New VERi website online now

The long awaited new VERi website is now live!

Simply go to www.verivinduro.com.au for the latest VERi news, photos from events, copies of old magazine articles and more.

This site has served us well, but will eventually be closed down.

Thumpercross is back for 2013

The Dandenong  Motorcycle Club will host the Warragul Toyota Thumpercross at Lardner Park on November 2-3, 2013.

The event will be open to junior and pre 1985 bikes on the Saturday and all classes of seniors on the Sunday.

A full range of age and capacity classes will be run over the two days of competition on a natural fast-flowing grass track at a fantastic venue.

Event organiser Glenn Capuano says there is plenty of excitement amongst riders, from both off-road and motocross disciplines, about competing in this fun format of racing.

“Riders have been screaming out for this format to be reinvented. It will also be great to see bikes from a bygone-era competing as both the Viper and Vinduro racing now have a huge following,” Glenn said.

“Juniors will also be able to get their bikes on the limiter around the grass track. We will see some of the best riders in Australia from both disciplines go head to head in what should be a great weekend of racing,” Glenn added.

There will also be heaps of give a ways to riders that enter from some fantastic sponsors that have got behind the event.

Entries will fill fast so don’t delay as they will be accepted on a first in best dressed basis. One day licences are available for pre-85, vets and masters classes if applied for 21 days before the event.

Click here to download the Supplementary Regulations & Entry Form.

For more information please visit www.dmcc.com.au.

Bultaco - The pure-bred machine from Spain

Pic from neotericollective on Tumblr

June update

As those at the Tallarook vinduro would have heard, a new club- Vintage Enduro Riders Incorporated (VERi), has been formed. It’s aimed at promoting vinduro events in Victoria and beyond.  A more detailed profile of VERi will be released soon. A VERi membership form can be found elsewhere on this site. Thanks to all those folks who have already joined, we appreciate your support. VERi will also be able to facilitate classic registration for eligible bikes in Victoria.

Speaking of classic rego, the Mount Egerton “red plate” ride will take place on Sunday 23 June. It was a great ride last year, and this one should be even better. Please note that it will only be suitable for fully or classic registered bikes, as some bitumen roads will be included as transport sections. Contact us if you require an entry form.  Any questions should be directed to Peter Drakeford on 0422 299 003.

And speaking of entry forms… Harrow. Yes, we know that you are all keen as mustard to get yourself signed up to this awesome event. And why wouldn’t you be? The entry forms are almost done, just a few administrative details need to be finalised and we’ll let everyone know as soon they are ready. So, start working on those team names.

And finally, the Manly-Waringah Motorcycle Club (NSW) will host a two day vinduro at Canowindra* on the coming long weekend (June 8-9). Entries have now closed and several VERi members will be heading up for what promises to be a great weekend.

A new VERi website is in the works, but in the meantime, keep checking this  site for updates and news.

*Not Caringbah as was incorrectly printed in a recent VERi email

2013 Carolinas White Lightning Cross Country Classic

March 16 & 17, 2013 saw the running of the annual Carolinas White Lightning Cross Country Classic at Chester, South Carolina, USA.

The inaugural Carolinas White Lightning Cross Country Classic was launched five years ago by The Blue Ridge Pathfinders Motorcycle Club. Proceeds from the event go to the local Armenia United Methodist Church.

This year’s Carolinas White Lightning Cross Country Classic comprised rounds 2 & 3 of the AHRMA/Penton Racing Products National Cross Country Championship Series. It attracted riders from Alaska, Ontario, Canada, and Texas. They would welcome any international riders who could make it in 2014.

Photos can be seen at:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151365969613285.1073741826.696373284&type=1&l=7c64a2f966

(You DO NOT have to subscribe to Facebook to view these).

Check out Bruce Hugh’s video from Sunday’s vintage +60 class:

http://youtu.be/QxGhj56Zaw4

With thanks to Al Roof in North Carolina, USA.

VIPER all set for 2013

VIPER (VVMXC) is a MV Affiliated club dedicated to developing and promoting Evolution and Pre 90 racing in Victoria.

The 2013 VIPER calendar of events has been confirmed and can be seen below.

Mar 17: Registration and ride day, Ravenswood

Apr 14: Round 1, Ravenswood

May 19: Round 2, Toolleen

Jun 20: Round 3, Castlemaine

Aug 11: Round 4, Yanakie

Sep 22: Round 5, Sunbury (grass track)

Oct 6: Round 6, Ravenswood

Nov 16: Presentation

To find out more about VIPER, just visit their website: http://www.viper-mx.com/

2012 HBBB vinduro and natural terrain footage

Thanks to Glenn for this on-bike video footage of the Ballard's vinduro loop, and the natural terrain motocross track at this year's HBBB. Recorded on Saturday 7 April, 2012.

http://youtu.be/Fem5wlIV8x4

VVMXC (VIPER) round 2 postponed

The second round of the 2012 VVMXC (VIPER) series that was to have taken place at Blue Rock (Vic) on May 27 has been postponed. The track is not suitable for racing due to recent heavy rain. More details are available over on the ozvmx forum.

