HEAVEN's 2008 Evo Challenge is coming!!
It's now less than three weeks until the 2008 HEAVEN Evo Challenge.
This is one of the club's biggies for the year and will I am sure
be just as good as the events from previous years.
This year the meet will be held at the Lake Glenbawn track over
the weekend of May 17/18 with pre entry closing on May 9. Of course,
this event caters to all the usual classes as well as the Evo trophy
races, so really anyone wanting a fantastic weekend of vintage motocross
couldn't do any better than to get along to the 2008 EVO CHALLENGE.
Download
the event flyer here (PDF)...
Visit
the club's website here...
Victorian Classic Motocross Rd 2
Round 2 of the VCM 2008 series will be held at Ravenswood MX track
on May 4. The track will be groomed to suit the vintage MX bikes
and should be just perfect. Last year's event at this venue was
awesome.
Get those entries in and support the Bendigo MCC.
Find
out more on the VCM website here..
Round 1 VCM in 2008
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The Victorian Classic Motocross club held their
first round of racing for 2008 at Traralgon on Sunday 13 April.
A top day's racing was had by all with plenty of good hard
racing in the sandy conditions.
See
the piccies here...
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VIPER Round 1 on May 18
Victoria's VIPER series kicks off in just 4 weeks on May 18 at
Yanakie. As always, you can expect a rip roaring time with big fields
across the classes, and some hard charging fun in the dirt.
It also worth noting that VIPER has moved from the Pre78, 80, 85,
90 & Open format to Pre78, Evolution, Pre85, Pre 90 & Open
format. There has also been one change to the race schedule from
last year in that the Pre90 riders get 4 laps per race instead of
3.
Get
all the details from the VIPER website here...
Round 1 QVMX in 2008
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The first round of QVMX's 2008 series was held
at the superb Coles Creek track on March 30. Queensland VMX
fan Jackie Mac was on the scene and sent us these great photos
to show us what we missed out on if we don't live in South
East Queensland.
See
the piccies here...
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Australian Classic Motocross Championships 2008
The Australian Classic MX Champs, or Nats, will be
held in Tasmania over the weekend 6-8th June.
Friday 6th Scrutinering and Practice
Saturday 7th 2 rounds
Sunday 8th 1 round and presentation dinner that night.
The Venue is confirmed at Quercus Park, Carrick about 15 minutes
from Launceston in the north of Tasmania. The track will be natural
terrain with a couple of small jumps for the older bikes and a few
larger jumps for the newer bikes this track will be designed to
cater for both old pre 60 bikes as well as the later pre 85 bikes
also, with the track being two tracks in one. This is a great opportunity
to not only race the Nats but to also have a great break away from
it all in the Apple Isle with the track located in a particularly
nice part of the country.
Call 0438568092 or email fatboyracing@bigpond.com
for more information about the event.
Supp Regs/Entry can be downloaded from the MTAS website at http://www.mtas.org.au.
Follow
the forum thread about the Nats here...
Australian Classic Dirt Track Championships
The Australian Classic Dirt Track Championships will
be on again in 2008. After being missing in action for a couple
of years the Wagga club ran a successful 2007 event and that's opened
the way for a resurgence of interest in the DT Nats. This year the
meeting will be held at the Fairbairn track at Canberra in the ACT.
The club is especially keen for this to be a special
event, and are pulling out the stops to ensure its success. The
track is being relicensed and has had plenty of work done in recent
times to ensure a spectacular weekend of racing.
Yep, that's right, a full weekend will be devoted
to the DT Nats, with a show and shine and other attractions on Saturday
6 September, plus a full afternoon's practice to get your bike sorted,
and then racing with all classes on Sunday 7 September.
So, if you love classic dirt track action, keep the
weekend of 6+7 September in your diary and come along to Canberra.
More information will be posted on OzVMX as it comes
to hand, though in the meantime call Pat Pither on 0419 905 410
with any questions.
Follow
the thread on the OzVMX Forum here...
DMCC Social Weekend
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The Dandenong Motorcycle Club held a social
get together for all vintage motocross enthusiasts at the
Wonthaggi track over the March 1/2 weekend. Everyone had a
fine time it seems.
See
the piccies here...
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BMCC Sign On 2008 Photos
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The BMCC held its sign on/practice day recently
and a strong rollup of over 50 riders came out to enjoy a
great day's playing in the dirt. Jackie Mac sent a nice selection
of photos from the day to whet our appetite for the coming
season of VMX.
