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Tooldnow 7/17/2009 4:19pm
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We used to have a vacant lot next to the complex we lived at in Humble that we had a killer practice track on. Glenn would show up and kick all our butts on my neighbore YZ-80. He taught us quite a bit considering I was 20 at the time. We were right across the street from Humble Yamaha and they used to crank us out some fine rides for sure, but it took Glenn and Shaun to really make them fly! Next time you see Glenn, ask him if he ever finished his red Ford van he was going to customize!!
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CamP 7/17/2009 8:10pm
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I PM'd Glen on a local board about this thread. Hopefully he'll chime in.
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Tooldnow 7/18/2009 2:40pm
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I remember a kid from San Antonio that I believe Kent Howerton was working with. I think his name was Brent Freed. Has anyone heard anything else about him? I saw him run a couple of times at the Austin night track and he was crazy fast.
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Tooldnow wrote:
I remember a kid from San Antonio that I believe Kent Howerton was working with. I think his name was Brent Freed. Has anyone heard anything...
I remember a kid from San Antonio that I believe Kent Howerton was working with. I think his name was Brent Freed. Has anyone heard anything else about him? I saw him run a couple of times at the Austin night track and he was crazy fast.
Ask Kent Howerton how he is doing? Let use know whats up?

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humyam1u 7/20/2009 5:40pm
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Wormy checking in. Just retired from TR and moved to the family ranch in Anderson (Navasota), (Bryan/CS) area. Only one other person calls me that nickname, Bo Koch! If you think the YZ's (1125) I ran back ten were anywhere near stock thing again. NOBODY ran YZ's when the came out. We had factory support from Noguchi Japan (like Mugen Honda) and Shinobi Japan (watercooled heads). Suspension was home grown. We actually ditched the Noguchi stuff and did our own stuff. My motor guy was actually a drag race motor builder. He could port for any conditions I needed. We even tried going back to a piston port motor, taking out the reed induction. Too pipey for me, but our flat track team loved it. We had four teams at HumYam. MX, flat track, trials and road race. We held state Championships in '74 in MX and trails. The trials State Champ actually went to my high school. Our team pic was on school book covers in '75, talking about embarassing! All were motors were built by the same guy. What didn't work on one team was tried on another. The road race set up was tried on a YZ175 (1/4 of a TZ 700 road racer) with massive resules. Top end to match the TZ, exhaust was built by Jemco to match the TZ pipe, carb and ignition also. So much torque that we could run the old 5 speed motor from a year earlier and it HAD to have the Shinobi head to survive. If anyone wants the true story behind Shaun's YZ60 (in '74!), chime in. It only ran 2 NMA National events and was undefeated. I never whipped Stack or Howerton.
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Tooldnow 7/22/2009 2:01pm
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Wormy checking in. Just retired from TR and moved to the family ranch in Anderson (Navasota), (Bryan/CS) area. Only one other person calls me that nickname...
Wormy checking in. Just retired from TR and moved to the family ranch in Anderson (Navasota), (Bryan/CS) area. Only one other person calls me that nickname, Bo Koch! If you think the YZ's (1125) I ran back ten were anywhere near stock thing again. NOBODY ran YZ's when the came out. We had factory support from Noguchi Japan (like Mugen Honda) and Shinobi Japan (watercooled heads). Suspension was home grown. We actually ditched the Noguchi stuff and did our own stuff. My motor guy was actually a drag race motor builder. He could port for any conditions I needed. We even tried going back to a piston port motor, taking out the reed induction. Too pipey for me, but our flat track team loved it. We had four teams at HumYam. MX, flat track, trials and road race. We held state Championships in '74 in MX and trails. The trials State Champ actually went to my high school. Our team pic was on school book covers in '75, talking about embarassing! All were motors were built by the same guy. What didn't work on one team was tried on another. The road race set up was tried on a YZ175 (1/4 of a TZ 700 road racer) with massive resules. Top end to match the TZ, exhaust was built by Jemco to match the TZ pipe, carb and ignition also. So much torque that we could run the old 5 speed motor from a year earlier and it HAD to have the Shinobi head to survive. If anyone wants the true story behind Shaun's YZ60 (in '74!), chime in. It only ran 2 NMA National events and was undefeated. I never whipped Stack or Howerton.
Good to see you caught up Wormy!! I am stuck in Germany finishing a project, but I will be getting back home to Austin this weekend sometime. I will get to you as soon as I can get on the pc at home. 21 year old daughter there, I have to fight for time on it, but hey, really glad to see you made it and I will shoot you a message this weekend!
Blackopsrider7 8/1/2009 8:54pm
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krazee wrote:
Mouse McCoy's dmc kx80 was awesome....i wanted one so bad.... [img:6zs00ujs]http://www.vintagefactory.com/DMCKX%20Test.jpg[/img:6zs00ujs]
Mouse McCoy's dmc kx80 was awesome....i wanted one so bad....

