The Official Mike Metzger Thread

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Edited Date/Time 9/18/2012 5:03pm
Been a while since we've seen or heard from the "Godfather".





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therealjonon 9/17/2012 11:02am
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anyone know what he is up to??
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SwapperMX 9/17/2012 11:04am
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Yeah it is. How awesome would it be to see him come out and race at a vets race. He would surely still have some speed. I aint much of a fan of freestyle MX, but understand what he has achieved on that front. One of the best bits of any MX vid ever made, is when he hits that step up, that him and McGrath and Ryno and that crew had been sizing up. 5th gear tapped wide, you cant lose !!!
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jasonv43 9/17/2012 11:07am
9/17/2012 11:07am
"Bust big. Bigger then everyone"
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Switch 9/17/2012 11:09am
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One of the many good quotes from "Fly"

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bartoner 9/17/2012 11:12am
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I hear he has been doing a lot of tattooing....i saw him in the neighborhood two weekends ago.....
muGz.147 9/17/2012 11:14am
9/17/2012 11:14am
I think he's tattooing now on the side isn't he? Other than that he was doing the whole MOB Syndicate thing and training for X17 before he wadded himself up real bad in the middle of July. Wasn't he doing some wierd infomercial too a couple of years ago? Always a busy dude it seems....
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jasonv43 9/17/2012 11:35am
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I know he's been doing a little bit of riding and was at a Tattoo event up in Ventura I believe. Used to watch him ride at his house in Canyon Lake all the time back when he was racing Supercross.

Good dude and talented on a bike.
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jasonv43 9/17/2012 11:36am
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Remember Warpt clothing?
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fader418 9/17/2012 11:52am
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I remember Metzger racing 80 int at De Anza on a Suzuki Country Suzuki. His dad raced back then too.
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dehner47 9/17/2012 12:01pm
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muGz.147 wrote:
....every time I think of Metz in a racing format, it brings me back to this crash....

https://youtu.be/4-MXxK-IeAE
how did he not break his back and or his neck ???
muGz.147 9/17/2012 12:05pm
9/17/2012 12:05pm
^^^ He was 18 years old and made out of rubber back then? Pretty crazy how he got torqued though huh?
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mx918 9/17/2012 12:08pm
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Switch wrote:
One of the many good quotes from "Fly"
Still the best moto video ever produced...hands down.

(in my opinion)
muGz.147 9/17/2012 12:12pm
9/17/2012 12:12pm
This makes for good trivia...even though it's crazy easy....but I'll send a free t shirt to who can tell me the name of Mike's team and his two teammates that year.
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peelout 9/17/2012 12:12pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
"Bust big. Bigger then everyone"
that's what he signed on my shirt at the '95 or '96 Washougal National, he was the coolest guy in the pits and he didn't act like it. totally rad guy in person.

HUGE fan
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aidas512 9/17/2012 12:18pm
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His backflip over the fountains is worth mentioning...

https://youtu.be/DKLwxYz7oe8
Riesenberg448 9/17/2012 12:19pm
9/17/2012 12:19pm
therealjonon wrote:
anyone know what he is up to??
Funny, just got a text from our Race Tech distributor in Canada last night saying he was getting a KTM ready with suspension on it for Metzger who was heading up to do a ride day/signing with one of his sponsors north of the border and was giong to do some riding of his own while there.
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-eagle- 9/17/2012 12:21pm
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Clowers & Chicken on NCY?

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Brad Nemeth 9/17/2012 12:23pm
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muGz.147 wrote:
This makes for good trivia...even though it's crazy easy....but I'll send a free t shirt to who can tell me the name of Mike's team and...
This makes for good trivia...even though it's crazy easy....but I'll send a free t shirt to who can tell me the name of Mike's team and his two teammates that year.
North County Yamaha.......with Dement and Willoh?
muGz.147 9/17/2012 12:26pm
9/17/2012 12:26pm
Team is correct...and one of the names given so far is correct.
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slipdog 9/17/2012 12:28pm
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muGz.147 wrote:
This makes for good trivia...even though it's crazy easy....but I'll send a free t shirt to who can tell me the name of Mike's team and...
This makes for good trivia...even though it's crazy easy....but I'll send a free t shirt to who can tell me the name of Mike's team and his two teammates that year.
NCY, Tyson Vohland & Clowers?
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-eagle- 9/17/2012 12:29pm
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donald upton
muGz.147 9/17/2012 12:33pm
9/17/2012 12:33pm
PM me -eagle- (w/t-shirt size)
muGz.147 9/17/2012 12:35pm
9/17/2012 12:35pm
Good call on Upton...I knew that would make it a bit tough, unless you're from that generation or before....which I am
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Regis 9/17/2012 12:56pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
Been a while since we've seen or heard from the "Godfather". [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/09/17/276_22202545891_806_n_355769.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/09/17/mikey_685312.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/09/17/mcmetz_115724.jpg[/img]
Been a while since we've seen or heard from the "Godfather".





pretty sure, the third rifer down is Dayne Kinnard in these photos.

However, Metzger certainly has put his name on the motorcycling industry. great rider.
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jasonv43 9/17/2012 1:02pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
Been a while since we've seen or heard from the "Godfather". [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/09/17/276_22202545891_806_n_355769.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/09/17/mikey_685312.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2012/09/17/mcmetz_115724.jpg[/img]
Been a while since we've seen or heard from the "Godfather".





Regis wrote:
pretty sure, the third rifer down is Dayne Kinnard in these photos.

However, Metzger certainly has put his name on the motorcycling industry. great rider.
Good call. It was the only photo I could find of a "Mcmetz".
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MT MX 9/17/2012 1:04pm
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Wasn't he seriously injured at a show a year or so ago?

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