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You went to the Suzuki School of Motocross at Carlsbad .
Laid down your own shocks in high school metal shop.
Drank the original MX energy drink " Rolf Tibblins Wet Energy "
Got hooked on MX after watching " On Any Sunday "
The first race you attended as a fan was a Tran Am event .
Had a CR 125 with a 34 Mikuni , S&W shocks , aluminum swingarm ,boost ported cylinder , fmf porcupine head and fmf pipe
Lets hear your old school memories .
Laid down your own shocks in high school metal shop.
Drank the original MX energy drink " Rolf Tibblins Wet Energy "
Got hooked on MX after watching " On Any Sunday "
The first race you attended as a fan was a Tran Am event .
Had a CR 125 with a 34 Mikuni , S&W shocks , aluminum swingarm ,boost ported cylinder , fmf porcupine head and fmf pipe
Lets hear your old school memories .
Check out the floods and Sunday loafers. Bad-azz....
My one and only dual sport bike - though I hear 3 decades later they are better.
The Shop
How about old school if you had a Team Tamm type jersey.
AWESOME PIC man!
Could smell nothing but Cam2 and Beanoil in your nose 4 hours after a National.
Attended a 500 National.
Have a Button from a Broome National.
Actually know how to Feather the clutch.
You know how to keep a "Works" Natural finish exhaust pipe rust free and looking like brand new.
You had a seat cover with Kevlar on it
Leaned to ride on a GT60 & MR50
1st race was on a '79 YZ125
1st win was on a '80 CR125 (thanks to a guy called "Magoo"!)
1st Championship was on a '81 YZ125 In..."California" while qualifying against the SoCal gang at "Saddleback"...go figure!
We'd race Saddleback & Carlsbad...go back home to Marysville for some REAL sand...& have a blast. Hell, even raced both tracks at the Dunes...
I remember Red FMF down pipes and Grey XR75s...Monarchs & Carabellas...
Pretty sure I'm "ol'school"... Well...old enuff...
I saw On Any Sunday over 30 times in theaters in its first release.
I laid down the shocks on my '73 CR250 and quickly discovered that you can improve suspension and destroy handling at the same time.
I raced a DKW and a Greeves that both had leading link front ends on the same day. By the end of the day, I was almost used to hitting the front brake and feeling the front end rising instead of diving. But no matter how nostalgic I am for those days, if someone came along with a brand new DKW and Greeves, I wouldn't trade my CR500AF for both of them.
Pit Row
Had a Tony D snap on mouth guard for your open face helmet
Ran Klotz 2 stroke premix (or Blenzall)
Every took the baffle out for more power
Had a mud flap hanging from the front edge of your front fender
Air cooled KX60:
And I used the DeBruzer for multiple years. Best bar pad ever!
you took your baffles out for "more power"
you pretended your sting ray was a motorcycle (BMX bikes don't count)
Best for last, there was a track or riding area in every vacant lot or wooded area and no one cared that you were doing all kinds of dangerous shit on their land.
1) Did go to Suzuki School of Motocross 78 Maybe. I'm thinking Wayne Boyer was one of the teachers
2) 74 Mx 100. My neighbor welded steel plates to the frame and we layed the shocks down. Looking back it couldn't have been pretty riding nose down LOL
3) First bike was a Z50 like most of the old school guys.
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