Old MX pics

[FlangMasterJ]

Great pics guys keep them coming.

Makes me feel soft looking at you guys manhandling those machines.

[bpoulter]

Hey short shins, we were there at the same time, but that was the sand track at Otaihanga,do you remember the track was carved out of a huge blackberry patch? You must have been standing next to me when you took the middle pic above.....

pic1/ Dave Murray in the stripped shirt.

pic 2/ Brad Poulter DT360 (I think).... and maybe short shins standing with his mates......

Hi Brad Poulter here, yep that was the DT360 and Dave Murray was my flat mate a little later on. We used to work together at McKenzies at Coastlands where we first met. Sadly I lost all of my photos of the era when Dave and my flat burned down.

In the other photo yes that was Greg Brinks first mx at Otihanga on the TS185. We used to Terrorise Paraparaumu beach at lunchtime from Kapiti College. I had a TS125 at the time that I used to ride down to QE2 park race meetings run mostly by the Ixion Club, strip the lights off and go racing, then put them back on and ride home. Great fun for a 16 year old.

[merv]

Last month I scanned up an old 70's album I had of photos other people took and gave to me. It had just a couple of MX pics in it, both of Gary Goodfellow.

This first one is from 1976 when he was doing the right thing and was riding the Honda.


Then this one is from 1977 when the bugger was on a Suzuki. Can't remember the venues - looks way too green for Teddington which is where I regularly saw MX in those days.


Great days for sure.

[merv]

Here's a few from my old slides. All of a meeting, think it was the North vs South, at Teddington in March 1973. I only had a cheapie Kodak Instamatic in those days so the pics aren't professional quality lol.

[merv]

Here's a few more from that same meeting in March 1973.

[Crasherfromwayback]

5/ Peter Boyle, TM125L. I remember him and Morley having some fantastic battles, with Morley usually winning. Peter was very spectacular, but it often ended in tears.......

2/ Mark Boyle TM125

Great pics. I've worked with both Peter and Mark Boyle. Both GC's and still handy on a bike.

[merv]

It was cool in those days you could race anything and it was fun that something like an XL175 could be used at club level reasonably competitively and I see in the pics above there was that number 94. I used to race under number 777 on mine, but then we spent more time just racing our mates at the tracks down by the river and the like too. Here's a couple of me on my XL175, July 1975, at the Waimak near McLean's Island just straight off the road lights still on etc..

[NordieBoy]

It was cool in those days you could race anything and it was fun that something like an XL175 could be used at club level reasonably competitively and I see in the pics above there was that number 94. I used to race under number 777 on mine, but then we spent more time just racing our mates at the tracks down by the river and the like too. Here's a couple of me on my XL175, July 1975, at the Waimak near McLean's Island just straight off the road lights still on etc..

You're not related to Alan Hampton are you?

[merv]

No sorry Nordie, don't know Alan. I went to Canterbury Uni so had a few years on volunteer service abroad in the South Island hence my time in ChCh, now back in the North Island. Loved ChCh, bit sad to see what's happened to it.

[NordieBoy]

No sorry Nordie, don't know Alan. I went to Canterbury Uni so had a few years on volunteer service abroad in the South Island hence my time in ChCh, now back in the North Island. Loved ChCh, bit sad to see what's happened to it.

[merv]

Cool pics Nordie. Hey thought it was about time I sent you a FB friend request. Hope I got the right adventurer.

[oldguy]

my early photography days, taking and processing in good old black and white.

first 2 pics I think were taken Auckland Champs early 80,s I never marked or dated any pics back then, hell I still don't.

second 2, more sure where these were taken Kaikohe/Ngawha Springs mid 80,s

[oldguy]

looks like VMX but these bike were new or reasonably new haha

first 2 pics, Hare Scramble event just out of Okaihau

second 2 another event, towards KeriKeri

[Ktmboy]

my early photography days, taking and processing in good old black and white.

first 2 pics I think were taken Auckland Champs early 80,s I never marked or dated any pics back then, hell I still don't.

second 2, more sure where these were taken Kaikohe/Ngawha Springs mid 80,s

Oh dear that brings back a few memories. I grew up riding that terrain at the back of the family farm at Ngawha and did a few races up Okaihau (at the far north). Unfortunately all the pics have been lost but I'll look for the negs soon.

In the background on pic #3 is a guy called Roger Wilkins our mechanic and all round engine guru. He could make RD350's sing. Think he hailed from Wellington.
We paid him with casks of Velluto Rosso red wine and we had to help him drink the aweful shit as part of the deal. Turns out red wine tends to grow on you.

[cheese]

LOL is that an old IT in that 3rd photo? Weird set up they were with the chain on the wrong side!!

Did you have a RD350 Tony? My mate had one at school and I remember it was insanely quick and fucking scary. We went 160kmph along the marine parade in Napier while I had a box of beer on my back. I think that they still sell those bikes as new in India!!