Triple 1985 / RJ

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Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 8:47pm


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RexEasely 2/17/2019 10:48am
2/17/2019 10:48am
Sport no longer has ledgens like him
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-MAVERICK- 2/17/2019 10:51am
2/17/2019 10:51am
Where was that? I see a big soccer field not being used as floor space and that's odd.
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YAMATHUMP1 2/17/2019 11:07am
2/17/2019 11:07am
What a great photo
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ocscottie 2/17/2019 11:07am
2/17/2019 11:07am
-MAVERICK- wrote:
Where was that? I see a big soccer field not being used as floor space and that's odd.
all i can think of is LA Coliseum
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Sir Roostsalot 2/17/2019 11:36am
2/17/2019 11:36am
That's a crazy leap, very small margin for error, landing is the downdside of a whoop.
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5280mx 2/17/2019 11:52am
2/17/2019 11:52am
That's incredible Ralph! Seriously, I could look at pics like that all day!
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Racer111 2/17/2019 11:59am
2/17/2019 11:59am
RexEasely wrote:
Sport no longer has ledgens like him
Wtf is a ledgend?
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benchracermx 2/17/2019 12:41pm
2/17/2019 12:41pm
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
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quicken 2/17/2019 12:54pm
2/17/2019 12:54pm
-MAVERICK- wrote:
Where was that? I see a big soccer field not being used as floor space and that's odd.
Yeah it's the LA Coliseum......KMET 94.7 banner in the background
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docweedon 2/17/2019 1:40pm
2/17/2019 1:40pm
I think there was a story from David Bailey talking about this triple. One rider started doing it and and everyone HAD to do it.
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jonesaustin 2/17/2019 2:22pm
2/17/2019 2:22pm Edited Date/Time 2/17/2019 2:24pm
benchracermx wrote:
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
rick johnson

unlike the dialed in math for triples today, these were gnarly ascents with steep, unforgiving landings. not to mention what it takes on a two stroke, full on, to make that. probably one of the first 10-20 moments like this in the history of the sport.

pioneers. major respect.
Sir Roostsalot 2/17/2019 2:29pm
2/17/2019 2:29pm
benchracermx wrote:
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
You mean the rider standing trackside right? Looks sort of like Jonny O, but not sure.
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theprizefighter 2/17/2019 2:35pm
2/17/2019 2:35pm
benchracermx wrote:
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
Sir Roostsalot wrote:
You mean the rider standing trackside right? Looks sort of like Jonny O, but not sure.
Not Johnny; that rider has Axo gear on. Not sure who it is.
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ATKpilot99 2/17/2019 3:42pm
2/17/2019 3:42pm
Impressive. Triples were still for the most part 3 jumps that weren't necessarily meant to be taken all at once in 85. The basic template for today's sx tracks was still a few years away.
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Moto520 2/17/2019 5:42pm
2/17/2019 5:42pm
Cool picture!
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mb60 2/17/2019 6:03pm
2/17/2019 6:03pm
Amazing for what reasons ? The riders were bad ass and the bikes were pretty good around that time. I'm assuming the OP did not follow sx racing at that time?
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Sierra Ranger 2/17/2019 6:25pm
2/17/2019 6:25pm
They went very big back in the 80s. I remember standing outside in Sun Devil Stadium to get in, in '87, and all you could see above the stadium wall was RJ and the other guys appearing now and then. Everybody was in awe. They were going as big as you could possibly go on those bikes.
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bad juju 2/17/2019 7:27pm
2/17/2019 7:27pm
RJ is on a basically stock suspended yz, nothing more than on ohlins on the rear and a anti-cavitator kit in the forks! Man that is a bad ass photo!!
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Crush 2/17/2019 7:36pm
2/17/2019 7:36pm
That landing is hectic.

Crazy watching older SX vids, so much more technical than what there is now. There's bigger rhythms but the steepness of all the ramps isn't the same.
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Sir Roostsalot 2/17/2019 7:43pm
2/17/2019 7:43pm
benchracermx wrote:
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
Sir Roostsalot wrote:
You mean the rider standing trackside right? Looks sort of like Jonny O, but not sure.
theprizefighter wrote:
Not Johnny; that rider has Axo gear on. Not sure who it is.
Oldest trick in the book, wear your gear to the race as a spectator and walk right past security and go wherever you please.
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UpTiTe 2/17/2019 8:46pm
2/17/2019 8:46pm
benchracermx wrote:
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
looks like Criag Canoy, but I don't remember him wearing AXO.
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mx295 2/18/2019 6:45pm
2/18/2019 6:45pm
benchracermx wrote:
Who is the rider I’m back ground with arms folded looking in amazement lol...
Danny Storbeck?
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Wells423 2/18/2019 6:49pm
2/18/2019 6:49pm
He caught like three feet of air that time.
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MillsHondaRider 2/18/2019 7:12pm
2/18/2019 7:12pm
Sir Roostsalot wrote:
Oldest trick in the book, wear your gear to the race as a spectator and walk right past security and go wherever you please.
Not if you're 50...
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slipdog 2/18/2019 7:38pm
2/18/2019 7:38pm Edited Date/Time 2/18/2019 7:42pm
-MAVERICK- wrote:
Where was that? I see a big soccer field not being used as floor space and that's odd.
quicken wrote:
Yeah it's the LA Coliseum......KMET 94.7 banner in the background
(Edit) Nope, I'm wrong my memory sucks...

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