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I was looking through an MXA from 83 and the Saddlback National was covered. They described it as a 20 ft incline over a 20 ft. plateau to the next ledge, but said it was a blind jump...when you went for it all you saw was sky. Hannah, Johnson, Mike Bell, Billy Liles, and Tom Carson jumped it on their 250s. Glover, Warren Reid, Goat Breker and Magoo did it on 500s, and Jeff Ward was the only 125 rider to clear it. What was this jump like compared to some of today's obstacles?
LaRocco's Leap only smaller, less of a run at it, dang near straight up.
Watch just past the 34 second mark....
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The Shop
Where is the loam, the ruts and the the big loamy whoops? Man, that track is hardpack with a capital H.
Wow, every pro would be complaining today.
Never knew it was that much of an incline. That shot of ole Hanny shows me how much of an incline that track was on.
Amazing what we ride today, and they did this 30 years ago!!
Just blew me away what they did on that ancient (as my boy calls it) equipment.
The more things change , the more they stay the same. Johnson had balls, just like Villy does today.
Now I see why all the old timers say you can never compare one era with another. The cream always rises to the top, so those guys are as bad ass then as the guys today. Just different time. You cannot deny desire, which wins races.
Never saw this. thanks for sharing!!!!
http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/29fd44eb-cc11-4c1d-8396-4672dd0fa97d.aspx
it was gnarly even by today's standards id say.. although ive seen plenty of local novice/int. kids do stuff just as gnarly these days too
Pit Row
By todays standards it is still a big jump, but the thing about it was that it was steeeep, but I think most 250fs would jump it. A 125 struggled because it was hard pack and you couldn't get a real good drive without wheel spin along the way and as the track dried it became harder to do it.
The first guy to ever jump it was Lance Moorewood on a 125 during practice.
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