Andymann

He's sending a subliminal message - He's actually joining Racing point who will be British racing green Aston Martin next year. You guys need to be more woke.......

So when the two of them run around on that wooden floor in unison would that be referred to as Spandor Ballet?

we used the foil insert you had to cut out with a tin opener from the Milo, Nesquik or Clifton tins. They were real mini-buzzsaws!

Jaaaaa until the string broke and your woer went woer-woering down the passage scaring the living daylights out of the dog, or even worse, hit you square in the face

If you read a bit about F1 engines the general consensus is that this Matra V12 engine is one of the best sounding engines ever built. They were also in the old Ligier JS17 cars and sounded awesome. That and the Lamborghini V12 F1 engine.

All I am seeing now is what everyone said back when they were racing in SA - Darren is a quicker racer than Brad. On a bike which really shouldn't be mixing it with the bigger factory teams and carrying 7kg (I think they said) extra he's right up there. And it looks like he has matured as a rider too. I think next year on that Honda he's going to be unstoppable which should get him a decent Moto2 ride in 2022. I just hope that everything works out well enough that we get to see two Binders battling in MotoGP in the next 5 years

2 stroke mixed with just a bit of castor oil..... Just for authenticity!

Without a doubt! It's going to be a slowish process because I'm going to try and make it as authentic as possible - the plan is to create a something Yamaha would have done if they had released a DT125 in YZ colours. So gold rims definitely, and then a few small touches to give it the YZ look without pushing the costs up too much. Best part is, I will keep all the original Red and white parts so if I do one day want to take it back to original, I can.

yup....I'm turning my 82 DT125LC into an 82 YZ125LC replica.....

Soooooo. I while back I posted my 125LC on FB to sell it. I wasn't really using it because it was very original so I didn't want to spoil it, and I was hankering after an A/C DT175 that I could play with and do some modifications on. I had some interest, but I soon realised that most people want 1) DT/RZ50's because that's what they had at school, and 2) when they turned 17 and got "big bike" licences, they went straight for bigger bikes. So the DT125LC isn't really on anyone's radar (unless you owned one, which not many did). There's also quite a few nice 125LC's out there - so while mine is nice and original, it is a bit tatty and people either want R10k bikes which they can fix up themselves, or R30k bikes which are already restored. My R15K bike is somewhere in between. There's also a glut of red and white bikes, so mine kind of gets lost in the herd. So what to do? I have 2/3rds of another LC, which importantly includes a spare tank, rear mudguard, seat, plastics, and a few other pieces - which is important to this story, because If I can't sell the DT I might as well scrap the 175 idea (they are overpriced anyway) and do something radical with this one. So yesterday I pulled the trigger on the first of a few parts which I'm hoping will turn my cooking DT into something really different. DC plastics here we come.....

We probably will hey. We have two teams - all with TTT novices. Some enjoyed it last night and some probably got really frustrated. If you are on ZwiftPower PM me your name and I will let you know how it works

Cats Eyes! That's the one I was thinking of

This has got me thinking - Ghoens or Ironies where the Ball Bearings, Arlies were normal Marbles, China's were the white ones, but I cant remember what we called the clear coloured glass ones - they carried the most currency back in the day if I recall

We also do the WTRL TTT's every Thursday night which have become a tradition now. Race for 3 weeks, do the Director Sportif thing for 2, then race 3 weeks again - otherwise it gets a bit much

It's actually helped having a bit of structure - I was floating along without a goal so decided to get stuck in to ZA. I'm actually enjoying them. Well apart from last night. That last 4min ramp was unpleasant to say the least

A few days back one of the Spindle Bearings failed on a lathe and we had to replace it. It was a bearing with a plastic ball-cage so I was able to take out all the "ghoens". Man - If I had those 24 gems back in 1980 I would have had diabetes by now with all the sweets and chocolates I could have swapped them for....

Ok, I'll be the bearer of bad news. Workout 7 - don't eat before because it's coming right back out if you do.....

Especially if it was my wife on the back and she saw that snake......

That's why I said "one of the best" and not "the best"

Probably won't be as funny as the first one, but I'll still go and watch it for a laugh....

Good question - He was pretty impressive on a Road bike I remember at SA Champs one year. I guess it depends where his passion lay - MTB or Road.

Geez remember that - there were letters written to Magazines for months after that. Was the Hub even established then? I can't remember

I have so much respect for Ian - when I thought I was the big-cheese in Cycling in the 90's we were doing a race and he came up to me and had a great chat about what I was doing wrong and where I could improve. Some of the tips he gave me made a huge difference. Really top guy.

LOL - shall we resurrect the Robbie Hunter vs Greg Minnaar fight from all those years ago