BEARS Australia 2025

piranha-bro2 said:
Looks like a DNF for Matt on the Beemer in Race 2. I'm guessing a mechanical otherwise he wouldn't be flying on the Mule not long after!

Not sure what the F3/4 is all about, but in the Points table they list the KTM Duke as taking all the 1st place points so far (25 per race).
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Matt hit false neutral going into turn 1 and took the escape road
Then rejoined the track incorrectly and got black flagged hence DNF

St George club that run the Sydney meetings do things differently including how they classify the bikes
Adam's KTM is a F3 bikes, we are F4
So we scored 100 points for the meeting being 1st in all 4 races in our class

Broadford next and we have a 90 point lead in the championship
Mule did all the work on the weekend, Veloce just sat in the pits waiting
And I believe No engine damage
 
First class result - you've endured engone damage for so many years it must be fantastic to put the bikes back in the van for the trip home virtually ready for the next meeting.
 
redax5 said:
Matt hit false neutral going into turn 1 and took the escape road
Then rejoined the track incorrectly and got black flagged hence DNF

St George club that run the Sydney meetings do things differently including how they classify the bikes
Adam's KTM is a F3 bikes, we are F4
So we scored 100 points for the meeting being 1st in all 4 races in our class

Broadford next and we have a 90 point lead in the championship
Mule did all the work on the weekend, Veloce just sat in the pits waiting
And I believe No engine damage
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Fantastic results again! Question: it seems to easy for the team to score points, what is your next goal?
Jeroen
 
Round 6, the final meeting, next weekend down at Broadford, VIC. Nov 22-23.

All the best for Redax Laverda, Matt and the team.
Let's hope the weather is considerate.

On this trip, the two Redax racers are joined with a fellow Laverda colleague.
Because too many Laverdas are never enough. :ROFLMAO:

Matt's BMW F1 racer is on it's way across the ditch to NZ.
Have fun blokes and say g'day to all the VIC club mob.

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I hope all goes well. About this this time last year I had been hoping to make the trip over to Oz for the Snowy Rally and the BEARs round at Broadford, but plans changed due to a mix of family issues and the expectation of major construction work commencing on the house and the need to be around to oversee the work. However, due to unexpected delays I’ve now been told work won’t start until the new year, so I could have perhaps made it after all! 🙁
Oh well, there is always next time….
 
Sometimes we swing by Broadford on The Snowy Ride. If we know you're heading down, it will definitely happen.
 
I'm on call to work on the family beachouse this weekend, prepping it for sale as part of my mother in law's estate. Unfortunately I'm going to miss the Broady meeting - not happy. :(
 
due to a serious medical issue suffered by Matt this morning we have had to cancel this weekends race meeting at Broadford
he has already been operated on and is recovering well in Hospital
main thing is he is well now and will live to race again next year

there is more important things in life then racing our old Clunkers
 
Andy said:
That’s no good, hope he recovers well. So no Suzuki series either? (if that’s why his F1 was coming here)
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not certain but knowing how much he loves racing would not surprise me if he does the Suzuki series
 
Disturbing news, Red. My best wishes for a speedy recovery for Matt. Damn true about getting the ticker checked - I consider myself reasonably fit for my old codger status but I have had a couple of episodes where everything checked and (fortunately) I was given the clean bill of health. Knowing you're good to go is a huge relief.
 
All the best to Matty and a speedy and full recovery. Us Mexicans were looking forward to cheering on Matt and the Redax Laverda team at Broady again this year not to mention welcoming our interstate brothers and sisters trackside with a few beers and burgers.
 
So much for me saying I hope all goes well this weekend, but at least it sounds like Matt had a lucky break and it didn’t happen when he was out on track and is going to be much better for it now they have fixed the problem with his ticker. We had a young footballer on the IOM who unexpectedly dropped dead from an unrecognised heart problem. We now have an active charity in his memory - Craig’s Heart Strong Foundation - that checks people’s hearts and also provides a good proportion of the defibs now installed around the island, several of which have been called in to action and fortunately saved a few lives.
Please pass on my good wishes to Matt and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to him winning more races and setting more lap records in the years to come.
 
redax5 said:
straight from the ambulance and straight to surgery, is recovering now but was a very close call to losing him
lesson for all us old farts, get your heart checked and I will say Matt is no where near as old as most of us
very lucky we did not lose him
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I reckon it must be something to do with the venue. A mate of mine had a heart attack at Broadford (Guy Brown - some of you might know him). He was in the pits between practice laps on his race bike when it happened. Sadly he didn't make it, despite a heroic effort by the trackside ambulance crew. I'm so glad Matt didn't have the same outcome.

As for getting old and knackered, I had my ticker scanned and there's no plaque in the arteries. Bit of a surprise considering I'm an old fat bastard with a poor level of fitness and a cholesterol level a bit above optimum. The ticker's wiring is a bit dodgy though. I've gone into AF a couple of times so I'm now on a drug to stop that happening. So far so good. Also gave up alcohol and caffeine as they can be a trigger for AF. I thought life would be pretty dull if I couldn't have a beer or coffee with mates, but it's really no different. It's the mates that are important, not what you're drinking.
 
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