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I just Pre Ordered it, hopefully it will be in my paws in late August
https://davethorpe.co.uk/
With his mention of (Sir) Jack Burnicle, I assume it's done in conjunction with him - I doubt many books about the GPs over (quite) a few decades could be done without Jacks stories and pictures.
Hopefully will be as good as Robgvx's = Rob Andrews, book. Bryan Wades : A Wild Ride is great too.
https://youtu.be/ZVfT9QWAjPw
https://davethorpe.co.uk/
With his mention of (Sir) Jack Burnicle, I assume it's done in conjunction with him - I doubt many books about the GPs over (quite) a few decades could be done without Jacks stories and pictures.
Hopefully will be as good as Robgvx's = Rob Andrews, book. Bryan Wades : A Wild Ride is great too.
https://youtu.be/ZVfT9QWAjPw
Cheers
Simon
It's good to see him still at the GPs, working with other riders. He can help so many others, handle their careers a bit more evenly than he did, whilst not be a 'martinet' about things, I'd say.
Perhaps these books ( many others have been done, and I've collected most of them) may lead to some more Riders to do biographies, and not just GP riders. Just so long as they don't end up being hagiographies : that sort of thing sucks.
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I'll never forget his ride through the field at Farleigh when Mervyn Anstie took him out on the first turn. He was sideways the whole race.
I still love watching Thorpe vs. David Bailey in those 1985/ 1986 Des Nations- the way they both rode and their stature on a bike seemed very similar to me- Thorpey had the edge in 85 but David sure paid him back nicely in '86, with abit of interest added!
Super Dave has made this book- will be a real insight into how things really were back in those glory days alongside the other great books already written, Robs book etc.
Can't wait!
I remember him writing about aspects of his riding in his column in Dirt Bike Rider (?). The way he described his finding traction on hard / slippery surfaces going into corners Hard under brakes, really caught my attention. He wrote of how he'd 'waggle' the front end, driving it into the ground, while under brakes when there was buggerall traction had me wondering. I then, and since, have seen him doing just that in videos. All a bit spooky looking, waiting for the front end to tuck, but, he'd just rip into, and through the corners.
"Swervin Mervyn" , "Merv The Swerve". Two titles I often read attached to Anstie throughout his career. I don't think his riding tactics were much appreciated by other riders, at times........
Anthony Sutton at TMX News has provided this review-
“Mind-blowing motocross books don't come along too often, but this is definitely one of them. As I read it I wept, laughed, and learned, and found myself transported back to a time when motorcycle racers were as hard as nails, motorcycles were far from perfect, and cold-war skulduggery robbed Jaroslav Falta of a motocross World Championship title.”
I'd like to get an order in as soon as possible - with my fully understanding I'd be waiting a fair while for it.
If you could provide details of how to do so, I, and I'd assume others here, would very much appreciate it.
Thank you for your interest! Spread the word!
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Here's a link to Martina's Jaroslav Falta FB page for those interested :
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1686333451421211/media
Dave Thorpe's race career was so much more than just 1 moto at Maggiora 1986 when O'mara fresh off being let go by Honda wanted to prove a point in that moto.
There is no animosity between Thorpe and O'mara or his US team mates Rick Johnson and David Bailey. The whole incident was blown out of all proportion by Jody Wiesel's MXA magazine.
If we are talking about MXDN domination, what about newly crowned 500cc World Champion David Thorpe beating Bailey, Ward and Lechien at Gaildorf in 1985?
https://youtu.be/6_4RQebW0Ks
They are a pretty good series of interviews, with various, mostly Brit, riders.
Namur 85
Namur 86
Luxumberg 86
It looks good, so far, but, as Always, I'd like a far bigger book - but I'm a greedy bastard when it comes to Books and Info........
Though, one thing is quite, quite strange.
It's the last chapter, titled, "In Memoriam"
Now, In Memoriam is used in reference to those who have passed on.
Dave mentions the Greats: Hakan Carlqvist, Georges Jobe, Eric Geboers, that so sadly, Have passed away, and one of his Dad's mates, that helped him a lot - my assumption is that fellow has passed away.
But he also has Graham Noyce, Neil Hudson, Andre Malherbe and Kurt Nicoll in the In Memoriam section. It gave me a bit of a fright, thinking, how in hell did I miss their demise, especially with my seeing Kurt at the recent VMXdN? To my knowledge, they are all still very much alive.
Perhaps I'm Knit Picking, but I know what In Memoriam means, even if I may be a Bear Of Very Small Brain ( re : Paddington Bear) .
How many pages, and lots of colour photo's?
Thanks,
I've only had that quick squizz at it, and, as weird as I am, I just read the short final chapters. Bit disappointed they are so small, like only a couple of pages for the most part. I'd like to have seen far more on his CCM story, and his current Team efforts, and his involvement with the Honda 'Experience' set up(s).
It has a good amount of Photos - the first batch of his very early career nearly all in B&W, but after that, into the GPs, nearly all Colour. I'd say many of the B&W ones, from the GP era are from T&MX archives.
I liked how in the inner covers, and first and last pages, there are a whole montage of pictures. Neat idea!
246 pages. Book sizing around about the same, or a little bit smaller, as Robgvx's.
It's worth every cent I paid for it. But, then again, I found the Motion Pro book on Honda's Flat Trackers, that cost me around $495.00 AUD, worth every cent I paid. I have No problem paying for books. They are precious things to me.
I'll try to read it all over this coming weekend - my ever diming eyeballs and shaky hands are being used for some rather intricate Machining, then TIGing said "things" together, for the next few days - what took me say a day, only a while ago, takes the better part of a week, now. It sucks getting old(er)
Cheers
Simon
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