At what age did you start racing and on what?

[rustys]

NEVER TO OLD, started raceing at 57 (yep) first race at Taupo in 2003 i think.
Since then have done Paeroa street races twice and one meeting at Wanganui.
For the last Four years have done every Vic Club series and Pacific series on my ZXR 400, being reasonably competetive as well.
Now getting into Buckets and Street Stock racing for something different.
Love it all, should have started years ago, so making up for lost time and want to continue for some time yet, "Duke girl" says she will help me get out of my wheel chair to get on my bike.

[FROSTY:Me]

AHH thats right rustys--You were one season up on me when I got back into it on mella yella

[Duke girl]

"Duke girl" says she will help me get out of my wheel chair to get on my bike.[/QUOTE]
I hope that aint going to happen to soon as Im not ready to push the dam thing yet.

[wbks]

"Duke girl" says she will help me get out of my wheel chair to get on my bike.

I hope that aint going to happen to soon as Im not ready to push the dam thing yet.[/QUOTE]The wheelchair or the Yamaha?

[Harvd]

Started on 150streetstock at 17 (still there) after a potentially very serious road crash, and my dads mate recommended it to me.

find it great and must be the best thing for road riding survival skills.


Woo racing tomorrow!

[Duke girl]

Neither the wheelchair or the Yamaha.
I started racing at the age of 22 at the Phillip Island track on a 125 MV Augusta. I did a couple of seasons on that and then raced a 450 Ducati, which we bought in pieces and did it up so that i could race that which I did for 2 yrs.
Have been around bikes for most of my life as my Grandfather use to race speedway and my Father use to Road Race in all different circuits around Australia, on bikes such as TZ 250 & TD 350 Yamahas and also a 500cc H1 triple Kawasaki.
Boy do those bikes bring back good memories, especially the helmets they use to wear back in those day. The old puddin basin open face helmets and the goggles.
Gee how times have changed.

[KS34]

I was 37 and I was on my trusty 94 cbr600, First round of the Vic winter series 2007 at Taupo, it was raining and I only had slicks! Everything was going swimmingly (literally) I was in 4th place in Clubmans and closing on 3rd place, got a bit excited and left it way too late into T2 and down I went! God that was fun! great thread duke girl!!

[Clivoris]

In my flirty forties, in 2007 at the VMCC Winter Series. After 3 years of marshalling and watching people having fun doing something I didn't think I would ever be "good enough" to do. I realised it didn't matter how good I was, and I wasn't going to get good unless I did my apprenticeship. Bought a CBR400rr and haven't looked back.

[zxr400#150]

started when i was 18 now 21 on the Vmcc RG150 (big thank you to them) for giving me the opertunity to get into the sport, and havent looked back, moved up to F3 on my zxr400 and have been racing that for the last 2 years

[GIXser]

about two years ago, at the almighty age of 37" straight into F1, i should have started in clubmans but someone told me to go staight to F1... "great," !anyways still there and learning lots.. i would like to race one more season,

[DEATH_INC.]

First motocross race at the tender age of around 22
Then some bloke called Loosebruce (R.I.P. ) conned me into entering F1 at the Taupo round of the VMCC a year or two back, musta been around 38-39 (the memory goes at this age....) , Did some rounds at minefeild after that, but the finances prevent me from doing more......