You know you're old

harescrambled 11/25/2015 12:59am
11/25/2015 12:59am
You own a KZ 650 with both kick and electric start, and you have never pushed the button, because your points are always so perfectly adjusted the engine lights at 1/4 of the way through the first kick.
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evomx244 11/25/2015 2:24am
11/25/2015 2:24am Edited Date/Time 11/25/2015 4:18pm
Honda hills had two gates of 125 B riders

Harley had a motocross team

100 class

Auto, 60, Mini junior and Mini senior classes only-not 15 mini bike classes

When you first the saw 81 CR's and thought they were the trickest bikes ever (I was wrong) same thing on the 82 YZ's wrong again
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Uncle Tony 11/25/2015 6:35am
11/25/2015 6:35am
motov8tedcre8tor wrote:
An tall ice cold brew is more interesting than the nearly naked energy drink girls.
Say no more brother amen!
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Detroit Dick 11/25/2015 6:50am
11/25/2015 6:50am
The smell of KLOTZ is sweeter than your wife's perfume...
Your son's bike and gear are tricker than your own...
You still use a trailer to haul your bikes...
A great day of riding might not even involve you actually riding...
You change your " If you don't fall a couple of times each weekend you're not going fast enough" motto to: " A good day is when I don't get hurt"...
You respect Roger DeCoster more than anyone but your Dad...

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SouthwestMfg 11/25/2015 7:03am
11/25/2015 7:03am
You could not wait to get them dirt-bikes out and ride !



(Hollister "hills")
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Silas444 11/25/2015 7:17am
11/25/2015 7:17am
You remember watching trophy girls get KISSED.
You remember thinking you were cool because you knew what the letters "W.F.O." stood for.
You remember thinking you were cool because you knew what the letters "A.B.H. stood for.
You still see collecting stickers as an art form.
You'd gladly pay 300 bucks for a worn out pair of Carrera 98's.
You know what Carrera 98's ARE.
You remember when Konis became less cool than Bilsteins.
You remember when Bilsteins became less cool than Fox Airs.
You remember when goatskins became less cool than, uhhh, nylons (?)
You remember when half the stuff you wanted you couldn't get even if you had the money, because it was only available in Europe.......and it drove you insane.

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davistld01 11/25/2015 7:51am
11/25/2015 7:51am
motov8tedcre8tor wrote:
An tall ice cold brew is more interesting than the nearly naked energy drink girls.
Uncle Tony wrote:
Say no more brother amen!
And you know, at least with the beer, most of it is...natural. Wink
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Infamous 11/25/2015 7:55am
11/25/2015 7:55am
...when you get arm pump putting your boots on.
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Jon_Haynes 11/25/2015 3:15pm
11/25/2015 3:15pm
I feel old when I try to get out of bed in the morning.
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Phillip_Lamb 11/25/2015 3:25pm
11/25/2015 3:25pm
...when you dont like jumping
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zehn 11/25/2015 3:29pm
11/25/2015 3:29pm
Rich Piano wrote:
Even old if you know what hes using to measure the gap.
zehn wrote:
My dad always used Zig Zag ultra thins
harescrambled wrote:
I used to carry a matchbook in my toolkit just in case the timing went out.....
To clean them, yeah.

But to set them, you'd need rolling papers
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MudPup545 11/25/2015 3:37pm
11/25/2015 3:37pm
You attended a Supercross and could actually hear the bikes.
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se7enmx 11/25/2015 3:38pm
11/25/2015 3:38pm


When you paint your new school helmet to look old school.
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Steve125 11/26/2015 7:18am
11/26/2015 7:18am
If you were worried about a "cold seize" the first time you lined up on your brandy new 1981 water pumper... because all the magazines said it could happen.
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plowboy 11/26/2015 8:19am
11/26/2015 8:19am
mx317 wrote:
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...
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.
Bingo
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Ozy 11/26/2015 10:29am
11/26/2015 10:29am
deltadestroyer11 wrote:
When you thought PRO-LINK...UNI-TRAK..FULL-FLOATER and MONO-X were the coolest looking stickers put on a swingarm. When next years bikes were water cooled and you thought that...
When you thought PRO-LINK...UNI-TRAK..FULL-FLOATER and MONO-X were the coolest looking stickers put on a swingarm.

When next years bikes were water cooled and you thought that was the most high tech thing ever.

When Rock music ruled the tracks.


I'm old: Honda Pro-Link. Kawasaki Uni-Trak, Suzuki Full floater, Yamaha Mono x. Cool stuff but the evolution to MX becoming a rich man's sport
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andyyam 11/26/2015 11:57am
11/26/2015 11:57am
When you wore a Joffa face guard , Ashman red devil boots and a Stadium 9 helmet with a duck bill peak .
project racer 11/26/2015 1:30pm
11/26/2015 1:30pm
When you still have your first bike, from 1969.



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MXR 11/26/2015 10:03pm
11/26/2015 10:03pm
If you cut a Scott face mask to fit a Jofama mouth guard just like Gerrit Wolsink .
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BS261 11/27/2015 1:23am
11/27/2015 1:23am
When you thought this was the best bike ever.

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downard254 11/27/2015 4:16am
11/27/2015 4:16am
If you can remember it like yesterday just how much the rubberband hurt if you jumped the start.
And Tony D snap on mouth guard withs holes drilled through it.

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