[img:6zs00ujs]http://www.vintagefactory.com/DMCKX%20Test.jpg[/img:6zs00ujs]
Me too!!! LOL.
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Tom Corley 8/4/2009 5:03pm
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Todd Campbell takes the lead in NMA racing at Indian Dunes followed by Rick Hemme and Louie Franco. It was 1981, the last year of the air-cooled Yamaha 80.
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croom mx 8/8/2009 3:36pm
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Alot of these riders have taken on different lives! And some dont wont to know what is going on with Mx! That's the takedown on these old riders, I have asked the same questions? Some dont want to know? There is pain in there memories!
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Sledneck 8/11/2009 8:27am
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Anyone remember Klemm Research? Browns race prep(Scott Browns Dads short lived deal)

Theres a guy on here that had white yz80's in 82 and 83 before going to firebreathing KX80s before Ponca and LL's.

Most had no idea how he had OEM white bikes. He wasnt from anywhere near where they sell them either.

Bader Manneh had some sweet Klemm Research motored KX's in the 80s.
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Tom Corley 8/11/2009 2:27pm
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Bader Manneh smacks a Carlsbad berm in late '80s CMC Motocross racing.

Blackopsrider7- I don't know where Bobby Moore is but I have a holeshot that he took at Saddleback and will put that on next week.

Mini Elsinore- Louie Franco stepped up to the 125 class shortly after that picture was taken. My 1982 WMGP results show him taking second in the 125 Stock Expert class behind Ron Lechien.

croom mx- It's true that many riders have drifted away from motocross. Perhaps they don't think they can compete anymore. Actually, that isn't true. The vintage clubs are bringing back '70s and '80s bikes and riders. Calvmx is a great club here in SoCal.

Sledneck- I ran into Harry Klemm at the Costa Mesa Speedway recently. He was very active in the national minicycle scene and sponsored Paul Denis, Bader Manneh, Bobby Moore and others.

Harry Klemm
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mr50racer 8/11/2009 4:47pm
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Sledneck wrote:
Anyone remember Klemm Research? Browns race prep(Scott Browns Dads short lived deal) Theres a guy on here that had white yz80's in 82 and 83 before...
Anyone remember Klemm Research? Browns race prep(Scott Browns Dads short lived deal)

Theres a guy on here that had white yz80's in 82 and 83 before going to firebreathing KX80s before Ponca and LL's.

Most had no idea how he had OEM white bikes. He wasnt from anywhere near where they sell them either.

Bader Manneh had some sweet Klemm Research motored KX's in the 80s.
I still have some of those stickers........
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Old GA Racer 8/12/2009 6:06am
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Is Zach Bell that just won at LL's Chuck bell's son? I remember Chuck tearing it up in South GA and North FL back around 84-85 on his KX 80.
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Tom Corley 8/19/2009 1:35pm
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(21) Bobby Moore holeshots in the WMGP at Saddleback with (8) Kenny Dunlap right after him.
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Tom Corley 8/27/2009 4:34pm
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Troy Blake on his #1 Yamaha at Saddleback. Yamaha liked this shot and used it for an advertisement spread in CYCLE NEWS.
brysgrfx 8/28/2009 11:39am
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I raced mini flat track against Tim Aston back in the mid-Seventies on a silver tanked, twin shock YZ80A and I smoked him every week till I quit racing at the ripe old age of 11. Started racing moto in the early 80's and he was a Team Green support rider and was a rocket. Part of his deal with Kawasaki was a street bike and he got hit one day out riding and had his lower right leg cut off. His brother/mechanic rigged up a break lever on the clutch side of the bars and they went racing again with a fake leg strapped on. I remember on time at E street in Marysville, CA. Tim was flying around the track and his leg started to come loose and was spinning around and flapping in the breeze and some lady standing on the side of the track fainted when she saw it flinging around in circles. Man, we about died laughing watching this woman go face first into the sand with no arms out to break her fall. Good times in the 80' at E street. Great races there between guys like the Vohland bros. Kelly Andris, Danny Paladino, Dean Matson, the Larson Bros when they showed up, Ray Crumm Steve Lamson......
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Tom Corley 9/1/2009 1:20am
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Rudy Dickinson leads Paul Denis in NMA racing.

Dickinson can be reached at R&D Racing Products.
Email: RDproducts@aol.com

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RRL 110 9/1/2009 5:28pm
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Tom Corley wrote:
[img]http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss76/tomcorley/DSC_0009.jpg[/img] Troy Blake on his #1 Yamaha at Saddleback. Yamaha liked this shot and used it for an advertisement spread in CYCLE NEWS.


