Seeking my old Bucket

**F5 Dave** · 13th June 2014, 21:20

Originally Posted by Imagineering

First two are from Ohakea 1996 - 1998 Chris Sayle on the Stretcher.
Taupo, New Years Day 1998 ?
And Dave, the last one is how you might remember the Workshop at Miles Crescent!

arent you about 10 years out there?
I remember the place up near the police college. You welded up a brake lever from a piece of square section and a gear from the balancer. Totally 'Bucket'. Really appreciated the help.

**Imagineering** · 13th June 2014, 22:35

Originally Posted by husaberg

no next pair over on the bloke........

Hah, that is one of the pissed off 'On-Call' Base Medics called out to the crash. Bloody clowns should realise if there is a Race Meeting on they will get called out.

Dave T; Yes you are right, it is Darryl, RIP.
And that is definitely Leslie, just can't recall her surname.
Miles Crescent was Mark Sidebothams place in Newlands, Chris & I moved to Papakowhai shortly after that Photo.

**F5 Dave** · 14th June 2014, 08:46

Ahh Mark lived opposite as I was growing up. Saw him couple of years back at a Trials meet.

**F5 Dave** · 14th June 2014, 10:02

Oh yeah. Think your old pointy tailpiece went on my 50. I made a squarer end as was more fashionable at the time to graft on. Using a shoebox as a buck and fibreglassing directly over it then onto the tailpiece.
Transferred it to my RG for several years. Then I saw a video from behind and saw how much of my arse was showing and yes it did make it look big. Regan made me an RS125 one which I'm still using.

pop in to Kaitoki racing is tomorrow alongside the karts.

**F5 Dave** · 14th June 2014, 10:43

Just been looking at some old pics, may try to get them to a scanner but work has been silly lately so my desire to stay longer is minimal.

a couple of anecdotes I was sharing at the GP this year with DaveDip (his son did the double F4/F5 win) was the time he showed up from Auckland and his tank was missing.

the other trailer one was when you lot showed up with an open wheel trailer that has used it's tyre to chew through one of the race bike tyres that had moved enroute. Kate was explaining " this isn't the first time this has happened.. . [then a quote I've remembered 25years and probably the next 25]. . "Thrice bitten Once shy".

**Ocean1** · 14th June 2014, 12:10

Originally Posted by Imagineering

Miles Crescent was Mark Sidebothams place in Newlands, Chris & I moved to Papakowhai shortly after that Photo.

I painted Mark's trials bike frame there. Fantic? Two pot polyurethane with a teatowel wrapped around my face. Still picking bits of red snot out of my nose.

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Ahh Mark lived opposite as I was growing up. Saw him couple of years back at a Trials meet.

Last I heard he still hadn't followed your example. Never graduated to a proper bike either.

**F5 Dave** · 14th June 2014, 12:45

He had an Ossa when we lived in Karori. He fixed my Bmx bike more than once.

**Ocean1** · 14th June 2014, 15:16

Actually now that I think about it he'd borrowed one of his mates garages, a concrete one car bunker.

I remember his Ossa, I had a KT at the time. If I recall correctly he then got one of them flash new Fantics, and I think it was a GG that I painted but shit it was a long time ago.

I had a ride on a Fantic a couple of years ago, the last of them, (340?) I came away thinking I'd quite like one for a trail bike but compared to a modern trials bike it was a Kenworth.