Pre '78 class for Classic Scramble Club

(From the Classic Scramble Club website, 7/3/2012)

From now the Classic Scramble Club will be running classes for Pre 78 bikes at all future events this would also include Pre 78 Vinduro bikes.

Initially the Pre 78 races would be all powers then if numbers for the various capacities were adequate then we would look to run capacity races ie up to 250cc and 263cc and over.

Non members of the Classic Scramble Club would be welcome to participate by simply purchasing a single day membership and payment of the entry and licence fee.

All CSC events are run on the best natural terrain tracks in Victoria and six races over the day is easily achievable by riders.

One of the reasons why the CSC has taken this step is to bring its racing in line with the MA definition of classic motocross and it will give greater clarity to riders of what is classic motocross and post classic motocross.
- Peter Ellard

Celebration of 70s & 80s Motocross at 2012 HBBB

Some other dates for your diaries...

Work continues on finalising the venues and dates for the 2012 Victorian Vinduro season. Here are a couple more to add to the list:

June 3: Vinduro / Sprint at Mount Egerton, with a club rego ("red plate") ride to take most likely to take place on Saturday, June 2.

November 25: Vinduro at Castella or Flowerdale. Exact venue yet to be finalised.

We are also working on a couple more potential events, so stay tuned for details.

2012 HBBB to open with Golden Era celebration

17 January 2012

The 2012 Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza (HBBB) will kick off on Good Friday evening, 6 April, with a celebration of 70’s – 80’s Motocross (the Golden Era). 

The evening will take place in the Speedway Shed at the State Motorcycle Sports Complex, Broadford, and is billed to be a once in a lifetime reunion with all your old race rivals, sponsors, tuners, mates and worshippers present.

Event Organiser Peter Drakeford is looking forward to introducing this unique event to the HBBB.

“I know all our lives have changed since we were young, but one thing we all have in common is that Motocross in this golden era was perhaps the biggest and most exciting thing we have ever been involved with,” Drakeford said.

“The proof of that is the way people I’ve contacted to help have put in massive amounts of time and effort at their own cost in creating this ‘never before’ event inside the HBBB.”

The reunion will be a gathering of old bikes, memorabilia, old stories and memories, and a special display of Honda Motocross models from the ground-breaking ‘Elsinore’ series of 1973 to the last of the air cooled models of 1984.

Jeff Leisk, Aussie international Motocross star and pioneer, will be attending the event, and a very special display of Leisk’s 1989 Honda Factory RC 500 and his Aussie title winning Hondas will be ‘eye candy’ for us all. 

The evening will start officially at 6pm and will consist of interviews of the old stars of the era including Leisk and legend Ray Owen, films of our old races and racers and the best part - catching up with the old faces you might not have seen for 30 or 40 years!

Unofficial Motocross historian, tragic and illustrator Roger Harvey is compiling a 120-page book of unpublished photos of the stars of the era, which will be on sale at the opening. Limited numbers are available and are sure to be instant collectors’ items.

Bar facilities and a fish and chip dinner will be available, or BYO on the night.

But that’s not all - the HBBB is a celebration of all pre-1985 historic Motorcycle disciplines. You can go and see your favourite old Road Racer, Speedway and Short Circuit riders, Trials and Enduro riders in action on one of the complex’s circuits too, as all disciplines have their own riding area or track with excellent spectator areas. See bikes you haven’t seen or even heard the sound of in years, and re-kindle old friendships. You will probably even see your favourite bike you owned in the era.

For all the latest news and announcements ahead of the 2012 Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza be sure to check out the HBBB website at www.ma.org.au/hbbb.

For more information contact:

Peter Drakeford
HBBB Event Organiser
Ph: 03 9684 0515
Mob: 0422 299 003
Email: pd@ma.org.au or accountsclerk@ma.org.au

2012 Three Bridges Vinduro date announced...

The Three Bridges Vinduro will be held on March 4, 2012. Stay tuned for more announcements.

Ballan Sprint: video, results and photos

Click on the link below for a short video clip of the day...

http://youtu.be/40YzWFsn-Mc

Check out the final results below:

Rider	Time total	Rider	Time total
1	2524	22	2528
2	3031	23	2707
3	2514	24	2426
4	2300	25	2465
5	DNF	26	2491
6	2900	27	DNF
7	2085	28	2186
8	2634	29	DNF
9	3821	30	3269
10	2886	31	2452
11	DNF	32	?
12	2487	33	2600
13	2313	34	?
14	2703	35	2861
15	2187	36	DNF
16	2707	37	DNF
17	?	38	4078
18	2270	39	DNF
19	2987	40	2657
20	DNF	41	2719
21	2219	45	2522

A selection of photos can be found here:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/94704762@N00/sets/72157628032889938/

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