Troy Blake on his #1 Yamaha at Saddleback. Yamaha liked this shot and used it for an advertisement spread in CYCLE NEWS.
Troy blake is the reason I wanted to start racing back in the 80s. Unbelivable.

I am sad to say that he just passed away last night I believe. Very sad day for the AZ motocross scene.

R.I.P TROY.
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Troy blake is the reason I wanted to start racing back in the 80s. Unbelivable. I am sad to say that he just passed away last...
Troy blake is the reason I wanted to start racing back in the 80s. Unbelivable.

I am sad to say that he just passed away last night I believe. Very sad day for the AZ motocross scene.

R.I.P TROY.
Wow, Is this true?
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RRL 110 9/1/2009 7:50pm
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Google his name. Sad but true.
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Tom Corley 9/8/2009 2:31am
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Hail to the King!
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steve_o_de 9/9/2009 8:48am
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PRS395 wrote:
District 14 Michigan Mini riders 80A class, in 1974, 1975,1976, 1977, I had the pleasure or not?! to ride with and against. A few; Denny Bentley...
District 14 Michigan

Mini riders

80A class, in 1974, 1975,1976, 1977, I had the pleasure or not?! to ride with and against.

A few; Denny Bentley, Danny Hedley, Scott Neiman, Kip, Kreg, Bigelow. I drew a blank on the others. I will add more later.

A couple girls in my class, Lisa Atkins, and Tammy Brooker were good riders.

Some of the trick bikes I raced against back then, were insane! DG monoshock framed YZs, XRs, Bater Forks, larger front wheels and motor mods galore! Ted or Ken Corrigan's 76 YZ80C had the Myerscough kit(I think) and their uncle or they told me it was pushing 16HP!)? You can(or can you) validate this for me, to what numbers those kits were producing?!

michiganracer2 wrote:
I am new to the site, and glad I found it. More michigan riders I can think of from late 70s to late 80s. Also just...
I am new to the site, and glad I found it. More michigan riders I can think of from late 70s to late 80s. Also just some names I remeber from out of state.

Eddie Warren (the best there was in my book)
Mark Cheza
Kieth Bowen
Dennis Hilgindorf
Dave Tambling
Jimmy Hairring (sp?)
Tyler Walker
Greg Bernier
Frank Lamp
Scott Lamp (80cc national champion.1978)
Billy Womack
Dave Mack
Matt Crown
Joanne & Jeanette Phipps (good lookin too.)

Not in Mi.
Brian Stanley( 80cc nationals 2nd)
Also Greg Bowen, Bobby Joysey, Mark Mclaren, Jim Wolfenbarger, and Jeff Stanton
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Tom Corley 9/14/2009 11:34pm
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Wild Willie Surratt at Saddleback. I ran into Willie at Glen Helen recently and he was pitting for his son who is now racing.
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nicks dad wrote:
hey guys,anyone know what these guys are up to these days?how about chris heisser john welchel aj&matt whiting jon jon belisle paul denis steve schmitz,ect ?
Sweet tom keep it up
One day at dunes they put in this double section that I was having trouble with so after the races I was trying to get it down. Willy comes up to me on his 60 and yells at me to JUST PIN IT good times
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Tom Corley 9/22/2009 4:02pm
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You know who these guys are!
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BKJ 13 9/22/2009 7:28pm
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Hey tom any pics or results from 1977 wmgp 105 class (#73) FMF or even a couple weeks B-4 the race from socal mag ? (105 or 100 class)
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nicks dad wrote:
hey guys,anyone know what these guys are up to these days?how about chris heisser john welchel aj&matt whiting jon jon belisle paul denis steve schmitz,ect ?
dr516 wrote:
Sweet tom keep it up One day at dunes they put in this double section that I was having trouble with so after the races I...
Sweet tom keep it up
One day at dunes they put in this double section that I was having trouble with so after the races I was trying to get it down. Willy comes up to me on his 60 and yells at me to JUST PIN IT good times
Hey tom who it # 28?..I can't remember....Looks like a yamaha,,,,,Maybe ward basset???All the talk about healy,,,,,,He is back there on the suzuki #99.....Looks like Willie's dad was on the sauce when he put those #'s on.....
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Tom Corley 9/24/2009 2:18am
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BKJ 13- I will be looking for #73 105cc FMF bike and will try and round up those results for you too.

mr50racer- Yeah, who is #28 behind Surratt? I think you are going to like the picture that I put on here next week.
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krazee1 9/24/2009 4:54am
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Number 28 looks like Chris Burgess. Ward Basset was usually #511 or something like that.

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