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Thanks for sharing the photos, and i fixed the link in your post.
GodSpeed AW
My sincere condolenses to you , Jurgen, Frank and all your family. Adolf was a great man, fantastic rider and is remembered fondly by many of us.
He brought a unique sense of style to motocross and hope for many of us, not in our first flush of youth.
Godspeed Adolf!
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FTE's great image of Weil (at Saddleback ?) is a classic.
I am so sorry for your untimely loss of your wonderful (and legendary Adolf). We have had the distinct opportunity to interview many of the legends of the sport and I am sad that we didn't get to hear Adolf's story from Adolf. As kids, MEN like your father-in-law were like gods to us with the their chosen profession...and our dreams.
I think our friends at the Legends & Heroes Tour are creating a tribute of sorts for Adolf that all the fans at the Hangtown AMA National Opener this weekend will get to enjoy. I'm supposed to get pics that we will post.
Again, we are all sad across the pond and around the world for the loss of one of the greats.
Godspeed Adolf Weil.
There is a tradition we still do at the track everytime, it's called "ADOLF'S" after seeing him come in to the pits after a grueling USGP 45 min moto at Carlsbad. He completely emptied a bucket of water on his head--it was great to see and really helps you recover faster....
thanks Adolf for the memories, may you RIP--you will not be forgotten......
MJC1
thank you for posting this 501-Story.
I just read this part of the story loud to my husband
"Then one day the Maico team came into town and Brian Fabre gave me another phone call: “Bring your bike over to the shop we`ll get some real horsepower out of it!”
I showed up that night and met the legendary Adolph Weil and the rest of the Maico team. They were busy setting up their bikes for the upcoming Trans-AMA Series. Since I was nice enough to make a bunch of beer and fried-chicken runs,
Adolph and his mechanic decided to share some horsepower secrets.
They yanked the barrel off the 501 and Adolph scribed some marks on the barrel to show the correct “maximum” porting. Meanwhile, his mechanic took 0.125” off the head, jacking the compression ratio sky-high. A 40mm carb was installed, jetted in the ballpark, then the engine was bolted firmly to the dyno .
The first run yielded a monstrous gain, showing almost 58 horsepower at the countershaft sprocket! After correcting the jetting, we reached 61 horsepower. A few more cuts on the exhaust pipe had the engine peaking at 63 magnificent ponies!
I was afraid that the engine would turn into a hard-to-ride monster after this, but it was flexible, with a smooth power delivery and, best of all, it started up easier than a 125! I could actually start the bike with my hand once the engine was warmed up. The only trade-off was that it inhaled gas! With a four-gallon PMC tank, it could get a bit over 50 miles under hard racing conditions.
Racing the bike was a pure joy! We rechecked the top speed and registered about 112 miles per hour—and it would still chug through rocky canyons in low gear without slipping the clutch. The speed was so awesome that I was actually able to notch about a dozen overall wins at the Sand Sailors desert races held at the Ponderosa in the Mojave desert . "
Jürgen still knew all this "secrets" and the story made him laugh. He only said: there were still some possibilities...;-)
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as much as the story about the
" Adolfs" with the bucket of water. I think I will tell that one at the funeral, it fits perfect as we decided to choose a saying for him, that, as long as other people think of you, you aren't really dead.
I am sure, Adolf would be proud to read all this comments here. He always said, that he was more famous in the states than here in Germany, and it seems he was right.
Thank you again for your posts, I will be back with more pictures soon
take care! Sonja
my Laptop quit his duty yesterday, so I write you from my work
now a big thank you for your offer and your effort.
kind regards to your father and take care
Sonja
Just got these pics from Alex Moroz of the Legends & Heroes Tour from Hangtown. They were able to create a nice tribute for Adolf up there. Even had a trivia contest for the kids after they read the information on the tribute. Pretty cool!
Enjoy!
Todd
thank you for the honour that lays in these pics !!!
We still did not review the Super 8-Video of the Trans-AMA-Tour 1973 which his wife Heike made.
I have seen this video about 20 years ago and remember a lot of racetakes, including
slow motion. No clue today, how to bring this film into "modern life" but we will!
, They are the best, Todd Huffman , from the MX Files.and his crew,,
The Super 8 Video, along with pics and other memorabila, would make an awesome MX Files, of Mr Weil
Very cool of Todd and Alex for the Tribute, of Adolf Weil, at Hangtown
All our thoughts go to the family
Ulla and Åke Jonsson
Sweden
I am so grateful to have grown up in MX when I did, thanks to men like these.
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My sincere condolences to the Weil family. The memory of your beloved father will live on!
Once again to the Weil family, so sorry for your loss.
A true Legend of the MX world has passed you won't be forgotton.
Godspeed Adolf Weil.
Sincere condolences to Adolph Weil's family. He was one of the all time greats!
Real moto royalty.
to me only your name is known from the old stories, but Jürgen and Frank remember you personally and send you the best wishes to you and your family! Especially those two feel honoured by your posting here in Adolfs thread and for your sympathy -
and the sympathy from all you folks here in this board! This Thread is really special!
Yours,
Sonja & Jürgen Weil
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