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Answer to the last quiz – Roger DeCoster who was the Belgium Trials Champ I believe – then going into Moto X and changing things at the top before retiring and managing various teams. – Brett and Stan got in first with that one.
Quiz today. – Who on What and Where?
Interesting mail came from Steve ORorke who was the only one who noticed my mistake the earlier blog when I listed the Beta Techno as a 1986!! – It was of course a 1996. That was the first year that i started to ride a Beta – the reason being they put a half decent kickstart lever on them! – Now think about that for a minute – how many customers did Beta lose because of such a tiny design mistake? – yes I could tell you others which Sherco- Gas Gas failed to recognize.
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Looks like our fire season has started in the Valley, with a fire out of control on the Westside of Kelowna. – no other news yet. Hats off to those Skimmer Pilots who come in one behind the other – superb flying in order to save property owners – we sure hope they get well rewarded.
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Forgot to mention yesterday, that the customer who stopped by to see us. told us he was out riding at Postil Lake near Kelowna at the weekend and had both his bikes on the truck ( Both GG) it seems that while he was out on one – somebody decided to nick the other one!! – so watch out for any super deals on a Gasser.
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As our readers may have noticed, I’ve been posting quite a bit about the classic bike scene and how this has been booming at a time when modern bikes are sitting on the showroom floor. – However, the fact is – most of these so called “Classic ” bikes are really expensive replicas of what people like myself rode back in the day.
Now , if this brings in more riders, more events etc – I’m all for it – as mentioned in previous blogs about why I started this class in the Outlaw trial some 40 year ago. – However – on the flip side of the coin ” Would I still want to go out on a Sunday ride at my age on a vintage bike? – Sorry but the answer is no – UNLESS it was a $20,00 replica which performed like a modern bike.
Some nice Yams at the Highland Classic.
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