You know you're old

Bluelion
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Bluelion 11/24/2015 3:53am
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If you spend most of your time on the old school moto forum on Vital..Grinning
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ATKpilot99 11/24/2015 4:00am
11/24/2015 4:00am
Liquid cooling ? On a 125 maybe , but a 250 or 500 ? Who needs it ???
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evomx244 11/24/2015 4:02am
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when you couldn't wait for the local carry out to get the latest dirt bike or MXA for your monthly moto fix. when you started getting cycle news weekly. East ruled ! When the O'show sported JT boot covers and you thought they were the coolest thing ever. When RJ wore a bandana around his neck and you and your friends had to wear one.

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austin888_99 11/24/2015 4:06am
11/24/2015 4:06am
Machiavelli3 wrote:
If you had Akront rims on your bike
HuskyEd wrote:
With either Girling or Koni shocks and an Amal carb with a tickler. Shocked
Would that be the same girling that made brakes for european cars?
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mx317 11/24/2015 4:10am
11/24/2015 4:10am
You moved up your shocks.
You kept at least 4 spark plugs in your tool box.
You crushed your down pipe.
You had a giant thick rubber band nearly slap you off your bike when you jumped the start.
You aired out your leather "leathers" because they smelled so bad.
You remember "Elsinores" and why they were called that.
You read Super Hunky's column each month.
Popular Cycling was on your reading list.
The Baz
Your friend sat on the engine box between the seats in your Econoline van.
There was a new company called FMF.
We knew what the letters FMF meant, but we said it was something else.
EC Birt kept us puttin'.
I owned a Noguchi Yamaha.
We cleaned our air filters with gas and put motor oil on them.
You watched On any Sunday in the theater.
You thought about putting a peace dove on your handlebars.
You knew who put a peace dove on their handlebars.
Being 1st American was a victory.
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Huckster 11/24/2015 4:35am
11/24/2015 4:35am
You remember when Unadilla was Una f'n Dilla!!! The other side sucked and they raced there 2x year.
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robkinuk 11/24/2015 4:38am
11/24/2015 4:38am
You posted on Motonews!
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Beast666 11/24/2015 4:59am
11/24/2015 4:59am
Your first full sized MX bike had a MSRP under $1000.00 and the salesman took 10% off the sale plus threw in hats, jerseys,2 stroke oil spark plugs to sweeten the deal.
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Doogan551 11/24/2015 5:22am
11/24/2015 5:22am
Watched Bradshaw on the 125 at Axton, VA .......
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TX24 11/24/2015 5:23am
11/24/2015 5:23am
You thought of Hannah as some wild kid.
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olds cool 11/24/2015 5:40am
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Doogan551 wrote:
Watched Bradshaw on the 125 at Axton, VA .......
Before Bradshaw there was a kid named Mickey Whetzel that knew the fast way around LST.
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Motoman79 11/24/2015 5:42am
11/24/2015 5:42am


Know what a Mugen or gators are

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brocster 11/24/2015 5:56am
11/24/2015 5:56am
If your dad raced a bultaco before 1970.

BTW I made 47 today!
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11/24/2015 6:01am


When you collect gear from your era
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Preston Petty fenders
After market plastic gas tanks
Duckbill visors
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Robgvx 11/24/2015 6:35am
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You know what a DeBruzer is

You know who John Roeder is and how he became infamous.

You know who Fred Phalange is.

You know what a 'tickler' is for.

You know the proper position for brake and clutch levers.

You know what a '500/18' is.

You know what 'THOR' stands for.

You know what a 'Race Face' is.

You know what a 'floating rear brake' was and why it was necessary.

You know what BASS stands for.




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pete24 11/24/2015 6:38am
11/24/2015 6:38am
you replaced the primary chain in your Maico
you watched John Dowd in the novice class

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mxrose3 11/24/2015 6:41am
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Tonynz wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/11/23/112379/s1200_image.jpg[/img] But could only afford to buy these when you were 17 years old.


But could only afford to buy these when you were 17 years old.
Dude! I owned a pair of those... Vendramini I think?

They all look like moon walking boots now to me.... haha!
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Fleece192 11/24/2015 6:46am
11/24/2015 6:46am
When my C Z had a 66 tooth rear sprocket and a chrome pipe.....
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mx317 11/24/2015 6:56am
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Robgvx wrote:
You know what a DeBruzer is You know who John Roeder is and how he became infamous. You know who Fred Phalange is. You know what...
You know what a DeBruzer is

You know who John Roeder is and how he became infamous.

You know who Fred Phalange is.

You know what a 'tickler' is for.

You know the proper position for brake and clutch levers.

You know what a '500/18' is.

You know what 'THOR' stands for.

You know what a 'Race Face' is.

You know what a 'floating rear brake' was and why it was necessary.

You know what BASS stands for.




I know those!
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dl117 11/24/2015 7:05am
11/24/2015 7:05am
I begged for a custom paint on my bell mini moto, and DMC motor and parts for my bikes after seeing how trick they were in dirt bike mag
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TeamRags 11/24/2015 7:18am
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When you installed a PK pipe and replaced your fork bolts with "air caps" to get that 5" of travel on your 1975 XR75. Your Christmas list consisted of Scott goggles/face mask combo or a pair of leathers made out of jean material.

I did get a DG gear bag that year and still have it.
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Bluelion 11/24/2015 7:27am
11/24/2015 7:27am
Doogan551 wrote:
Watched Bradshaw on the 125 at Axton, VA .......
Even worse...or should I say older...Seeing Jeff Ward race on an FMF Suzuki as a rookie..Dizzy
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ninety3 11/24/2015 7:31am
11/24/2015 7:31am
When you had a painted aluminum tank, and you took great care to keep it nice for a few seasons

Motocross83 11/24/2015 7:48am
11/24/2015 7:48am
TeamRags wrote:
When you installed a PK pipe and replaced your fork bolts with "air caps" to get that 5" of travel on your 1975 XR75. Your Christmas...
When you installed a PK pipe and replaced your fork bolts with "air caps" to get that 5" of travel on your 1975 XR75. Your Christmas list consisted of Scott goggles/face mask combo or a pair of leathers made out of jean material.

I did get a DG gear bag that year and still have it.
Yeah that'd just about run it's course when I was first getting into the sport. I think Kurt Nicoll was perhaps one of the last to be wearing one in 93..



Pretty crazy in retrospect.
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dsmith 11/24/2015 7:50am
11/24/2015 7:50am
when you just have to have one of these for no reason at all .......
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GuyB 11/24/2015 7:54am
11/24/2015 7:54am
You dyed your hands blue wearing JT Racing gloves.
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Tim507 11/24/2015 7:54am
11/24/2015 7:54am
You know what a "snuff" is

When you showed up on a Honda S90 and you were the man

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