SADDLEBACK CLOSED 34 YEARS AGO :(

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Stuntman949 9/10/2018 7:05am
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I was lucky enough to ride the Saddleback resurrection when I was young. Only place we could legally moto after school. Big thanks to Orange County for hating everything that's fun.
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Can you imagine how much complaining there'd be if a track today had the same kind of prep as Saddleback?
Maybe those beat down So Cal tracks of yesteryear has something to do with how dominant guys like Hannah, Bailey, O'Mara, Ward and Johnson were. Pure speculation.

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anniebertmojo 9/10/2018 7:18am
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mx_563 wrote:
Can you imagine how much complaining there'd be if a track today had the same kind of prep as Saddleback? Maybe those beat down So Cal...
Can you imagine how much complaining there'd be if a track today had the same kind of prep as Saddleback?
Maybe those beat down So Cal tracks of yesteryear has something to do with how dominant guys like Hannah, Bailey, O'Mara, Ward and Johnson were. Pure speculation.

Raced there every weekend. Saddleback Saturday had 4 races. Pros race 1, Int race 2, Nov/Beg race 3, everybody else race 4. 45 min moto's for pros and 35 min moto's for the rest of us. Muddy practice, great 1st moto and concrete 2nd moto. Out of there by 1:30 pm. That's the way it was.

Here is the 1984 National and I agree the complaining on everything would reach epic proportions today lol: https://youtu.be/WFZ6MOH4z10
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kevin.decker.125 9/10/2018 9:45am
9/10/2018 9:45am
DC wrote:
Here's the bottom half of that article from the Cycle News Archives... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/09/10/286346/s1200_September_7_1984_B.jpg[/img]
Here's the bottom half of that article from the Cycle News Archives...


Interesting that in 1971 first track to use a starting gate according to this article.?
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TT Special 9/10/2018 10:17am
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does a track like that need knobs? that hard pack shit is ridicules,it needed to close
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JSC&B 9/10/2018 10:24am
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Nobody should ever get their hopes up again for an OC track. If we can't even keep a BMX track open there is no way we will ever get another chance at a MX track.
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Stuntman949 9/10/2018 10:45am
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We need Prado Raceway stat.
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TJ 755 9/10/2018 11:02am
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slipdog wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/09/08/285910/s1200_Image_1_1.jpg[/img]


I arced that one. the last one. 125 INT. I finished mid pack I think Maneh won.
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mx_563 wrote:
Can you imagine how much complaining there'd be if a track today had the same kind of prep as Saddleback? Maybe those beat down So Cal...
Can you imagine how much complaining there'd be if a track today had the same kind of prep as Saddleback?
Maybe those beat down So Cal tracks of yesteryear has something to do with how dominant guys like Hannah, Bailey, O'Mara, Ward and Johnson were. Pure speculation.

anniebertmojo wrote:
Raced there every weekend. Saddleback Saturday had 4 races. Pros race 1, Int race 2, Nov/Beg race 3, everybody else race 4. 45 min moto's for...
Raced there every weekend. Saddleback Saturday had 4 races. Pros race 1, Int race 2, Nov/Beg race 3, everybody else race 4. 45 min moto's for pros and 35 min moto's for the rest of us. Muddy practice, great 1st moto and concrete 2nd moto. Out of there by 1:30 pm. That's the way it was.

Here is the 1984 National and I agree the complaining on everything would reach epic proportions today lol: https://youtu.be/WFZ6MOH4z10
Haha. The spode trying to get out of O'mara's way at 3:15 is me.
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Saddleback 1983

Saddleback 1984

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TJ 755 wrote:
I arced that one. the last one. 125 INT. I finished mid pack I think Maneh won.
Maneh used some "creative" lines.
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slipdog 9/10/2018 7:36pm
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slipdog wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/09/08/285910/s1200_Image_1_1.jpg[/img]


TJ 755 wrote:
I arced that one. the last one. 125 INT. I finished mid pack I think Maneh won.
Though I have little memory of the actual racing, I raced 60cc & 80cc 9-11 and this is a 7th place trophy. Have a few grainy photos in an album somewhere with me and Spud Walters(battled him locally every week) and me and Jimmy Button(don't know if I lucked into a good start or he was lapping me).

Also, have a few photos with me, Tommy Clowers and Dana Wiggins from the Golden State earlier that year but other than that, unfortunately, I don't remember the place much as those were my only two trips down there.
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TJ 755 9/10/2018 10:39pm
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Me and two buddies drove down from Seattle on Tuesday night made LA in 16 hrs. We were 16 years old. Rode practice on wed and Thur. Picked our dads up at LAX Thursday night. We were not prepared for the hardback and heat. Camped just up the road and drove into LA every night parting to Motley Crue and ratt.
I'll never forget some kid on a 60 doing this sketchy little quad right before you came back towards the start. Always wondered who it was.
We had a blast. did that uphill double every lap so that was cool.
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RACERX69 9/11/2018 1:44pm
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Great photo from the early 80's of this rider jumping down Suicide Mountain. Check out the shinny blue grove on the downside. Crazy! Dude is sending it! Think the rider is Johner Kight. Cool stuff.
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mattyhamz2 9/11/2018 1:57pm
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I grew up in Anaheim and Saddleback was such an important part of my growing up. Rode there all the damn time. We would go after...
I grew up in Anaheim and Saddleback was such an important part of my growing up. Rode there all the damn time. We would go after school when we got our licenses.

What an amazing place to have, didn't really know what we had until it was gone. Same with Escape Country.

