Andy Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 So Foot and Mouth Disease has hit the UK again. Well, no it hasn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
city trials Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Good stuff, minus the american press part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) I remember seeing an interview with Jody Weisel (I think) the Editor of the magazine that tagged Dave "the fastest novice in the world". I forget exactly what he said but it was meant as a compliment. It was something along the lines that he "never seemed to be going very fast at all". Edited August 13, 2007 by TooFastTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyl Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Would loved to have had Dibs at the St Davids but unfortunately other commitments prevailed, would love to see James full time in uk along with young Brown, Morris, Wigg and Graham. Add Dougie in for good measure and what a series 2008 could be!!!!! To answer your question on streams at a British Champ we had 3 sections in a running streams, 1 in a dry stream, 3 section on big steps as is expected, 3 on banks with steps that had the weather not been so dry would have been muddy, a loose rocky section and a big hill climb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 My favorite Dave Thorpe memory--1986 MXDN, he was on a works 500 Honda and got passed by Johnny O'Mara on a 125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cota kid Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 A few foreign riders in the British Championship would also be good, although unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabie Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 My favorite Dave Thorpe memory--1986 MXDN, he was on a works 500 Honda and got passed by Johnny O'Mara on a 125 with a broken back brake IIRC on a very hilly Italian circuit (not to undermine the 13 year streak of the USA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judyf Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 favourite dave thorpe memory 'winning first ever world trials championship round in ireland 1975', the real dave thorpe that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overthehill Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 It was something along the lines that he "never seemed to be going very fast at all". I only saw Thorpe racing once in the 80s and your right, he made it look so effortless that he looked as if he was cruising round. It was a British championship round and after a few laps he was on his own at the front - to the casual observer it looked like he had backed off until you saw the mob frantically chasing him half a lap behind. I remember him saying that a bike can only slow down unless the back wheel was on the ground and he used to drop of jumps as soon as possible to get traction. He is the Mike Hailwood of MX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabie Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 he just won his 4th world title yesterday at donnington (it was a 2 round "seniors" world "cup"), he got as big a cheer as searle did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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