it was very well attended and great tribute to him.
Three days before race day I'd travelled down to New Plymouth to have the suspension reworked. It was a long day; 7 hours driving, pulling the forks and shock out (what a prick of a job), putting them back in (the shock is even worse to get back in) and sorting out remote access on a stinking Windows 7 Home Edition machine.
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Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to Wharfy's funeral but it was very well attended and great tribute to him.
Three days before race day I'd travelled down to New Plymouth to have the suspension reworked. It was a long day; 7 hours driving, pulling the forks and shock out (what a prick of a job), putting them back in (the shock is even worse to get back in) and sorting out remote access on a stinking Windows 7 Home Edition machine.
Click to continue .... (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/entry.php/3498-AMCC-Round-5-Hampton-Downs)