I wish I could ride like this when I'm 72 or 76: Legends of Dirt: Here's the photos

[Motu]

I put up a post on ADV about it,but didn't bother with this site....everyone seems a bit ''young'' - see the old Kawasaki thread,they think an aircooled monoshock is really old.I think the people that needed to know did know - obviously the VMX guys were in the loop,the Classic Register knew about it,and the Trials people knew about it.I thought the promotion was good.....but how to reach the audience in their armchairs?

[Ocean1]

I put up a post on ADV about it,but didn't bother with this site....everyone seems a bit ''young''

I like you.

I think the people that needed to know did know - obviously the VMX guys were in the loop,the Classic Register knew about it,and the Trials people knew about it.I thought the promotion was good.....but how to reach the audience in their armchairs?

Don't know, but there are a lot of guys who no longer ride that would have loved to see that. Once back in the loop they'd be back to any future classic meets, and who knows, some of them might even have dusted off their old Jofas...

[merv]

It was advertised for many editions of Kiwi Rider too, but then again you'd have to be reading the bike mag to see it there.

I am still in awe at how fast old Hugh and Jeff are.

[Ktmboy]

Hey, this is great. At the end of the day we have all shared this event through your pics and I for 1 have relived a past.
Seeing a pic with
1) QA50
2) TS 90
3) Eilsinor 250
4) I think a SL350 in the Back ground(early wheel stand machine).

My first three bikes all in one photo. Freakin excellent.

Hats off to the guys that made the effort to get there. Browny(and all the others from around NZ and overseas) and the legends from over seas, Congrats.

[merv]

I never got another photo of it but that bike in the background I think was an early Yamaha DT not an SL350.

[Ktmboy]

Doesn't matter. Had a Yamaha 360 as well. Used to give the mean as kick back often.

[Ocean1]

Doesn't matter. Had a Yamaha 360 as well. Used to give the mean as kick back often.

Oh yes.

Never owned one but I've got a divot out of my shin from the brother's one.

Vicious, vicious bitch.

[motorbike.ventures]

everyone seems a bit ''young''

hmm, I don't think that matters... I may have no idea who these old timers are or what they were like in their day, but it still interests me very much so! They are the ones that helped pave the way to where we are now regarding motorcycles, along with many others, and for that deserve everyones respect.

Plus I love motorbikes, and old bikes are so cool! It makes you respect so much more how far along motorcycles have come.

So old timers, rock on! We would have gone if we were in the same country!

[merv]

Jeff Smith (2 times) and Shayne King (1 time) are both former world moto-x champions and Hugh Anderson (4 times) is a former roadrace world champion, though Hugh also excelled in moto-x, winning many races in Europe and NZ long after he finished with world GPs.

Hugh has been very much in to classic road racing back in NZ and this was the first time I had seen him on dirt for ages.