Anyone got any late 80's Honda Land Pics?

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MXD 5/20/2016 12:29pm
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I love this thread. To me, not being from that area but living in SoCal in the late 90's to mid 2000's, Hondaland was always this great mythical place that I had heard of but never seen and no one could ever tell me where it was. Maybe it's not really as cool as I think it is but in my mind, that place holds a lot of history that includes some of the sports greatest from a time when people didn't have their own perfectly manicured compounds. They went out into the hills and pounded out motos on old school natural terrain tracks like the average Joe except much much faster.
UpTiTe 5/20/2016 12:45pm
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Hondaland got all the press, but the track at the Eringer off ramp way narlier and a lot more popular. I use to go down once...
Hondaland got all the press, but the track at the Eringer off ramp way narlier and a lot more popular. I use to go down once a week or so because I knew fast guys would be there. I remember one time I was there and half the tpp 20 from the 125 nationals were there.
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You didn't ride Suzuki's in the mid 80s did you?

This is a great thread btw
Yes I did.
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UpTiTe wrote:
Hondaland got all the press, but the track at the Eringer off ramp way narlier and a lot more popular. I use to go down once...
Hondaland got all the press, but the track at the Eringer off ramp way narlier and a lot more popular. I use to go down once a week or so because I knew fast guys would be there. I remember one time I was there and half the tpp 20 from the 125 nationals were there.
Dezerted wrote:
You didn't ride Suzuki's in the mid 80s did you?

This is a great thread btw
UpTiTe wrote:
Yes I did.
And maybe won an overall in a 50+ with a 3/2 moto score?

If you are who I'm guessing I've always been a fan of yours. It seems random I know but my uncle (who got me into this sport) told me of a time he meet you at Carlsbad in 82' I believe. He said you were a cool kid who hauled ass and he would use you as an example (no disrespect intended) as a guy to explain to this toddler just how fast the likes of Barnett and Ward etc really were.. I remember asking my uncle how you were doing all the time and I believe 1984 or 85 you had a solid season.

Again if I'm right
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C-Rock 5/20/2016 1:20pm
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This sure looks a lot like that...

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Oops, technical problem...


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C-Rock 5/20/2016 1:27pm
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Let's try again...





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avidchimp 5/20/2016 2:36pm
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C-Rock wrote:
Let's try again... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/05/20/135977/s1200_s1200_SIMI_VALLEY.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/05/20/135978/s1200_Capture_decran_2016_05_20_a_22.13.17.jpg[/img]
Let's try again...





The outdoor track crossed over the SX track too. You can see the remnants below the road if you follow the faint tracks.
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C-Rock wrote:
Let's try again... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/05/20/135977/s1200_s1200_SIMI_VALLEY.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/05/20/135978/s1200_Capture_decran_2016_05_20_a_22.13.17.jpg[/img]
Let's try again...





Can you post the link so I can figure out the area please?
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avidchimp 5/20/2016 3:41pm
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Steiny wrote:
Can you post the link so I can figure out the area please?
Just up the road from the horse corrals, maybe a couple hundred feet.
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MXD wrote:
I love this thread. To me, not being from that area but living in SoCal in the late 90's to mid 2000's, Hondaland was always this...
I love this thread. To me, not being from that area but living in SoCal in the late 90's to mid 2000's, Hondaland was always this great mythical place that I had heard of but never seen and no one could ever tell me where it was. Maybe it's not really as cool as I think it is but in my mind, that place holds a lot of history that includes some of the sports greatest from a time when people didn't have their own perfectly manicured compounds. They went out into the hills and pounded out motos on old school natural terrain tracks like the average Joe except much much faster.
If you were into MX in the 80 and early 90s it was a great mythical place. People say the El Cajone zone was the place, nope, this area was. Dozens of great, world class riders rode at Hondaland and the hills around it.
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Steiny 5/20/2016 3:55pm
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Steiny wrote:
Can you post the link so I can figure out the area please?
avidchimp wrote:
Just up the road from the horse corrals, maybe a couple hundred feet.
Call me a retard, I cant figure it out. Its not where I remember. If I was on the ground I could take you right to it.
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MXD 5/20/2016 3:56pm
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Steiny wrote:
Can you post the link so I can figure out the area please?
If you look back at the bottom of page 2, I posted an interactive map to this area. You can navigate the map right from the post and zoom out and see where it is.

I'm driving at the moment and using voice to text or else I would grab the link for you.
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Steiny 5/20/2016 4:05pm
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I dont know how I missed that post, thanks.
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MXD 5/20/2016 4:44pm
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These are the only tracks I can make out. I'm not even sure they're right as I can't connect them.


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This image is looking towards the two hill loops you can see in the bottom right corner of the above map screen grab from across the road.
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Steiny 5/20/2016 5:21pm
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avidchimp wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2016/05/20/136001/s1200_image.jpg[/img] This image is looking towards the two hill loops you can see in the bottom right corner of the above map screen grab from across...


This image is looking towards the two hill loops you can see in the bottom right corner of the above map screen grab from across the road.
I crashed hard on that stepup after the woop section, clipped my wheel on the down side and went straight over the bars.
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vrsalary 5/21/2016 3:51am
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Found a few of my old black and white shots from back in the day. One taught me don't get too close. Those were good times...
Found a few of my old black and white shots from back in the day. One taught me don't get too close.
Those were good times.







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Pretty sure some of these shots were in DirtBike magazine circa 1985, right?
Being friends with the Johnny and David got me introduced to Fran Kuhn and I was able to work at most of the races on the west coast for Dirt Rider. Fran has some great skills behind the lens. Don't forget these were when we used film in cameras!
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avidchimp 5/21/2016 7:33am
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Steiny wrote:
I crashed hard on that stepup after the woop section, clipped my wheel on the down side and went straight over the bars.
Sounds about right, that track was no joke. I was on 80's at the time, so I didn't go anywhere near that SX track. Laughing

I think Mike Kiedrowski was the last factory guy I ever saw ride that place.

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Hallzilla wrote:
Ohh so hare scrambles was already established ?
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/asp/museum/exhibits/mx/history.asp

Like these tracks ? Haha Cool story bro.
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It's obvious that "Hare Scrambles" [i][b]per se[/b][/i] had not been established yet back then. I realize this. My point was that even for its time, Hopetown...
It's obvious that "Hare Scrambles" per se had not been established yet back then. I realize this.

My point was that even for its time, Hopetown did not exactly resemble motocross. Your claim that Hopetown is where RD showed america "what MX was all about" is what I take issue with. The Euros certainly showed Americans something at Hopetown but I'm just not sure I would call it motocross, even for its time.

Cheers.
I agree. The Hopetown race was more like a GP or Hare Scrambles than an MX race.

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