Luke on sidecar
Member Since: 2007
Vice President: 2016
Vice President: 2016
Club Captain: 2011
General Committee Member: 2010
With Dad Peter at Wandering
Starting at an early age
Always sidecar mad
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Race Numbers
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Current: 114 Prior to VMXWA: |
| Current grade you usually race (eg: A, B, C, Over 55, Sidecars) | B Grade and Sidecar |
| Year you were born | 1978 |
| What type of job/industry have you been in most of your life | Engineering/Daydreaming – Recently change careers to nursing |
| Age you started riding | 5 |
| Years of Competitive Racing | 2006-Current Trials & VMX. Prior to that I spent 25 years trying to keep up with dad. |
| Motor Cycle Club/s you’ve been a Member of | Pathfinders Trials Club, VMXWA |
| First bike/s you rode | 1974 Honda MR50 |
| Favourite bike/s you’ve had | Honda XR 600, Yamaha/WASP XS 850 Sidecar |
| Your current bike/s | 1973 Honda XL350, 1974 Yamaha/WASP XS 850 Sidecar |
| Your Motocross Highlights | My first ride on a motocross sidecar (The Melvin’s Norton. I knew I had to have one before I had even made it around the first corner!) As a kid getting up early in the morning to head of to the motocross with dad. In particular going to watch the Manjimup 15,000 each year. Competing in the Aussie titles with my wife Claire in the chair. |
| Most memorable (funny or painful) Motocross accident | Had a pretty decent high side whilst blasting across a mud flat on my Trail bike. Got plenty of odd looks riding it home as my bike was bent and the right side of my shirt and pants was rapidly turning red from a slight case of extreme blood loss. As always the first sound I heard after the fall is the sound of my dad wetting himself laughing! |
| Your Motocross Hero (past or present) | Jeff Leisk (It takes a real man to race in pink!) and Emil Bollhalder. |
| Family Motocross History | My Granddad played with all sorts of bikes. Dad raced Speedway professionally in the UK and was a State Trials Champion. He’s not bad with a spanner either. I also managed to con my wife Claire into swinging in the chair for me and she has since taken to riding a solo as well. |
| What are your favourite hobbies/interests outside of motocross | Basketball, Speedway, Science-y stuff and of course my endlessly patient and understanding wife. |
| What made you join VMXWA | My desire to get a motocross sidecar and the awesome people and atmosphere of the club. |