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NAME;
Andrew Warnest
JOINED THE KEYNETON MCC IN;
1980
AGE;
Too Old
OCCUPATION;
Baker/Pastry Chef
MARITAL STATUS;
Married to Tanja
CHILDREN;
2, Liam (born May
2001) & Tess (born Feb 2003)
PETS;
Dog, Mishka
HOBBIES;
Bikes, basketball, Music
FAVOURITE FOOD;
First Mum's, now Tanja's home cooking
FAVOURITE DRINK;
Coffee and port
FAVOURITE SINGERS/BANDS;
Too many to list
FAVOURITE ACTORS/ACTRESS’
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams,
and Ron Jeremy of course!
FAVOURITE TV SHOWS;
Top Gear, Rockwiz, Enough Rope, Mythbusters
FAVOURITE CAR;
Anything with a tow bar
FAVOURITE BIKES;
TT/XT Yamahas, Hailwood replica Ducatis
OWN CAR(S) & BIKE(S);
Yamaha TT 500 & 600 sidecars, TT250 solo
RACE BIKE(S);
Yamaha TT500 & 600 outfits, whatever trials
bike I can grab for the day!
LIKES ABOUT LIFE;
My kids, good friends, good food, good music
and good times! Life is an easy and fun time
made hard by people who dont know how to
enjoy it
DISLIKES ABOUT LIFE;
The idiots that are trying to run the world,
false people who take themselves to
seriously and people in motorcycling who use
the rules to suit themselves and make the
sport suffer.
FIRST INTEREST IN MOTORCYCLES;
Born into it
FIRST COMPETITION;
KMCC 'pre licence holder' club events, 1980,
ah Menglers Hill in the rain with baldish
tyres on a CT175 Yammy - memories! First
open competition, 1981 Mountain Man observed
trial - got my ass kicked by some kid called
Todd Kuerschner, wonder what happened to
him?
FIRST BIG WIN;
Finishing 1989 24 Hour Trial, being part of
the winning KMCC Sidecar Team (the only team
to finish) and being awarded the 'Most
Outstanding Performance on a Sidecar' Trophy
ACHIEVEMENTS IN CAREER;
2004 'B Grade Sidecar' Moto Trials South
Australian Champion (with Paul Wright)2005
'Clubman Sidecar' Reliability Trials South
Australian Champion (with Nick Warnest)
HIGHLIGHT OF CAREER (SO FAR);
Finishing 4th outright at 1992
Robby 2 Day, with Darren Diener on a TT500
against all the 600's and multis, Finishing
3rd outright at 2005 Robby 2 day,
with Nick on a rock hopper against all the
factory framed outfits Clubman Class win at
2005 Levis 6 Hour, just behind a gaggle of
Experts all on factory framed outfits.
LOWLIGHT OF CAREER (SO FAR);
Leading the Rally Class in the 1998 24 Hour
Trial, with Paul Wright, for 22 hours and
not finishing due to a faulty pump after
getting a flat tyre Only finishing one (1)
24 Hour Trial in 13 attempts Dislocating
shoulder riding moto trials one week before
and not being able to ride the 2004 24 Hour
trial.
FACET(S) CURRENTLY RIDING;
Reliability Trials sidecar and the
occasional Moto Trial.
CURRENT SPONSORS;
The wallet.
FAVOURITE EVENT & WHY?;
All of them for various reasons, but
probably the Robertstown 2 Day, not only for
the event and the terrain, but for our
yearly camping trip, ohhh, those Monday
morning headaches!
ANY RACING INJURIES;
Usual aches and pains, dislocated shoulder
and knocked out cold in the first 24 Hour I
rode when, with Wayne Ahrens we hit a dog
early on lap 2 and ended up at Kapunda
Hospital!
BIGGEST INFLUENCE(S) ON
CAREER;
Father Ken, the other Warnest Boys (Geoff,
Jim, Don & George), and the KMCC characters!
(Wack & Willie, Rooster Harrison, Bob Petts,
the Holmes Clan, Ross Evans, Dennis
Weichert, etc). On riding sidecars - Fred
Weckert and Leigh Hollamby, you couldn't ask
for better advice! A lot of these guys also
taught the "joy of drinking port", hazy
memories!
BEST
& FAVOURITE RIVALS;
Late '80's & early '90's - Michael Fechner &
Brenton Tomney, Brian Jenke, Craig Saegy &
Chris Hunter. From 2004 onwards - The
Robinson brothers, Wundy & Parksy, John
Songailo.
FAVOURITE ALL TIME COMPETITORS;
Locally - Fred, Leigh, Malcolm Rasmus,
Darren Winter, Don Pumpa, Dave Manuel, and
the list goes on.. All time - Mike Hailwood
(the greatest ever!), Jarno Saarinen,
Malcolm Smith, Sammy Miller, Kenny Blake,
Gregg Hansford, Mick Doohan and Valentino
Rossi.
SUPERSTITIONS;
Never drive Chris Holmes home from meetings
after midnight when you are still at school!
You get in heaps of trouble with your
parents. A hard, but good lesson here kids!
FUTURE AMBITIONS IN CAREER;
Ride while I still enjoy it, help the Club
to prosper into the future and run great
events (riding and social), become a coach
to help the Club's future champions - and -
finish the F&*%$#& 24 Hour Trial one more
time before I retire from riding!
THOUGHTS ON MOTORCYCLE SPORT IN SA;
It seems to go forward for a time and then
take a couple of steps back which is sad.
Sometimes I feel that too many people are in
the sport for only one facet or their own
selfish power trips and not for the good of
the sport as a whole. Unfortunately when
these people are removed, or the good people
get fed up with them and leave, they seem to
be replaced with more of the same.
THOUGHTS ON THE KEYNETON MCC;
A great Club, with a history I am proud my
family has played a big part in. At the
present time the Club has a united executive
and a solid membership base which has seen
the Club move forward in leaps and bounds.
Hats off to all members, old and new, who
are making the Club a great environment to
ride and socialise in. Runner-up in the 2007
MSA 'Club of the Year' Award is great reward
for all the hard work!
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