Dirt bike riding was more fun in the 70`s...

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Edited Date/Time 1/30/2014 4:25am



All credit goes to DV.
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umagumadog 1/27/2014 9:06pm
1/27/2014 9:06pm
Yes it was.
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steve_97060 1/27/2014 9:18pm
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didn't have any naked pit crews, but the 70's were an amazing time for dirt bikes..
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Skerby 1/27/2014 9:19pm
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I would have argued that it wasn't before I saw this pic. You are clearly correct.
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wardy 1/27/2014 9:19pm
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Problem is the same women today are at those check points. LOL and they don't look the same now. Smile

I am pretty sure this is the summer bummer at the Hill & Gully club, Roselawn IN. Never raced it, but many have and have spoke about it.

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drmarkr 1/27/2014 9:23pm
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No,this was Six Days in Sweden, if I recall?
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ihatemotocross 1/27/2014 9:36pm
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lols, bck in the 70s people had jobs, there wasnt a bunch of commy feminists running america and you could go riding without getting hassled by donut punchers
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JeepnMike 1/27/2014 9:41pm
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ihatemotocross wrote:
lols, bck in the 70s people had jobs, there wasnt a bunch of commy feminists running america and you could go riding without getting hassled by...
lols, bck in the 70s people had jobs, there wasnt a bunch of commy feminists running america and you could go riding without getting hassled by donut punchers
ihatemotocross, your fan base is growing. Cheerful
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fullysicmate 1/27/2014 10:00pm
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cant see pic dammit
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This post needs a "like" button... The 70's was my hay day,,,, lots of fun times
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JeepnMike 1/27/2014 10:16pm
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fullysicmate wrote:
cant see pic dammit
A couple of TT guys covered in mud, being attended to a pack of ladies also covered in mud, with features only available before silicone. It was an elegant shot though, I swear! If it could have ever been classy, it was captured in this photo. LOL
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824 Dad wrote:
This post needs a "like" button... The 70's was my hay day,,,, lots of fun times
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Paw Paw 271 1/28/2014 4:15am
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That would have been a good place to have bike problems!
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Vet57 1/28/2014 4:36am
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EVERYTHING was more fun in the 70's...
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hillbilly 1/28/2014 4:55am
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The summer i raced taking acid soaked lemmon 714s was memorable but i dont remember much of it.

I went really fast but in slow motion.

70,s had to much hair down there.
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Vet57 wrote:
EVERYTHING was more fun in the 70's...
Hear, hear!
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Spartacus 1/28/2014 6:19am
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Vet57 wrote:
EVERYTHING was more fun in the 70's...
Except rotary phones hooked to the wall.






























And Internet porn.

















Oh and the current selection of craft brews.
overthebars39 1/28/2014 7:00am
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They bring those rotary phones back now, because they are "hip".
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Moto_Geek 1/28/2014 7:14am
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Would you please stop posting my Mom in the 70's. I give DV one picture to share and now it's everywhere.. Oh well, she didn't have such a bad body back then.

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Moto_Geek wrote:
Would you please stop posting my Mom in the 70's. I give DV one picture to share and now it's everywhere.. Oh well, she didn't have...
Would you please stop posting my Mom in the 70's. I give DV one picture to share and now it's everywhere.. Oh well, she didn't have such a bad body back then.
Dude, are you checking your Mom out?
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kongols wrote:
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfCUWn9CYAAA84r.jpg[/img] All credit goes to DV.



All credit goes to DV.
Kongols-

That's crazy that you posted this picture, as I also came across it only last night while surfing the internet on my ipad next to the fireplace...

I found it on Geoff Ballard's Blog on his website (noted & excellent Aussie off-road racer).

Per his blog, he said that this was taken in the US, although he did not mention specifically where or when. My own guess would be '77 or '78.
I am presuming that it may have been an ISDT qualifier or event of some sort, as he was participating in these at the time.

He stated that the course ran through a nudist colony and the colonist/nudist (or whatever you wish to call the members) were volunteers at a checkpoint.

If I can come up with a link to his website I will post it, although what I've stated above pretty much covers all that he said about it.
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Bultaco 1/28/2014 8:19am
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Agree with all. Racing and riding for fun in the 70's was an amazing time. I wish I'd had a GoPro back then so I figure out if my memories are anything close to reality. Smile
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GeorgiePorgie 1/28/2014 9:18am
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Man I wasnt around until 7 years after the decade. Apparently jobs were plentiful back then too!
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downard254 1/28/2014 9:26am
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This is what my time sheet would have looked like.

Sector 1: :37 sec.
Sector 2: DNF
Sector 3: DNS
Sector 4: DNS
etc.Tongue
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bonafide 1/28/2014 11:54am
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Wow,I lived in northern Japan during the early `70's.Motocross was huge there as it was mostly rural and hilly.In the city that I lived by,there was a Suzuki shop that was one of the 2 shops in Japan that did R&D and testing for the RN and RH GP bikes that DeCoster and Robert rode in the European GP's.This is where I first started riding.Lot of wild things came and went through that shop,like some of the early YZ's and KX's in 1972/73.I think Suzuki was trying to copy some of the tech,or experiment with it.I saved up my grass cutting money and wanted to come back to the US with a new TM 125 in 1973,my father tried so hard to keep me from riding dirtbikes he wouldn't let me get it.All my friends had bikes so riding wasn't to much of a problem at the time.Some of the things I saw then were a few years ahead of when they were first produced and available in the US.This is where I got my undying interest in the factory bikes and was very disappointed with the production rule.
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jeffro503 1/28/2014 12:49pm
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downard254 wrote:
This is what my time sheet would have looked like.

Sector 1: :37 sec.
Sector 2: DNF
Sector 3: DNS
Sector 4: DNS
etc.Tongue
haha!.....I think I would of done the same. "Yeah....that's it.....my damn bike broke down , at the check point.....and I didn't want to leave it there........so i stayed with with my bike.......all day. "
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observer 1/28/2014 4:53pm
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Vet57 wrote:
EVERYTHING was more fun in the 70's...
Highsider wrote:
Hear, hear!
x1!............Muuuuch simpler times.
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mxtinter 1/28/2014 5:49pm
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Racing seemed to just be more light hearted. Today everyone has to be all "factory"

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