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My cycling career has been long and eventful, it all started on a 5 speed Dragster called an Apollo 11, I received for Xmas in 1970. I was taught to ride a motorbike on a Yamaha GTMX 80.The first motorbike I actually had was a DT100 and it has gone on from there.
I thought I would post a few pictures to highlight how good I was …LOLHere is the day I invented stoppies
Here is the day I invented free style MX..This trick was widely known as a Crossup not to be confused with the pancake that I invented shortly after this photo was taken, it has since been developed and is now known as a whip I believe.
Being a natural show off I found wheelstanding a necessary skill, to whoo the opposite sex and leave my peers watching on in awe. After flipping my Z1100 I purchased a GPZ1100 that I found was very easy to wheelstand
But nowhere near as easy as my TT600
Below is a shot of the original peace wheelie being developed at a our secret test circuit in the early 80’s. The same circuit where I was pictured wheelstanding the GPZ1100 btw.
In fact at one stage there was a time when I could wheelstand anything. Much to the Old man’s disgust.
Mr Blue,
Your statement regarding RM125 drum brakes had me interested. I had never thought to try a stoppie on mine. So, inspired by your story I thought I would dust off the old RM and give it a try.
For effect, I also donned my Kenny Roberts Replica helmet and my Rossi boots and the safety gear of the era, please note: cut off overalls.
After several tentative practice runs, I managed to prove the stopping ability of RM125 brakes. Here is a pic to substantiate MR Blues claim that RM125 brakes were the ducks guts.
Sorry about the quality of the picture but I was going so fast the auto focus played up a bit.:dry:
