Eddie Hicks

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dPayne117 10/23/2011 12:43pm
10/23/2011 12:43pm
hammertime wrote:
in 84 , eddie on the dmc c28b was the fastest mini rider the world!!! unfortunatly the 85 yz125 factory ride never worked out, but on...
in 84 , eddie on the dmc c28b was the fastest mini rider the world!!! unfortunatly the 85 yz125 factory ride never worked out,

but on the dmc c28b....he was maybe the the fastest mini rider ever.

anyybody remember joh kitch?? same deal a year later..
dboivin wrote:
Johny still around. wrenches down in Florida. not many who took national wins over him in his prime.
No doubt. Kitch was awesome. And his mom was so dedicated. It is good to hear he is doing well.
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JustMX 10/23/2011 1:23pm
10/23/2011 1:23pm
dPayne117 wrote:
What is there to guess about? My name is Danny Payne.
he used to be part of the owenby enterprises race team
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dPayne117 10/24/2011 10:50am
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What is there to guess about? My name is Danny Payne.
JustMX wrote:
he used to be part of the owenby enterprises race team
Now THAT is funny...Joe.
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FlyingKight 12/21/2018 8:08pm
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dean122 wrote:
Don't know what ever happened to him or Paul Denis, but I remember him riding for Suzuki. Weren't those guys racing against Mike Healey back in...
Don't know what ever happened to him or Paul Denis, but I remember him riding for Suzuki. Weren't those guys racing against Mike Healey back in the day?
Bill163 wrote:
If I remember correctly Paul Denis suffered a serious head injury trying to qualify for the 82? Saddleback national.Dick Miller of Motocross action wrote a story...
If I remember correctly Paul Denis suffered a serious head injury trying to qualify for the 82? Saddleback national.Dick Miller of Motocross action wrote a story about it because he almost died.It ended Paul's racing.
No that wasnt Paul Denis, it was me who crashed on the downhill doubles @ Saddleback known as the Wedge and almost lost my life.....am grateful that I didnt die!

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Chris_Cooksey 12/21/2018 8:21pm
12/21/2018 8:21pm
andymoto wrote:
All below is some that I remember off top of my head that were good 80 riders..... Brian Roth, AKA "Slippy". Saw him at either E...
All below is some that I remember off top of my head that were good 80 riders.....

Brian Roth, AKA "Slippy". Saw him at either E, 10th or Prarie City while back...still ridin'; had ton potential.
Brian "Spud" Walters. Last know he test rode for Honda while back.
Brett Racine. Bad knees; had to quit. Saw like a yr ago at E. Doin' good.
Donovan Mitchell. (His accident broke my heart).
Jesse Ketcham(of Peanuts comic strip family).
Tyler Evans.
Jeff Northrup
JJ Taylor....
Chad Burleson
Justin Tierney
Danny Nelson...(RIP)
Ray Crumb.
Lammy, Vohlands
Dan and Vince Blair
Ryan Morias
Steve Mertens(Was doin' good WSX several yrs ago, got hurt....haven't heard since)
Terry Bostard. One of the fastest 80 riders from here I recall ever seein'... Think he still does the MX schools.
Beau Judge (He was amazin' on 50/60's..)

Northwest guys.......Cory Bauder.......???
What happened to Danny Nelson? I remember racing him quite a bit.
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FlyingKight 12/21/2018 8:24pm
12/21/2018 8:24pm
beamer wrote:
What ever became of Eddie? I remember growing up, early '80's, he seemed to be one of the top 80cc riders, then sort of disappeared.
P wrote:
Ummmmm, are you sure that was Paul Denis? I don't remember the "where are they now" stories about him mentioning a serious head injury.


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UpTiTe wrote:
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about...
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about killed himself , he was not breathing for a few minutes. A good guy who had a bad brek.

Paul Dennis did burn out and just walked away.
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA PRO SUPPORT ride as they supplied bikes, tuner, boxvan and expenses but I crashed first race of the year and the scarred tissue on my brain became to extreme for Drs to ever allow me to race again. this after I tried getting bak into it but barely bumped my head and was in ICU for 2 day...….
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andymoto 12/21/2018 11:25pm
12/21/2018 11:25pm
andymoto wrote:
All below is some that I remember off top of my head that were good 80 riders..... Brian Roth, AKA "Slippy". Saw him at either E...
All below is some that I remember off top of my head that were good 80 riders.....

