By markj, 20 June, 2005

Callington Ride

An excellent new kid friendly venue with a big safe paddock for kids to ride around – a pity none came – probably holed up inside at home looking at the rain, which did not venture over the range so we had cold cloudy conditions to ride in with no dust & no overheating. Keep it in mind for the kids next year eh?

Most of the adults stayed home too, as above plus lots of rides lately. Anyway we THREE riders had a great ride. Simon did a great job of stringing all the back roads in the area together including a lot I hadn’t seen before despite lots of looking over the years & Richard gave the 525 a final run in before he gives it full throttle when he has all the proper riding gear soon. He even managed to fall off on a steep slippery hill track but no dramas. Of course I rode past him to give him the incentive to RIDE ON BRISKLY. We took in lots of excellent scenery sights in the area with many horse properties scattered throughout them thar hills. We made it to Strath for an early lunch at the popular THE GARAGE & the thirsty bike fuelled up just to make sure.

By simon, 20 June, 2005

AJ Roberts extends lead in Aussie Off-Road

Husqvarna Racing’s AJ Roberts extended his championship lead at rounds 5 & 6 of the Australian Off Road Series at Wodonga over the weekend.

Roberts, fresh from the ISDE team camp at the AIS facility, was confident of a big weekend despite carrying several injuries suffered at the Queensland Enduro the previous week. The absence of nearest rival Brad Williscroft, although unfortunate, offered Roberts the chance to put a sizeable gap between himself and second place; a chance that he grabbed.

With weeks of rain leading up to Round 5, the technical track was extremely water logged making the racing a little trickier, especially through the tight sections. Roberts lapped up the wet conditions with a flawless ride through all sections of the day, taking the outright win by over 25 seconds ahead of second place Jehi Willis, with Ben Grabham filling the podium.

By tmxrider, 16 June, 2005

Train Robbers Enduro

My enduro season from hell continues.

Keith and I drove separately to this race because he needed to be there early enough for his son to ride the kid’s mini enduro. From the Dallas area Bismark AR is about 5 hours drive time and I arrived about 4:00pm Saturday afternoon. Keith’s dad had a nice camp site all cleared out and ready for us and we were one of the fortunate ones to have some good shade as the temps were in the low to mid 90’s and humid. The dust in the camping area was bad but the trails looked to be pretty good. Conditions for the next day looked promising. To help us out even more we were assigned to row 9 which meant we’d get to take advantage of the cool morning air for the first loop at least.

By markj, 15 June, 2005

Flinders Camp

Team green & yellow DRZ drove up when the night was dark & stormy. The weather cleared well before we got to camp to be greeted by hordes (well 17 bikes in camp after a few other late arrivals). We all caught up around the campfire as usual with JP still bellowing in the dark when most of us went to bed & left the late stayers to it.

The morning gave cloudy cool weather with finer conditions in sight for a perfect day’s riding. Lots of red bikes & orange bikes with a few other colours thrown in to make 15 riders, with Jeff & young son hanging near camp taking advantage of the kid friendly venue.

By simon, 15 June, 2005

Victorian Junior Motocross State Titles BTX Motorcycles junior racers deliver top results.

BTX Motorcycles – Junior Race Team riders and support riders finished well in the final round of the Yamaha Victorian Junior Motocross Titles over the weekend of 11 -12 June 2005 at the Horsham Motocross Track in Victoria.

The team riders and support riders all finished within the top ten of their respective classes.

Troy Seraceno, Simon Cox, Harrison Saunders, Steven Bennett Luke Smith, Danny Ockwell, Brody Leitch, Ross Brown and Jack Simpson were present to wave the KTM flag.

Horsham saw some of the heaviest rain in months on Friday afternoon and night and the track was deep mud and the pits awash on Saturday morning. The promoter quickly altered the program of racing to allow the A grade riders on the bigger bikes to race whist everybody hoped that they had seen the last of the rain for the next two days so the riders could race.

By simon, 15 June, 2005

2005 OLN Broadcast schedule for AMA Motocross

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (June 14, 2005) – AMA Pro Racing announced today the remaining television schedule for the 2005 AMA Motocross Championship presented by FMF.

The championship will be telecast on OLN, currently available in over 63 million homes. Specializing in the coverage of action sports, OLN is known for its coverage of the Tour de France, the Dakar Rally and the AMA Supermoto Championship. Former AMA Motocross and AMA Supercross Champion David Bailey will provide commentary joined by Erin Bates, Robbie Floyd and others.

The 250 class will typically air on the Saturday following race day, with the 125s on the following Thursday.

By simon, 15 June, 2005

Langston is a contender again heading to budds creek National

Carmichael shooting for his sixth straight at Southern Maryland track

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (June 14, 2005) – Grant Langston admitted that even he was surprised to be back in title contention after scoring zero points in the second round of the AMA Motocross Championship presented by FMF, but as the series moves to round four in Budds Creek, Md., on June 19, the gritty South African finds himself second in the 125 standings to rival Mike Brown and with new hope for winning back the championship.

While Langston and Brown are set for another showdown in the 125s, Ricky Carmichael is off to another great start in the 250 series. Even though he lost a moto for the first time in nearly two years last week in Massachusetts, the five-time 250 champ just keeps winning in spite of a much ballyhooed challenge from Kawasaki’s young star James Stewart, which so far hasn’t fully materialized. Yamaha’s Chad Reed, however, is keeping Carmichael honest by beating the reigning champ in moto one last week.

By simon, 10 June, 2005

Flockhart Motocross 2005

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF STUART FLOCKHART
INTERNATIONAL MOTOCROSS RIDER

NAME - STUART FLOCKHART

AGE - 26

HOME TOWN - LONGNIDDRY, SCOTLAND

'At the MXGP at Matchams on Saturday, Paul Rowlands and Scott Gardner of Innovate Honda informed me that they were ceasing my contract for this year. This didn't come as a major shock to me as throughout the year the results that myself and the team were expecting never happened, I certainly haven't been happy with my performance this year and an amicable decision was made to part company.

I cannot complain that the bike I was riding had been holding me back. We worked hard on testing, had good settings and most importantly I want everyone to know that my speed is still at a high standard, my lap times prove this when practicing midweek with other team members.

By simon, 9 June, 2005

Roonya Ride

17 eager riders lined up on a fine & warm winter’s day! 5 new members were champing at the bit – were they in for an initiation or what! Another sea of yellow as is becoming the norm lately, 1 VERY new.

1 with a new battery needed a push, maybe the cheapy $80 battery is not as good as the $180 genuine! We hit the tracks while Stoney drove backup to the luncheon rendevous with jerries & bbq & food.

The aforesaid newy with Ian aboard tasted the sand three times that I know of & twice that I saw, giving both bike & rider a sand initiation without any damage.

After a fair bit of railway track track with a choice of about 4 tracks as usual we turned south & headed for some “new