old bull old school

ok

how i went

practice
went well, re-learning how to ride such a machine
had a few problems
fistly, the bike started to only make power in the upper rev range
then the trottle cable came off it’s pully

i raced in the pre75 250 class to see if the bike was running ok

i found that the bike still only made power at max revs and would die at any other rpm
still, i was picking off a lot of 250s, so i keeped going and made my way up to 3rd

i then raced it in the pre 78 125
made my way to 1st

with the bike by now barely running
i was invited into the feature race of the meet THE JACK IRELAND CLASSIC’ named after the guy who owns the property and lets us ride there

i managed to pass some open class bikes by running around the outside of turn 2. so wide was i that i had to wheel stand over a track maker (tyre with white paint on it)

i held the led while the bike self destructed. it was only making power at redline.
which was enough, but the wasn’t going to last
by the time i got to the last lap board
the engine stopped making power all together

Saturday night was catered dinner at the track, movies projected on the big screen (footage of us racing, followed by a doco on the 75 usa mx championship)

Then climb into our tents

Sunday morning
The damd piston fairies have not been

Prepping the perfect grass track. (The mx track was too rough to ride due to the recent rain)

Sadly this may be second last time we get to race at this awesome track

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