What gems do you remember your Dad saying to you?

The one that sticks out in my most has to be....

'If you can go down a hill fast your a REAL motocross rider'

Thats stuck in my mind all these years back from when I first found hills on a scramble track... was brought back to me at Frome.... as most will know the downhill there is pretty steep and after one of the races reigning UMX expert champion Scott Robinson commented on my riding ability... He said summit along the lines of 'those first few laps were manic, your a bloody mental bas*ard going down that hill like that!!!!'

It sunk in Dad...

My Dad told me that downhills were just a straight that was on a slope

Yeah that sounds about right

Its a pity there isnt many old school tracks left about like Foxhills with the mega steep hills... there was a thread on mxtrax saying Matchams was re-opening this winter for a few years as planning for housing had been turned down.... unfortunatley it looks like it was a prank, shame cos that was another track that sorted the men out from the boys.. bumpy hell aint there a more severe word to describe the bumps there

Go faster And he still does.

Honda rider wrote:

Go faster And he still does.

Yeah I reckon they all must have said that at times.... some more than others... cant complain about my Dad he only ever said it if he really could see I was slower on a certain part of the track.