Guy Martin and Motocross .

[jondear]

Guy Martin's build of Thoresway MX

"I own the place so I was like, 'Right, what am I going to do with it?' and the plan is turn it into, well hopefully, the best motocross track in the...

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[AgriiMark]

Fair play to guy. His passion is most things with an engine and is giving the motocross community back something good. To many tracks are getting closed nowadays so nice to see what comes of thoresway, it is what ive always called a proper motocross track as opposed to a flat field which there is a lot of.

 

[Universe]

Nice one Guy
Shame there will be no 2 or 4 bangers allowed to ride such places before long, just an electric whine..., and no 2 stroke smell

 

[Sid]

Love to see the wildlife survey before construction took place.

 

[Steevo]

Looks impressive!! Anything Guy gets involved with will be epic.

Love the fact that JCB have got involved too….he’s had pretty close links with them previously with the fastest tractor challenge.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Fair play to guy. His passion is most things with an engine and is giving the motocross community back something good. To many tracks are getting closed nowadays so nice to see what comes of thoresway, it is what ive always called a proper motocross track as opposed to a flat field which there is a lot of.

but I thought Lincs. was synonymous with flat fields

Is the best 'natural' track in the Country in Shropshire ? at Hawkstone Park, blimey what a hill its a few decades since I've been there (as a spectator) mind you.

 

[steveR]

but I thought Lincs. was synonymous with flat fields

Is the best 'natural' track in the Country in Shropshire ? at Hawkstone Park, blimey what a hill its a few decades since I've been there (as a spectator) mind you.

Try climbing it... I reckon it is almost as hard as riding up it... Not that I have ridden up it...

Listening to a CCM at full chat climbing the bank..... Joy!

 

[Canada Farmer]

Guy Martin's build of Thoresway MX

"I own the place so I was like, 'Right, what am I going to do with it?' and the plan is turn it into, well hopefully, the best motocross track in the...

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Eh, steep hills??? Looks damn near flat!!!

 

[yellowbelly]

Love to see the wildlife survey before construction took place.

Nah, they'd only be a rabbit or two and a few pheasants, oh, and maybe a few of Joe Nickerson's partridges (it's pretty much next door to his old stomping ground.)

 

[T Hectares]

but I thought Lincs. was synonymous with flat fields

Is the best 'natural' track in the Country in Shropshire ? at Hawkstone Park, blimey what a hill its a few decades since I've been there (as a spectator) mind you.

Foxhills is a pretty special natural track…

Long time ago but the GP’s in ‘92 and ‘96 with Herring and Malin at the front were amazing events

 

[Bury the Trash]

Try climbing it... I reckon it is almost as hard as riding up it...

i have but was a bit younger and fitter then

last time i was there was to see Thorpey win the 1984 500 Grand Prix .

got a bit busy after that and for GP watching we only ventured as Farleigh Castle,infact i toyed with the idea of going up to the Des Nations this year , mate was going up for the weekend ....but i didnt at last minute
Was at the 1980 one mind you saw all them great riders of that time , Happy days they were .

 

[Bury the Trash]

Foxhills is a pretty special natural track…

Long time ago but the GP’s in ‘92 and ‘96 with Herring and Malin at the front were amazing events

Rob Herring? iirc i have been lapped by him at a more local event to me , when he was in his early days.

 

[Wolds Beef]

Never ridden a motorbike!! But there was a circuit on this farm before we reclaimed it in the 70's. Old cars, Old sheds, we had the timing box in our yard for a few years and grew tomatoes in it!! It is now in HLS and my Pedigree Lincoln Reds graze happily on it.
WB

 

[AgriiMark]

Raced at foxhills twice and loved it, remember watching jamie dobb their in 2001 when it was a wash out, thats where i decided riding my motocross bike around the farm was not enough and got the racing bug

 

[T Hectares]

Rob Herring? iirc i have been lapped by him at a more local event to me , when he was in his early days.

Not much shame in being lapped by Rob Herring !!
On his day one of the fastest riders in the world, lots of crashes and injuries too

 

[T Hectares]

Raced at foxhills twice and loved it, remember watching jamie dobb their in 2001 when it was a wash out, thats where i decided riding my motocross bike around the farm was not enough and got the racing bug

I was never good enough to race there, but loved the atmosphere standing at the edge of valley looking down on the tabletops in the bottom with all the air horns going off and the noise of the 2 strokes at the start, special time of MX

 

[AgriiMark]

I was never good enough to race there, but loved the atmosphere standing at the edge of valley looking down on the tabletops in the bottom with all the air horns going off and the noise of the 2 strokes at the start, special time of MX

It was, i can still smell and hear the pre mix and 2 strokes of a sunday

 

[FG.]

Foxhill, what a great place that was.
Rode past recently on the bike and stopped to show the misses.
All looks a bit sad from what it was.
They very occasionally have a meeting there.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Not much shame in being lapped by Rob Herring !!
On his day one of the fastest riders in the world, lots of crashes and injuries too

I didnt ride much but did ACU schoolboys then when i got to old for that went to adults ,like most did, unless they were good enough to go 'up' a bit earlier iirc he just came along out of the blue , very fast straight into adults wasnt in Schoolboys at all..but would be younger than me as well.
tbh i dont remember too much from then but it was good times.
when i started in schoolboys the most common bike in 100 /125 were Rickman/Zundapp ,some of the cooler better riders or more moneyed had the early jap bikes, mostly Suzuki, my first bike was a twin shock TM 125 with the conventional /not overhead exhaust .. which used to get dented as it went along the bottom of the frame taking away ground clearance, was lower centre of gravity though, but more like a trail bike than how motocross bikes were 'morphing' at the time.a time of fast developement it was, each new season brought a new bike very different from the last.....
ive rambled on a bit ..

 

[Robt]

Used ro enjoy watching Rob Herring at Elsworth. He even came to my home track of Blaxhall. Racing motocross was the best years of my life!