Brian Roth, AKA "Slippy". Saw him at either E, 10th or Prarie City while back...still ridin'; had ton potential.
Brian "Spud" Walters. Last know he test rode for Honda while back.
Brett Racine. Bad knees; had to quit. Saw like a yr ago at E. Doin' good.
Donovan Mitchell. (His accident broke my heart).
Jesse Ketcham(of Peanuts comic strip family).
Tyler Evans.
Jeff Northrup
JJ Taylor....
Chad Burleson
Justin Tierney
Danny Nelson...(RIP)
Ray Crumb.
Lammy, Vohlands
Dan and Vince Blair
Ryan Morias
Steve Mertens(Was doin' good WSX several yrs ago, got hurt....haven't heard since)
Terry Bostard. One of the fastest 80 riders from here I recall ever seein'... Think he still does the MX schools.
Beau Judge (He was amazin' on 50/60's..)

Northwest guys.......Cory Bauder.......???
Chris_Cooksey wrote:
What happened to Danny Nelson? I remember racing him quite a bit.
Danny Nelson passed from an auto accident not that long after turning Pro on big bikes. Early-mid '90s.
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NorCal 50+ 12/21/2018 11:39pm
12/21/2018 11:39pm
P wrote:
Ummmmm, are you sure that was Paul Denis? I don't remember the "where are they now" stories about him mentioning a serious head injury.


P
UpTiTe wrote:
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about...
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about killed himself , he was not breathing for a few minutes. A good guy who had a bad brek.

Paul Dennis did burn out and just walked away.
FlyingKight wrote:
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA...
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA PRO SUPPORT ride as they supplied bikes, tuner, boxvan and expenses but I crashed first race of the year and the scarred tissue on my brain became to extreme for Drs to ever allow me to race again. this after I tried getting bak into it but barely bumped my head and was in ICU for 2 day...….
Damn- that is a helluva piece of mini moto history. I'm glad to hear you're alive today to tell the tale!
Possibly there were so many good 80 riders at time because minis were really advancing quickly in technology. I had an '80 RM80 with dual rear shocks and air cooled engine, but the next few years were light speed development.
Langhammx 12/22/2018 10:07am
12/22/2018 10:07am
P wrote:
Ummmmm, are you sure that was Paul Denis? I don't remember the "where are they now" stories about him mentioning a serious head injury.


P
UpTiTe wrote:
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about...
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about killed himself , he was not breathing for a few minutes. A good guy who had a bad brek.

Paul Dennis did burn out and just walked away.
FlyingKight wrote:
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA...
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA PRO SUPPORT ride as they supplied bikes, tuner, boxvan and expenses but I crashed first race of the year and the scarred tissue on my brain became to extreme for Drs to ever allow me to race again. this after I tried getting bak into it but barely bumped my head and was in ICU for 2 day...….
Didn’t you just buy a bike from Rob Healy last year ? I’m still good friends with Rob and John Whelchel and thought i remember him saying you bought a bike from him. It had been awhile since I’d heard your name. I grew up with Bobby Moore, Mouse McCoy in Santa Clarita/ Canyon Country. Still real good friends with Bobby and also friends/ business partners with John Hemme. (guys you know...)
Ronnie Densford grew up on my street, Willy Surratt next Street over from ours... small world.
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UpTiTe 12/22/2018 6:15pm
12/22/2018 6:15pm
P wrote:
Ummmmm, are you sure that was Paul Denis? I don't remember the "where are they now" stories about him mentioning a serious head injury.


P
UpTiTe wrote:
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about...
It wasnt Paul Dennis it was Johner Knight, a honda support rider. He was a factory honda 80 rider who had a good ride but about killed himself , he was not breathing for a few minutes. A good guy who had a bad brek.

Paul Dennis did burn out and just walked away.
FlyingKight wrote:
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA...
Wrong on 2 points, I never raced FACTORY HONDA minibike team, Yamaha only and last name is not Knight it is Kight. Correct on the HONDA PRO SUPPORT ride as they supplied bikes, tuner, boxvan and expenses but I crashed first race of the year and the scarred tissue on my brain became to extreme for Drs to ever allow me to race again. this after I tried getting bak into it but barely bumped my head and was in ICU for 2 day...….
Dude, it was 83, sorry I got the details wrong.

I just remember being in that practice session seeing you on the ground for a few laps.
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slipdog 12/22/2018 7:43pm
12/22/2018 7:43pm
If coach would have just put that "Slippy" guy in the 4th quarter we would have been State Champs. No doubt... No doubt in my mind!!
Boomslang 12/22/2018 7:50pm
12/22/2018 7:50pm Edited Date/Time 12/22/2018 7:55pm
Long time lurker first time poster.

Saw Paul Denis' name mentioned on one of the topics. I raced minicycles round the same time as he did and he was my favourate rider.

Are there any interviews with Paul floating around? I know he disappeared from the sport rather soon into his career.

Thanks
Langhammx 12/22/2018 7:52pm
12/22/2018 7:52pm
He has posted on this forum. Can’t remember his screen name, but someone will chine in that knows it.
Boomslang 12/22/2018 7:53pm
12/22/2018 7:53pm Edited Date/Time 12/22/2018 7:54pm

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