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25.01.2022 For our VMXMag eBay customers, VMXMag Issue #83 is now available to purchase. Please go to link to buy.
21.01.2022 VMX Magazine Gifting Time! It has been a very challenging 2020 for everyone but your VMX Mag team is still merrily and diligently producing your favourite reading material. Thanks to you, our loyal readers, VMX Magazine represents a shared experience within the vintage off road global community. Speaking of sharing, with the December holidays looming around the corner, you may have someone in your life who is hard to buy for or someone who is incredibly mechanically minded w...ho needs a new hobby? Or maybe due to the pandemic restrictions you are not sure if you will see that someone in person, so you might want to consider gifting them a VMX Magazine 1 year or 2 year subscription to show them that you are thinking of them - what a great gesture that is bound to be very much appreciated! Guide on how to arrange a gift subscription on vmxmagshop: Go to https://www.vmxmagshop.com.au/product/subscribe/ Scroll down to the section "Is this a gift for someone else? Please enter their name and address at checkout". Tick the box. Complete the details by adding your recipient 's email and a personal message. Then click "ADD TO CART" Follow the prompts to checkout. Please check the shipping address is the recipient's postal address Upon receiving your order, VMX Magazine will email the recipient a gift certificate with your personal message. 1 year ( 4 issues) gift subscription price is $70.00. 2 year (8 issues) gift subscription price is $140.00 Terms and Conditions: Certificate is non refundable and non redeemable for cash.
20.01.2022 VMX Magazine Classic Dirt 16 brought to you by Rat Racing - Update The world's best classic dirt bike recreational event is still right on track for Easter (April 2-4). Superb, virgin grass tracks with wonderful elevation changes, wonderful facilities, lots of entertainment, great prizes, food, drink....yep, that sounds like VMX Magazine Classic Dirt 16! The new venue at Three Pines MX Park at Grevillia (20 mins north of Kyogle, NSW) is really taking shape with so much hap...pening these past few months. The motocross tracks and the vinduro loop have been set out, the new shower block has been installed, the massive shed is being fitted out and there's just improvements left, right and centre that will make the event one of the best you've ever attended. What about COVID? Well, we're hoping that this latest spike will run out of puff well before Easter and that's all we can do at present. Obviously, we'll take into account any and all restrictions, border closures, lockdowns and so on that may pop up in the months ahead but for now it's all systems go. As well, we will of course adhere to any and all safety plans and conditions that are in force (if any) at the time of the event, be they plans from NSW Health, MNSW or MA. Your health and safety will be the priority. We won't open entries until the situation becomes a bit clearer as to any potential restrictions so for now just be assured that we're doing everything we can to ensure that VMX Magazine Classic Dirt 16 will deliver you the best classic dirt bike experience! So keep those dates (April 2-4) clear and have everything ready to make that trip to Three Pines MX Park - it's going to be a cracker!! VMX Magazine Classic Dirt 16 supports the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation - go to www.pcsrf.org.au Thanks to our supporters Rat Racing, Preston Petty Products, Polisport, Link International, BTW Communications, BGK Motorcycle Restorations, Harley & Co Agricentre, Kyogle Motorcycles, Kyogle Tyres and More, Polaris, Yamalube and Wurth.
18.01.2022 1974 - bikes galore! Reading through the April 5 1974 issue of AMCN today and came across the attached sales chart for motorcycle sales in January 1974 in Australia. Worth sharing methinks. Where to start with the comments on this table? Well, here's a few random observations: There were 41 brands of bike sold, talk about variety!... People from South Oz really liked their bikes as they sold more bikes in SA than VIC, which was more heavily populated. Bultaco, Ossa and Montesa sold 80 bikes in one month! But the biggie? If you just round up one month of sales by 12 for the 1974 year you get close to 100,000 motorbikes sold in 1974. In Australia in 2019 there were approximately 90,000 motorcycles sold in Australia. Not only is that less overall but it equates roughly to 132 bikes sold per 1,000 people in 1974 compared to just 27 bikes sold per 1,000 people in 2019. Bike ownership in 1974 was huge!! Feel free to add your own comments. See more
16.01.2022 Great News! VMXMag Issue #83 has gone to the printers. VMXMag will be mailing out this latest issue to our subscribers and online customers next week. If your subscription has lapsed, remember to renew asap. For our international subscribers and customers, we appreciate your patience, fingers crossed that your package gets a spot on the plane swiftly this time so that it can get to you sooner. ... Ken our editor will say that this is his best work yet so he is anxiously awaiting your feedback, you know what these creative types are like, forever needing validation from his audience! In this issue: Maico AW440 1977, Honda XR75 1973-1978, Honda CR125 and CR250 Red Rockets, Cotton Minarelli Trials, Husqvarna 400 Enduro 1987, JAP Stitt Special, Ancilotti 250 MX 1980, Honda CR500 twinshock, Montesa Classic Team, Zundapp MC125 1972, Ivan Miller feature, Motocross 250 GP 1979 Czech pictorial, MOVMX Club feature, Vintage USA - tribute to Marty Smith and Dave Miller, British Soil, Parts and Products, Trials column and lots more
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12.01.2022 Father's Day Suggestion: buy a 1 year or 2 years subscription to VMX Magazine for that special dad or even granddad in your life! Go to https://www.vmxmagshop.com.au/product/subscribe/ . Tick this is a gift for someone, include their email address in the box and add message in the box below email. Please make sure that the shipping address is in the recipient's details. VMX Magazine will send or email a gift certificate to that special person on your behalf.