See
the piccies here...
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Latest GMC Catalogue
Geoff from Geoff Morris Concepts does some great work,
and the feedback is always positive. Geoff is also a regular on
our forums, and the word is that he's the man to see for an aftermarket
frame kit for your CZ or HL, a custom pipe, or any of a myriad of
general fabrication tasks. Geoff is always adding to his range,
so check out his new 2008 catalogue to see if he's got just what
you want. And if it's not listed, give him a bell. You might be
surprised.
Check
out the GMC 08 catalogue here.
Brand New HEAVEN Website
NSW's HEAVEN club continues to grow, and with a new
committee building on the great work of the old in 2008 we can expect
to see more of the topline events that have made the club such a
success over the past several years. To help spread the word and
to keep members up to date on everything HEAVEN, a new website has
just been unveiled.
This means that the website hosted here on OzVMX is
no more. Links on OzVMX will now take you directly to the new site.
We will of course continue to promote HEAVEN events, but for the
information firsthand, visit http://www.heaven-vintagemx.com/.
OzVMX 2008 Calendar
2008 is only weeks old and already it's shaping
up to be one of the biggest and best years of vintage MX
ever.
With events right across the country, including
old favourites like Classic Dirt, the Vintage Nats, Crawford
River Classic, BMCC's Double the Dirt and the QVMX boys'
Connondale Classic, vintage racers in Oz are assured plenty
of opportunities to strut their stuff.
The OzVMX Calendar lists all the action. Check
it out to see if there's a race on near you. Any corrections
welcome, as are any events not listed that you think should
be. Email webmaster@ozvmx.com
Read
the calendar here...
Yamaha TT/XT500 Parts Supplier
The venerable Yamaha TT/XT500 is an absolute
legend and as anyone who's been to the Muster will tell
you, there are still plenty of them around. However, finding
parts, especially plastics etc, is getting more difficult,
even though Yamaha made a million of these things.
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Enter Andrew Mason from the UK. Andrew
has bitten the bullet in a big way and has set out
to manufacture an extensive array of parts for the
big thumper. Hot off the presses are high quality
colour accurate sidecovers in white, orange and yellow.
Find
out more here...
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Hunter Motorcycle Club - Vintage Dirt Track Classes
With growing interest in vintage dirt track racing
in the Hunter region, HMCC is now including a pre-1978 and pre-1985
class in its club race meetings at Barleigh Ranch, north of Raymond
Terrace.
Sign on is from 7.30 am and racing from 9.30 am.
It is planned to get at least four rounds of racing in. Vintage
riders can generally ride in Senior All Powers as well as their
age category in each round, giving a minimum of eight races total.
For any more details contact the club secretary
Rodger Starkey on 0419 896 745.
Adler Motocrosser
Check this one out. It's an Adler MXer resto (well,
sort of a resto cum construction) by Gus P. I have never seen
one of these before, but Gus sure has done a great job.
Look at
the photos here...
OzVMX Classifieds System
The OzVMX Classifieds page has proven to be a real
winner. The feedback is very positive, with many advertisers selling
their bike within a matter of days. However, it's a big job to
maintain this page, and the time has come to replace the old manual
system with a swish new automatic one.
As from Monday 25 September, the old system of mailing
your advert to OzVMX has been closed. From now on, advertisers
must use the new automated system. This will require you to register,
and post your own advert. It is a pretty simple system to use
however, and best of all, it's still free.
Note that the old ads on the For
Sale page will remain for one further month.
Find
out more, and visit the new system, here...
Need help with shipping from the US?
We received this email from Buddy Johnson in the
US, offering to help with shipping. I don't know the guy and cannot
vouch for his integrity, but pass on his offer here for anyone
who might be interested.
"I wanted to post on
your site a service of shipping eBay items from the USA to Australia..I've
done this service for a couple of guys in Australia over the last
year (one being Peter Worrall @ Husky Parts AU) who wanted to
bid on items on eBay in the USA, but the sellers stated won't
ship out of the country..so they have won the item/s and then
had the item/s shipped to me..I then do the customs forms and
repackage if necessary then post to Australia for them for a small
fee & the shipping..if this is a service that I can do for
you guys down under let me know..Thanks, Buddy "maicobuddy"
Johnson"
Email Buddy at maicobuddy@yahoo.com
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