Steve Bruhn passed away

Motobowl 2007 Steve said to me “hey kid here's a ticket for the 50/50 drawing” This is Steve after I won $400.00
RIP Steve

Why isn't this a sticky yet?

Damn. Just a very good guy in my personal meetings with him. He bled MX and then MX/RacerX bled him. Big reason I hate the inner workings of motocross.

RIP.

Just very sad.

I only sorta know the TFS legend, but it's still a bummer deal.

Can anyone resurrect the Seat Bounce thread?

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I still wear this..

Just ask yourself, "How does the seat bounce work?"

Is it an actual "bounce" caused by the spring
or
Is it a change of trajectory under acceleration creating a more upward launch and therefore a higher "bounce" (leap)?

Steve's simple test he explained ad nauseam, if you took tie downs and compressed all the suspension, all the way, and then used a mechanical latch to release the tension of the straps all at once, will the bike leap off the ground, or will it just rise at a controlled rate due to suspension damping?

Yep, awesome shot. This one here is a classic

My condolences to the family and friends of TFS. Like I said in the other thread I never met him but felt like I knew him from reading his stories and seeing his pictures of places and people I would never be able to see.

RIP Mr.Bruhn

Bumpity bumpity bump! Thinking of Teefus....so here I am.

While the old seatbounce stuff was removed long ago. Feel free to take one last (or many) shots at Bruhn.

(Yes he started this site original to take on a very stubborn poster, the forums and articles are long gone but TFS remains!)
http://seatbounce.com/

And for those that weren't around... here is one of many... While some of the pics no longer work. This was one of the better ones as TFS at some points turns into RaceTime.. Good stuff. Seatbounce threads were guaranteed 15 pages min and 1000's of views. Enjoy!



http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Seat-Bounce-Fact-or-Ficti…

Terrible news. Met him and he was very gracious to this wide eyed moto fan when I sponsored the RacerX Gas Card one year in Atlanta. Your work and involvement in the moto world will not be forgotten.

Rest in peace TFS.

Very cool. Hope your doing well Homey.

Keep the stories coming!

I'd been friends for many years with Steve and, one day, I got a call from the AMA - they wanted me to write for their website -

some dude named STEVE BRUHN - had recommended me. I never, ever forgot that.

There's many stories like that. Steve liked to help people out. Tramps like me.

We shall NEVER forget you. You loved your people and you loved your motocross,

And we dig that. And we dig you . Cheers, brother.

Like a few of you said, i keep checking back here, thinking he will pop in - its all a big joke - or wanting the stories to never end.

Im just a nobody fan. I remember lurking at bushwood and somehow this guy teef made everyone so damn mad. You heard his stories and watched long enough and you just knew there was more to it than met the eye, you gravitated towards him even when you were disagreeing with him.

Guys like teef were the guys i just envied. I mean, I knew when i was 15 i wasn't going to be a professional racer, but all I ever wanted to do was something around the sport. It was cool when the pros would show up here, thats like star struck or something, but guys like steve you looked up to cause the loved the sport enough to figure out a way to be in it every-single-day. I wish i could have been like that.

I feel for all of you guys that called him a friend, I feel bad and I don't know that I ever talked to him. But as someone said before, as a young adult I lived the sport I love through his pictures and articles, and i for a big chunk of my early professional life I burned through many a work day laughing at his antics online. When teefus entered a thread it was relevant.

Thanks Steve, from someone you never knew, but that looked up to you just the same.

Jeff

Good stuff, Homey.

Surprised RC16 has not jumped in here? Then again, that was a decade ago.

Very nice...

R.I.P. TFS

Steve was a true friend as well as a moto pioneer. he hit me up one night back in '98 out of the blue on email with reference to a post about indian mound mx track in pensacola, it turned out, he was a regular there back in his racing day. after i told him my name and racing number, he reminded me about some events. he was that way, had a memory like a steel trap.

one back in '82, i was fighting for 3rd in the 125 pro class. i was living on a meager budget and really needed to get that 3rd place money, they were only paying back to 3 places that night and i was riding a "wide bike" if you know what i mean. well it turns out that the leader, alabama fast guy ricky palmer was about to lap us but i didnt know it. i wasnt going to let go of 3rd place without a concerted effort, i gave everyone behind me a hard time for a bit. it turned out that palmer got around us and i hung on to 3rd that moto. apparantly, there was a "discussion" about it on the track, but i never saw a blue flag so i didnt worry about it. turns out it was tfs pitting for palmer and my pit guy discussing it. it worked out, but i never knew it was teefus that wanted my pit guy to know that i should of moved over, buy i never saw the blue flag. just teefus doing his job and looking out for his rider. steve was like that, memory like a steel trap.

later on, i remember teefus had a tight battle on his own running for the series championship at our track in the vet class. he won the series.

i remember him telling stories of how he would broadcast the supercross races from the seats on his laptop, similiar to the cycle news updates and moving around to keep ahead of the officials, something about broadcast copyright lol

met up with him at steel city in '99, he took me over the carmichal's motorhome to meet him, im a big carmichael fan.

no matter how far steve traveled, he always took time with his old friends back home. i'm going to miss his stories, reports, and photos. i cant make the funeral, but i wish those going a safe trip, God Speed Steve, you left the motoworld in better shape than you found it.

I think he had the most cycle news covers for mx/sx in history. He was pretty proud of those too no doubt.

I was looking at going to a GP this summer and when I went to the youthstream main page, there is a cool tribute with this link. http://www.motocrossmx1.com/?type=News&newsID=3389&title=Remembering Steve Bruhn

Wow. Youthstreem is going to name the journalist of the year award after Steve. Thats great of them to do. TFB would be honored.

Wow,Thats pretty cool of Youthstream to do that.