Some History Here: Buck Murphy, Rest in Peace

RIP Buck . That dude hauled on a dirt bike .

Can Am legend! RIP Buck Murphy.

Being a Can Am fan from way back, this stings. RIP Buck.

Won a moto/main event at the 1974 Houston Astrodome SX on a Penton, a first and only for what we now know as KTM in premier-class supercross until Ryan Dungey came along... Godspeed, Buck.

DC

Prep the track Buddy. We'll all be there sooner than later.

Being from the northwest I can remember rooting Buck on at the Trans-Am at Puyallup, WA. RIP Buck.

Man that's sad RIP buck, that was a good interview

Bummer to hear... Name like Buck you gotta be fahast.

That was a great interview.

BR: You were the first successful racer on a 1972 Suzuki TM 400 how was it to ride?

BM: They were exciting! It was like pulling the pin on a hand grenade. You went through a corner and pulled the pin and went as fast as you could and then try to stop for the next corner. If the brakes didn’t lock up and stall the motor you could make another corner. They were twitchy and REAL fast. I weighed about 120 pounds back then and it was real easy to get a holeshot but a brand new world arrived when you hit the first corner.

Was that the one where he had Decoster covered until he broke a Shock on his CanAm? To me he is kind of the Kenny Stabler of MX. He played as hard as he rode. Gods speed Buck.

never met him but he earned respect after I watched him at Sears Point one year...god speed...good interview..txs

I was a Murphy fan from the early 70s when I pushed a broom at Cliff's Cycle Center, who was sponsoring Buck at the time.

I never knew he could have gone to the Naval Academy.  Very cool.

What a powerful style he had.

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