very true guys those 2 boys were very very fast, to me they looked similar both on kx's ando on the 80 and rad on 60 and man they just rode them flat with a kinda hang off the bike finese if you know wat i mean.the fun riding at west wallsend were their practice tracks were at ando had HUGE set of triples and when we were jr's his old mam was trying to get us to jump them his dad bilt the tracks ando hit these triples and bailed off the bike mid flight and i remember his old mam turning to us and saying... AND THAT's NOT HOW YOU DO THAT...lol...got another story of riding on the unopend freeway at west wallsend but another time....

hey bobby that wouldve been way cool growing up with those boys and riding with them. it is great to see how well we are represented overseas by such ambassadors like Reed, Metty, Burner and Reardon.

yea, thanks for the explanation. I will do some more research on line to get all the details. i guess it would be about the same as our veteran's day or our memorial day here in the states. not cool that war happens, but cool that you take time to remember all the fallen heroes of your country. bobby-must have been awesome to ride with such great guys.

hi guys
motodad hope you understand the definition of the ANZACS now wat great responses from all i'm ahead bartender at my local RSL and G'FOX and OZFATT i could NOT have said it better myself.. good luck hunting around for your helmet for your young bloke hope you find find wat you need... to my fello aussies and kiwi's i grew up racing with chad and ando at lakes through early 90s i was spent alot of time on and off the track with them both i was proud to know and ride we them back then and now isee them both doing so well with all our fellow AUSTRALIAN's and NEW ZEALAND's best doing so well over sea's it makes me relise that you dont need WAR to be a proud ANZAC just take a look around and see wat others achieve ....thats my thought's for the day once again happy ANZAC day to all

bobby 71

it is a big day in australian and nz history. age shall not weary them nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them. lest we forget!! we owe the diggers for this great country and the democracy we live in today and take for granted. go reedy!!!

motodad that is cool about the kids. i'll give you my best quick definition of anzac day...it is the anniversary of the first time the anzac's [Australian and New Zealand Army Corps] fought in WW1 the whole gallipoli landing and fighting the turkish army thousands died and now we hold dawn services for the fallen and have anzac marches [parades].....short version i think i got it right anyone correct me if i'm wrong.

Golden fox- Speaking of others looking up to Chad... At the St. Louis race, after the KTM jr's got done racing, there was a point in the opening ceremonies where the kids were asked to go out and hang with their fav rider. I got a pic of most of the kids going right to Reedy and maybe one or two going to a different rider. So he has got a lot of kids looking up to him. It was really cool!

thanks bobby, I'll do it! What is anzac day?

motodad heres a tip google in global moto outlet these guys are great they have some mad close outs on riding gear ,helmets and the likes of wat you need they ship all over the world... For all the aussies and the kiwis happy ANZAC DAY 2008...

OKG...Thanks for your comment, I agree this is a fan site for Chad Reed, I am not sure why some people feel the need to try and amp us up. Any Reed fan is going to have his back. You guys all ROCK.

i did look on ebay, there were some yellow and green ones. getting a new one would just be to simple.lol thought I would try this route first. i do not get to ride very often, so mine is alomost mint.

motodad.. try lookin on ebay. tho your looking for an 8 year old helmet.. how about you get a new one. i know ebay has some nice thor helmets for good deals... or other dirtbike websites.

and now chad is an idol so many of us look upto! wonder if he ever thought about that??

He possibly looked up to Kim Ashkenazi [think i got it right] he nearly took out a "lites" title in the USA in the late 90's dont quote me on the year and Anthony Gobert [prior to his little oops in the road racing world haha] and like alot of us here Joel Elliot he could ride a two wheeled machine. Glenn Bell, Craig Dack, Stephen Gall, Jeff Leisk[Rick Johnson era], Peter Melton, there have been plenty of fast aussies for him to look up to and eventually beat......which he did

yeh matty you got that right ando was a big idol to alot of riders back then....

his cousin ando and mcgrath

I have always wanted to know this and I was wondering if any-one knew who Chad Reed idolised when he was a teenager?

OKG- I hope people feel respected by my comments. If not let me know.
So here is my question... Chad signed my Thor helmet visor at St. Louis and I do not want to use it anymore. The problem is that it is off a Thor SVX(blue) and it is about eight years old. Does anyone have an old helmet to sell or where to get a new visor? I have done some looking online at the normal places, but no luck. Any help would be appreciated!