1975, how serious were you?

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Edited Date/Time 11/14/2014 12:12pm
TM 125 or RM 125? The RM is a lean looking machine!






MX125 or YZ125 B and/or the early spring released YZ125C? Speaking of looking lean, the YZ C is on point!





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newmann 9/11/2014 9:02am
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And before someone says that is a YZ X and not a C, look at the lower legs. What is up with that oddity?
dazzlindino 9/11/2014 9:04am
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had buddies that all rode, that had all of these bikes....
got to ride them all...damn good times rite der' .....haha...
of all these I rode the yam C model was the best....those forks were kewl....
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yota 9/11/2014 9:10am
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in 75 I was racing a 73 TM125. In 76 I was racing a brand new YZ125X. What a frigging difference.
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hvaughn88 9/11/2014 9:37am
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in 1975, my dad was only 11 years old. You guys are old as dirtTongue Wink

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downard254 9/11/2014 9:39am
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In 1975 I was thinking about boys chase the girls on the playground around the monkey bars. I was in 3rd grade. Crap, just showed my age.
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I didn't own a rice burner till 1988.
neverwas 9/11/2014 9:57am
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In 1975 I was racing a CR125 Elsinore,1976 i raced the Elsinore and a RM100,the RM was like riding on a cloud compared to the
4" of rear wheel travel of the Elsinore.
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Sandberm 9/11/2014 10:04am
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I have most of this bike in the rusted form in a couple of boxes. Someday I'll restore it when I have the proper shop and not the dirty shed I work out of now.

dazzlindino 9/11/2014 10:14am
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hvaughn88 wrote:
in 1975, my dad was only 11 years old. You guys are old as dirtTongue Wink
hah...u kidz now a daize...lazy as phook...haha....
Silly

still the cr honders kicked booty...they had the 6 speed gear ratio thingy down....
the other bikes still had enduro style 5 speed gear spacing....
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hvaughn88 wrote:
in 1975, my dad was only 11 years old. You guys are old as dirtTongue Wink
dazzlindino wrote:
hah...u kidz now a daize...lazy as phook...haha.... :silly: still the cr honders kicked booty...they had the 6 speed gear ratio thingy down.... the other bikes still...
hah...u kidz now a daize...lazy as phook...haha....
Silly

still the cr honders kicked booty...they had the 6 speed gear ratio thingy down....
the other bikes still had enduro style 5 speed gear spacing....
Haha, I give you old guys a hard time mainly out of jealousy. I've always felt like I was born in the "wrong" generation. I'm not into video games, hip-hop, latest greatest cell phones, prius (no offense prius guys), or any of the other "typical" things of my generation. I hear the stories of that time frame my dad tells me and they sound like such an awesome time to be a young guy.
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FWYT 9/11/2014 10:25am
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1975 ....
I was on an XR-75. Wonder if I can find a photo . . .
dazzlindino 9/11/2014 10:25am
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Haha, I give you old guys a hard time mainly out of jealousy. I've always felt like I was born in the "wrong" generation. I'm not...
Haha, I give you old guys a hard time mainly out of jealousy. I've always felt like I was born in the "wrong" generation. I'm not into video games, hip-hop, latest greatest cell phones, prius (no offense prius guys), or any of the other "typical" things of my generation. I hear the stories of that time frame my dad tells me and they sound like such an awesome time to be a young guy.
duuude...back in those days...you could start your bike in the garage...ride down the street..
and go riding afterschool or after work....EVERYDAY...on several different tracks laid out in the desert...
and all day on weekends.....haha..wore them bikes out...
now...well you know the strory...load up...drive at least an hour 1 way...once or twice a week...big difference there...
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In 1975 I was riding a 1974 Honda 125 Elsinore...and getting beaten by Suzukis. I'm never going to admit that it possibly had more to do with the rider on the Honda and the riders on the Suzukis than the bikes themselves.
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I was 5 and killing it on my Indian 30.
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It was a 1974 husky 250 wr my first real dirt bike.All before that was enduro's ( dual sports now a day's ) with the light's taken off.
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Didn't own a bike at all before 1975 (only owned several copies of MXA). in early 1975, I got a clapped-out AT1-C with a failed generator (stripped the lights and threw on a Petty front fender right away). Got tired of charging the battery before every ride, got a job that winter and bought a '76 CR125M that Spring.

Except for college, was never without a proper dirt bike since.
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wagonmaster wrote:
It was a 1974 husky 250 wr my first real dirt bike.All before that was enduro's ( dual sports now a day's ) with the light's...
It was a 1974 husky 250 wr my first real dirt bike.All before that was enduro's ( dual sports now a day's ) with the light's taken off.
My '74 Husky Mag was my favorite bike ever...but I was getting my butt kicked by the Hondas royally. So, we turned Japanese. If you can't beat 'em...
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By '75 I was married and my money was going elsewhere, my 175 MX was gathering dust.

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newmann 9/11/2014 11:21am
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1976, I got a 74 GT80 Yamaha that came out of a garage fire. Had been cleaned up, Kryloned and all the lights taken off so it was almost like the shiny new GTMX 80 my brother had just gotten. What a pile of crap but I rode the wheels off that thing for years and never even put a new ring in it. Got a quarter for milk money and chocolate milk was only 8 cents at school. I had 17 cents to put gas in it every day after school. Pushed it home from the sand pit more than once!Laughing
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IWreckALot 9/11/2014 11:25am
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Goodness the rake on those forks is ridiculous looking. I bet they turned like a limo. Ha.

I was -10 years old in 1975.
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Tim507 9/11/2014 11:27am
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In 1975 I was in Germany racing motocross on some real fine tracks - Gailforf and other natural terrain tracks.... I was real fkn serious...Woohoo
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newmann 9/11/2014 11:39am
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If you weren't too serious, you could go race moto on the cheap with a MX250. If you were serious, just throw down double the money for the exotic semi works YZ. Need an option like this today!!!






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No-K 9/11/2014 11:40am
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In 75 I was riding a 73 TM 125

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Steve125 9/11/2014 11:44am
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Hey, I've got one of those RMs.

Does this mean I'm serious? Cool.

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newmann 9/11/2014 11:46am
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MX400? Or the ultra rare YZ360?



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newmann 9/11/2014 11:48am
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Steve125 wrote:
Hey, I've got one of those RMs. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/09/11/64864/s1200_75_RM125.jpg[/img] Does this mean I'm serious? Cool.
Hey, I've got one of those RMs.

Does this mean I'm serious? Cool.

Well, yes it does!Laughing

You have to admit, that thing looks like it weighs nothing. Looks like it showed up to race, not just ride.
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1975 I was on a 74 1/2 Mikkola replica Husky. Nice bike but it was an open machine with a 125 powerband. More like a light switch than a throttle.
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Steve125 9/11/2014 12:42pm
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newmann wrote:
Well, yes it does!Laughing

You have to admit, that thing looks like it weighs nothing. Looks like it showed up to race, not just ride.
Oh yeah. It sure does look ready. My buddy had a 74 TM back in the day and it seemed like a dinosaur compared to the RM. When in reality they shared a lot of parts.

I'm pretty sure there are some bicycles out there that are thicker in the middle. lol
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slipdog 9/11/2014 12:46pm
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I was riding boobs and wrecking diapers...
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YZ302 9/11/2014 12:50pm
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1975 is when I got serious.

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