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My competition was K Tieken, M Pizzatola, G Howard, S Schramm, names you'd prob recognize...:-) most went on to get there pro license. I ran out of money and support :-/
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Man how can I forget those carrera goggles
From Brownsville. Raced for Steve Wise Honda shop in McAllen. Turned pro in '80. Moved to Houston in '82. Was a local Houston pro in the 80's. Did a few Supercrosses and outdoor Nationals. Battled locally with some of those you mentioned plus Conway, McClain, Glassier, Clem and many more.
My dad in background probably grabbing a fresh air filter. New one after practice and after each moto. Thanks dad for all your support over the years. Miss you.
yep, believe that was the rig created for the movie earthquake.
bud ekins tried it first, it spit him out at the twelve o'clock position. i think he did a collarbone.
i tried it. same result.
and i think they got a third monkey to give it a shot.
still a no go.
we were convinced it could be done, because we had film from a guy who did it with a snowmobile.
he sent us some fairly good blueprints of his loop, and the guys at Universal built one for filming.
problem was, they got the camber complete backwards, which is probably why it spit everyone out at exactly the twelve o'clock mark.
if you watch the movie, they pieced together someone going up, then cut to roundtree's face for expression, then cut back to the guy coming down the last part of the loop (done by cabling the bike up and cutting it loose.
the loop may not have worked correctly, but it was damn consistent.
everybody who gave it a shot was spit out in exactly the same spot.
if you look closely, you can probably see the marks where the bike sticks the ground, left from the previous attempts.
Lackey and Wienert. Check out the factory Kawasaki pits!
We spent a lot of time out there and carved some epic tracks in the hills. Natural terrain motocross at its finest, some of my best times riding.
Very impressive that place had to have been the best place to ride dirt bikes back in the seventies.
It had everything 5 tracks, a river crossing, sand wash, trail riding in the hills you could even rent bikes there it was motorcycle nirvana at its finest!
you would never find that in today's lawsuit happy society we were so lucky to have been there so many times. The stories I could tell.
I loved that place I was really sad to see it go. Recently rode by there on a street bike about 3 months ago I could not even recognize it.
Cool thread and awesome pics of you and your Dad.
For those that had their fathers involved in the sport, not sure you realize how lucky you were.
If they are still alive you should thank them.
For an encore a couple of years later my dad had just gotten out of the hospital after hernia surgery and along with Mike Desselle's father HJ they took the Honda of Piqua transporter (nice bread truck type) that was perfect for picking up the first shipments of the next generation Maico with moved up shocks, coffin tanks, and Akront rimas. Our dads got there at o dark thirty after a banzai Piqua to Philly run and as soon as Maico East came alive the loaded up the truck and came back to HoP. Steve Stackable's former mechanic and ex Maico factory employee Gunther Gmhelon (sp) set my bike up out of the crate. Took off the Akronts and laced up DIDs without the mud collecting grooves the Akronts had.
DISCLAIMER: I'm hazy in the rim specifics of the 74.5 400 GP I started with. I yield to FTE's recollection on what was OEM.
Raced that bike13 times in 12 weekends. It is this bike that I am cornering on in a previous shot. I had the best father a son could possibly have had. Thanks dad for everything.
Now on the photos District 11 racers in the mid 70s were extremely fortunate to have Ted Warning taking pictures of them. Ted worked at the University of Dayton bookstore plus they did photos. He took the shots and handed them out for free the next weekend. If you wanted reprints he took your order and he delivered it at the next race.
Ted Warning was good man.
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There were three of us that had 1971 SL 125 Hondas. Mark, Rick (his family owned the 37 acre field) and I rode the wheels off those things. The bikes came with warranty and the sales man Mike would start shaking his head before we got into Honda of Dayton to cruise to the parts counter. Were you able to get any replacement parts for free?
I was fifteen and rode over 3K miles the summer of 71 in that field. Good times.
The dealer said there was a motorcycle park ( Muntz Cycle Park) down the road. I had no idea a place like this existed. They had hillclimbs, MX track, Mini Bike track, and a thousand or so acres of open riding. For me it was the greatest thing to ever happen in the history of the world I was beside myself. Within the next year we stripped down the bike installed figerglass fenders, steel footpegs, knobbies and entered my first race. My Dad bought a 71 TS250 for himself, and I saw On Any Sunday at the Theaters that year ( Another life changing experience). The 70s was a great time to get into dirt bikes. Im glad my dad was there too. Greatest time of my life.
Same Husky from the post that started this thread but the shot is from 1973. This is before the Frame modification
Waiting to put my front fender up against the rubber band at J&D Motorsports Park in Waterford, PA 1977
Start 125 Novice. Sometimes, there would be eight heats of 125 novice.
Note the long sleeve T shirt and work boots
First Turn
Two turns after the spectator jump. Finally got MX boots but still the T shirt.
Three turns after the spectator jump. Never been a bad pic taken of this corner.
Note the amount of fans. Local races used to get 7000 people.
125 Amateur start
There's a board member or two here, but all local stuff.
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