12.01.2022 Good news: Issue #84 is still scheduled to go to print in December. The following content will be featured in this upcoming issue: Kawasaki KX250 1984, Kawasaki KX125 1984, Kawasaki KX80 1979, Hiro engines triple treat Aprilia 125 1980/ TGM 125 1981/CCM 250 1980, KTM 250 GS 1984, Yamaha IT175K Resto, CZ factory bike 1972, Maico Day in Germany, Twinshock 125 racing in Wales, Another Motocross 250 GP Czech pictorial, Arne Kring feature, Glenn Manning collection - IT490, PE175, Maico 490 and RM370, Vintage USA, British Soil, Parts and Products, Trials column and lots more! If your subscription has expired, please go to https://www.vmxmagshop.com.au/product/subscribe/ and renew as soon as you can.
10.01.2022 For our VMXMag online customers who prefer to purchase our latest issue #83 from our vmxmagshop. It is now available to buy so please go to the link.
09.01.2022 To buy a copy of our upcoming issue #84 via vmxmagshop, please go to https://www.vmxmagshop.com.au/product/issue-84/
09.01.2022 Just a reminder that the 18th Annual Diamond Don Event is on this weekend. For more details go to www.diamonddonempire.com
08.01.2022 Diamond Don’s 18th Annual AHRMA Vintage International Motocross has been rescheduled for September 10-13, 2020 at Diamond Don RV Park & Event Center located one mile from Jefferson, Texas. Over 800 race entries are expected for this event. The weekend will be full of international motocross legends, including several inductees to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Racers are coming from all over the world, including Europe and Australia. Here is your chance to visit with and rac...Continue reading
05.01.2022 Motoball Maico! Our European correspondent, Leo Keller, sent us some feedback on one of the captions in Issue 84, in regard to the modern looking pipe on the old Maico on p27. Leo reminded us that a similar pipe came standard on one of Maico's models from the '60s - the Motoball. You may have seen mention of the game but in short it is just like soccer but on dirt bikes. It was quite big in Germany and the Soviet Union and some other European countries. Typically, riders were on modified dirt bikes but Maico was one of the very few marques to produce a specialist Motoball model. The one pictured is from 1964 and was available in either 175cc or 250cc. The bike had a hand-shifted two-speed gearbox and a rigid rear end. Looks like fun but I bet it could turn very ugly very quickly!
04.01.2022 VMX Magazine Checking In! Thank you for your continuous support of VMX Magazine, we are grateful that we play such a positive role in your lives. Due to the cor...onavirus pandemic and other local market factors beyond our control, we expect that international freight and postal delays will be inevitable for some time to come. We ask for everyone to be patient as we do our best to work through these issues to deliver your copy of VMX Magazine as best we can. With many countries currently experiencing tightened lockdown conditions, we have been forced to bypass sending stock to our UK and US distributors. All international orders are currently posted from our Melbourne HQ. Many countries are advising of domestic postal delays, but we know from our efforts so far this year that your magazine will eventually arrive! We've been as busy as ever in our isolated offices - Ken and our contributors are in the midst of finishing off a bunch of interesting articles for you to devour. We can confirm that issue #83 will be available as a late September release. In this upcoming issue, it will feature a very trick 1977 Maico AW440, Husqvarna 400 Enduro 1987, Honda XR75 1973-1978, Honda CR125 and CR250 1978, JAP Stitt Special, Cotton Minarelli Trials, Ancillotti 250 MX 1980, Honda CR500 twinshock, Montesa Classic Team - Spanish race team, MX GP 1979 Czech round pictorial, MOVMX feature club - Missouri Vintage MX and a bio on Ivan Miller. Great bikes, events and people as always! Don't forget that if you are embarking on a restoration during your downtime, please check through the list of advertisers in your VMX Mags. They are experts in their field and will be able to assist with parts and advice.
03.01.2022 VMX Magazine issue #83 arrived at our warehouse this morning. It is now packed and will be picked up by Australia Post to be processed for shipping to our subscribers and online customers tomorrow. As our editor Ken would say "Bonzer!"
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02.01.2022 Joel Robert So sad to hear of Joel's passing this morning. He was acknowledged and respected as one of the world's best motocross riders. We were so thrilled ...to have him as our guest at VMX Magazine Classic Dirt 5 back in 2008. Joel spent three days chatting to fans, signing all manner of things and the smile never left his face. He also did a few laps, his first ride on a motocross bike for many years, and yes, he even had a minor bingle, but valiantly rode again the next day. The memories of that weekend will last forever for so many VMX Magazine readers. To Joel, an absolute legend. See more