Did anyone ever ride the short lived Saddleback 2 on the edge of Irvine lake? Nothing like the original but it was sure cool to have tracks that close again, even for a little while.
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
We rode the Saddleback #2. It was nice to have another track (for a little while).
I got to ride it once when I was on 80's. It was pretty cool. I always heard about Saddleback growing up, so even though it wasn't the actual Saddleback, it was cool to ride #2.
mattyhamz2 9/11/2018 1:59pm
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Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
We rode the Saddleback #2. It was nice to have another track (for a little while).
Hallzilla wrote:
Hey Langham
Do you show up at Gorman with the Healy crew from time to time ? I'll be out there mañana
Hallzilla wrote:
And do you have Lloyds' number ?
Are you talking about gym owner Lloyd? If so, tell him I said hi next time you see him. Haven't seen him in a while. He was a good customer of ours when I worked for Russ Wageman.

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dimetime 9/11/2018 3:38pm
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I grew up in Anaheim and Saddleback was such an important part of my growing up. Rode there all the damn time. We would go after...
I grew up in Anaheim and Saddleback was such an important part of my growing up. Rode there all the damn time. We would go after school when we got our licenses.

What an amazing place to have, didn't really know what we had until it was gone. Same with Escape Country.

Did anyone ever ride the short lived Saddleback 2 on the edge of Irvine lake? Nothing like the original but it was sure cool to have tracks that close again, even for a little while.
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
We rode the Saddleback #2. It was nice to have another track (for a little while).
mattyhamz2 wrote:
I got to ride it once when I was on 80's. It was pretty cool. I always heard about Saddleback growing up, so even though it...
I got to ride it once when I was on 80's. It was pretty cool. I always heard about Saddleback growing up, so even though it wasn't the actual Saddleback, it was cool to ride #2.
While #2 was no original Saddleback, it sure as hell was a fun ass track!

And so damn close. I didn't have to take my bike to work in order to ride afterwards.
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sclark309d 9/11/2018 7:04pm
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DC wrote:
Here's the bottom half of that article from the Cycle News Archives... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/09/10/286346/s1200_September_7_1984_B.jpg[/img]
Here's the bottom half of that article from the Cycle News Archives...


kevin.decker.125 wrote:
Interesting that in 1971 first track to use a starting gate according to this article.?
and "it is in the path of development anyway". And there it sits today - reclaimed by nature
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Bigfoot 9/14/2018 6:42am
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Mickey Kessler & Eric McKenna on the Magoo Double Jump, 1983 Saddleback National
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bultokid 9/14/2018 8:06am
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TT Special wrote:
does a track like that need knobs? that hard pack shit is ridicules,it needed to close
Do you use maxi-flow or just regular pads ?
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TeamGreen 9/14/2018 9:06am
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TT Special wrote:
does a track like that need knobs? that hard pack shit is ridicules,it needed to close
Wow

That's a boner post.

Some men you just can't reach...
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TT Special 9/14/2018 9:19am
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sorry to step on your left coast toes but racing mx bikes on pavement sucks
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Hallzilla 9/14/2018 11:09am
9/14/2018 11:09am
Hallzilla wrote:
Hey Langham
Do you show up at Gorman with the Healy crew from time to time ? I'll be out there mañana
Hallzilla wrote:
And do you have Lloyds' number ?
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Are you talking about gym owner Lloyd? If so, tell him I said hi next time you see him. Haven't seen him in a while. He...
Are you talking about gym owner Lloyd? If so, tell him I said hi next time you see him. Haven't seen him in a while. He was a good customer of ours when I worked for Russ Wageman.
I am, He's a great human ! I'll tell him.
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DoctorJD 9/14/2018 11:23am
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TT Special wrote:
does a track like that need knobs? that hard pack shit is ridicules,it needed to close
TeamGreen wrote:
Wow

That's a boner post.

Some men you just can't reach...
Well, you're operating under the assumption that it's a "man"...my guess is that you'd be wrong, I'm thinking more like "child"....or troll...one in the same.
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mattyhamz2 9/14/2018 11:29am
9/14/2018 11:29am
Hallzilla wrote:
And do you have Lloyds' number ?
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Are you talking about gym owner Lloyd? If so, tell him I said hi next time you see him. Haven't seen him in a while. He...
Are you talking about gym owner Lloyd? If so, tell him I said hi next time you see him. Haven't seen him in a while. He was a good customer of ours when I worked for Russ Wageman.
Hallzilla wrote:
I am, He's a great human ! I'll tell him.
Always been a great dude. Hopefully we can all get together and ride again soon
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TT Special 9/14/2018 11:54am
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I'm sorry guys,I didn't know real motocross men love the hard blue concrete like dirt and narrow one lined tracks.I learn a lot here. I wish I could ride a track like that. Looks really fun.
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mattyhamz2 9/14/2018 11:57am
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TT Special wrote:
I'm sorry guys,I didn't know real motocross men love the hard blue concrete like dirt and narrow one lined tracks.I learn a lot here. I wish...
I'm sorry guys,I didn't know real motocross men love the hard blue concrete like dirt and narrow one lined tracks.I learn a lot here. I wish I could ride a track like that. Looks really fun.
It's motocross, you ride what you are given. Some days it's hard packed concrete, other days it's deep sand and others it's a mix or somewhere in the middle.
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TT Special 9/14/2018 12:06pm
9/14/2018 12:06pm Edited Date/Time 9/14/2018 12:14pm
Oh, I get it. You have perfect,great,really good,good,okay,not so good,bad,really bad,kind of sucks,really sucks,and fukin horrible. Well IMHO that blue groove one lined hard pack shit is fukin horrible. carry on
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