Friday April 24th 2020
A group of riders at Ioco for a round of the Outlaw Series - not sure when I took that, but lots of familiar faces.
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The latest news out of Italy is that Valentino Rossi is moving to Aprilia in 2021. The move would also see VR46 in the future run Aprilia bikes in Motogp
And still with Road Racing - check this out >> INCREDIBLE ” ULSTER GP ” 5-Minutes of Pure Road Racing …
And this >> Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum
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We had a call from Stan yesterday with all his latest news of the exciting trip back from Baja - He mentioned the pic I posted about a week ago with the name of the rider in the yellow pants watching Vesty in Scotland - seems that is Peter Willie from Victoria who was on a close number to some of the super stars (Stan was also in that group) That was in 1983 & Stan was on a Montesa - later that year I was able to put a deal together for him to ride one of the new Yamaha Mono-shocks through Walt Healy and in 1984 he finished 13th in Scotland the best ever finish by a Canadian rider, –I guess these old pics are stirring up a lot of memories.
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Back in 1994 Brett Clark introduced me to Jordi Tarres, what a really nice guy he is - and what a fantastic Trials bike he now makes. - It’s all about Passion for the sport.
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And here is a shot that Heath took of a brilliant young TRS rider, who has sadly decided to call it quits.
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This is a really neat picture - but I wonder if any of these organizers have heard about the “Keystone rock” - you move that one and the whole mountain comes down. - As a Trials guy - I have often looked at some fantastic terrain for sections - but then thought “What if”
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