Although Babs and myself arrived in Canada in 1965 – I did not get interested in the Motorcycle scene until much later – I had been told that the only competitions held were hill climbs and the bikes had chains on the back tires!! I took up fishing instead. – That was until one day I took a look in Walt Healy’s shop on 10th street in Calgary – it was close to where we lived at that time, and I was quite surprised to see some bikes that looked more “European” – yes they were the first DT Yamahas, and as they say the rest is history.
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Quiz – Who is this and on what?
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This old pic just popped up on FB – shows Sean Bird and Sam King at a time they both rode Beta – Sean got help from Mountain MC, while Sammy was on the Outlaw bike.
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that we saw this out of the office window – now we check to see if there is any smoke from new fires!!
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Unfortunately we are hearing about more Forest fires due to lightning – one of concern near Armstrong/Silver Creek area – we watched the skimmers picking up water from Swan Lake – pretty amazing – four coming in line astern then taking off again -.all from our office window.
The pic of the fire was taken from Salmon River road, which we always take when driving to the Shuswap.
Here are some great shots – not taken by me. (thanks Erin)
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