Let's celebrate Belgium's Motocross heritage!

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3/26/2016 6:41am
Great Thread.

I love those early suzukis

Kind of forshadowing? Eerie?






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3/26/2016 7:08am Edited Date/Time 3/26/2016 7:16am
From across the Atlantic, good morning Belgium. You are in our thoughts.

While standing there looking out and scratching in the sand a family of Dolphins swam very slowly by. Stopping in front of me not 20 yards out. Circling and feeding. Young and old.
I have never seen them so close to shore, normally they are on the sandbar feeding and surfing with us.



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3/26/2016 10:15am
The pics of Joel are Epic.

Thank you.

I was a little kid when he and Roger were ruling the Moto-World. Joel had style and flow that I still try to mimic to this day. For me, he defines what a "Bad-Ass" or "Cool MoFo" is.

This thread is simply awesome!

Thanks to all.

The Shop

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3/26/2016 10:38am
robkinuk wrote:
Thanks everyone for your kind words & contributions, keep them coming! I know a couple of Belgian friends have seen this thread and express their sincere...
Thanks everyone for your kind words & contributions, keep them coming!
I know a couple of Belgian friends have seen this thread and express their sincere gratitude for thinking of their beautiful country, kind, generous sporting people at their time of need.
Motocross might not be able to do anything to stop terrorism, but it can at least remind us of the good things in life, friends, family and a shared love for this great sport.
Best wishes to everyone popping over the border to Valkenswaard for the GP of Europe on Sunday qualifying and Monday racing!
Happy Easter too to all my fellow Vital contributors, hope you all have a great holiday weekend!
Rob
now this is a great thread, thanks for moving us away from the terrorists and on to better things.

can't get much better than Belgian Motocross History

These photos, just great, 69 DeCoster, I was there, my first big motocross race that I attended just 1 1/2 hour from my home was at Road Atlanta in 74 where i saw DeCoster win the trans ama ---- that man and that race is what lighted my fire for MX

the Namur photos bring back good memories, I went with a Dutch friend from the USA to Europe in 79

we attended a few GP's , one of which was the Namur race -- DeCoster's last year on Suzuki,

we drove up in the borrowed Peugeut and just drove up to the Citidel, parked along the edge of the street, strolled over onto the park lawn, and put our tent up 4 meters from the track, spend the night and the next morning awoke to some great sounds outside
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3/26/2016 11:21am Edited Date/Time 3/26/2016 11:22am
sende wrote:
[embed] https://youtu.be/bIrKpfiv-BQ [/embed] Probably the coolest track in the world. Finnish rider Arto Panttila in the mix as well. Wich has been very rare in the...


Probably the coolest track in the world.

Finnish rider Arto Panttila in the mix as well. Wich has been very rare in the last 20 years.
Great video! Make sure you see part 2 of it as well. Yeah, Panttila had his good days. He wasn't always the most consistent rider.

Man, I wish I could have gone to a race Namur at some point. But I didn't live close to it, like I do now. I really wish they could do another race there... Well, well, tomorrow going to Valkenswaard!
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3/26/2016 11:30am
I'm with ya TG - Belgium always say's MX, always think of Joel, always like this pic. The "whole" photo, the fans, the clothes everything ;




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3/26/2016 3:05pm Edited Date/Time 3/26/2016 3:39pm
Omg. Arto Panttila mentioned on Vital. Amazing. I have to take a shot of vodka just for that.

I raced 2 of Artos kids here in Finland when i was 10-15 years old! I remember that my best friends dad and my dad used to party pretty hard with Arto Panttila on the evening before and after the races! Arto dominated the vet class in Finland in about 2000-2010. He was so dominating in 2006 or 2007 that he chose to race his sons KX85 against the big bikes in the Finnish championship Vet class and won!
3/26/2016 3:20pm
Gutted I never got round to visiting Namur, it was always 'next year', shame. Visit Belgium (and Holland) every year to ride. Beautiful country and very welcoming people. Have been lucky enough to meet and even ride with (on the same track) my hero, and was there for his final competitive ride



3/26/2016 3:21pm
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That second pic: http://imgur.com/MIQtQof
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3/26/2016 3:35pm Edited Date/Time 3/26/2016 3:38pm
Motofinne wrote:
Omg. Arto Panttila mentioned on Vital. Amazing. I have to take a shot of vodka just for that. I raced 2 of Artos kids here in...
Omg. Arto Panttila mentioned on Vital. Amazing. I have to take a shot of vodka just for that.

I raced 2 of Artos kids here in Finland when i was 10-15 years old! I remember that my best friends dad and my dad used to party pretty hard with Arto Panttila on the evening before and after the races! Arto dominated the vet class in Finland in about 2000-2010. He was so dominating in 2006 or 2007 that he chose to race his sons KX85 against the big bikes in the Finnish championship Vet class and won!
Cool story. Thanks for sharing.
Arto was and is a bad dude for sure.
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3/26/2016 4:08pm
My first motocross race



My first motocross photo, taken at that race











No other country inspired American motocross as much.




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3/26/2016 5:00pm
And it just keeps gettin' better.

Best Thread 2016 Candidate!

You guys RULE!

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