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From Chuck of the Suzuki PE group...similar posted before think. Sorry if duplicate.
1. You remember when they invented whoops.
2. You remember when the water-truck was a wooden cask hauled behind two
musk oxen. Yes, oxen, dammit.
3. You've been thwacked by the surgical neoprene strand of a rubber-band
start.
4. You well know the difference between a Combat Wombat, a Pursang and a
Cappra.
5. You begged your dad to "forward-mount" your Elsinore's rear shocks.
6. Then you begged more for him to "lay 'em down".
7. You're familiar with Skunk Works and their whole get-up.
8. You badly desired a DG radial head for your RM-125.
9. You knew 'em as Pentons - before they were Katoomers.
10. You recall Team Tamm and L.O.P.
11. You idolized Marty Smith.
12. You knew Micky Dymond rode a Husky pretty damn well.
13. You were stunned when you heard Gerrit Wolsink became a dentist.
14. You never missed ABC's Wide World Of Sports in case they featured the
USGP at Carlsbad.
15. You remember when hot-dogs were the only "health-food" available at the
track
16. You dreamt of manhandling a Maico 501
17. You remember Jones goggles and Carrera's, too.
18. Ake Jonnson and Jack Van Velthoven are household names to you.
19. You've pulled serious dirt out of your nose two days after a National.
20. You've camped at both Mount Morris and Unadilla and lived to tell of it.
21. You wished you'd never bought those Scott plastic boots. But you did.
22. You've owned a duckbill visor or two.
23. You've worn football pads in a motocross race.
24. You've worn race-gloves with pieces of tires attached to the fingers.
25. You remember when box-vans were "factory".
26. You're making stupid-money selling your old motocross stuff as "vintage"
on ****.
27. You used to think Heikki Mikkola was the baddest dude on the planet. In
fact, part of you thinks he still is.
28. You've pulled the lights and blinkers off an enduro bike to race
motocross.
29. You recall seeing Jim Gianatsis' name over every dirt-bike photo in the
'70's.
30. Mr. Know-It-All both entertained you and pissed you off.
31. And you know who Lovely Louella is and where Chicken Licks Raceway
isn't.
32. You once asked your dad if you could get a Bel-Ray tattoo.
33. Your mom ironed on a Champion spark-plug patch to your jean-jacket.
34. You've written letters to companies begging for stickers.
35. You were there when tear-offs were invented.
36. You fondly recall the Wrangler Dash For Cash in Supercross races.
37. You owned at least one "Do It In The Dirt" shirt.
38. You tear up while recalling the sound of the start of a 500 National.
39. You blasted your Zeppelin on 8-tracks on the way to the races.
40. In later years, you rode home listening to the Eagles on these
revolutionary cassettes.
41. You witnessed a Supercross in Pittsburgh.
42. You saved up forever for that DG water-cooled head and front-plate
radiator deal from DG.
43. You're familiar with the "Flying W", WFO and the GYDBT, amongst other
terms.
44. You've purchased both Bassani and Hooker pipes for your Yamaha DT-250.
45. You installed a white fender-extender on your '76 YZ-125. Just because.
46. You used to think it nutty to pay a buck-twenny- five for race-gas.
47. You recall MXA magazine having a ROY (Rider Of The Year) that was
awarded a truck.
48. You're familiar with front-falling gates, too.
49. And flag starts. Uh huh.
50. Some tracks even had traffic-light starts ! Whaaaaa ?
51. You recall the van craze and its link to mx.
52. Rex Staten always kind of scared you a bit.
53. You still think of Mike LaRocco as " that fast kid from Indiana."
54. You've ridden a bike or two up and into a pick-up truck bed.
55. You've also wadded it up performing this stunt.
56. You've raced the Open-Class. On a real Open-bike.
57. You remember the Harley-Davidson MX team.
58. You could never afford those FOX-Shox. But you desired them, badly.
59. You remember Bob Hannah's Open-Bike fan-club at Unadilla.
60. You remember an AMA National in St. Pete, Florida.
61. You thought the Husky chrome tanks were extremely sexy.
62. You were pretty sure the Hodaka transmissions were made of plastic.
63. You always knew that, by the'90's, Supercross would be live on TV on
Saturday nights.
64. You used to bring your girlfriend and her dog to the races. That didn't
last.
65. You recall Cycle News East & West versions. "We don't care how the hell
they do it in California" - that was the East version's battlecry. Odd
times, indeed.
66. You knew Can-Am's had rotary valves and no head gaskets.
67. You knew Ricky's boss had worked in the sport pretty seriously prior to
getting into big-rig management.
68. You not only owned a 175, you actually raced the 175 class!
69. You still have your JOFA mouthpiece.
70. You called your pants "leathers" - even if they weren't.
71. You always wore a kidney-belt. You just did.
72. You've seen a Maico 490 Sand Spider shred the knobs off.
73. You know who "Super Hunky" is.
74. You're familiar with terms like "Full-Floater" , "Unitrak", "Monoshock"
and groovy.
75. You remember the DATSUN USGP Of Motocross
76. Debruzer was some kind of handlebar pad endorsed by "De-MAN", right?
77. Tommy Benolkin's name rings a bell with you.
78. You actually attended the Kansas City Supercross.
79. You were there when Darrell Schultz won Daytona on his Chris Haines
prepped CR250.
80. You knew Steve Wise was a motorcycling Mr. Do-It-All.
81. You loved watching Jimmy Ellis at the Atlanta Supercross By Wrangler on
his Honda.
82. You liked those Dunlop K190's, you really did.
83. For many years it was only Metzelers for you though.
84. You did give Trelleborg's a brief try.
85. And Hi-Point's Red-Dot tires. (Hannah endorsed !)
86. You were at that 1982 Loretta Lynn's by Kawasaki. 25 classes total.
87. You've actually left a motocross race in a Ford Pinto towing a 3 rail
Holsclaw trailer, by golly.
88. You've heard of both Bauers: Willi and Steve.
89. You had subscriptions to Modern Cycle & Popular Cycling.
90. You've heard the term "Maico-Breako" a time or two.
91. You would have given your left buttock for a pair of those "hi-zoot"
Simons Upside-Down forks!
92. You've seen white KTM's with red-frames.
93. You actually owned a bike-cover for your machine at one point. No,
really, you did.
94. You always wanted to put a 44mm Mikuni carburetor on something.
Anything.
95. You knew Josh Hansen's dad raced a bit.
96. You bought a roost-boost bottle for your bike. Supposedly it
straightened out the powerband or something.
97. You worked that Impact-driver like nobody's business. No
Phillips-stripping for you, my brother.
98. The name Torsten Hallman was familiar to you, just like you knew well
the Gunnar-Gasser throttle. Hell, everybody did.
99. You've broke more than one chain in a day. And you always carried extra
master-links. You had to.
100. You knew, that if you only had five-bucks to get home on, you could get
four burgers from Mickey-D's and five gallons of gas for your Econoline van.
True.
101. Back then, a rhythm-section was a drummer and a bass player.
102. You wore your socks out and over your boots and your shoulder-pads
under your shirt.
103. You thought Tortelli and Pastrana were things you found at an Italian
deli.
104. Your buddy wore an "I'm with stupid" shirt.
105. You had, sporadically, one sleazy girlfriend that would wear that
"Slave" T-shirt. That chick was fun.
106. You were introduced to Danny Laporte yet were too tongue-tied and
mesmerized to speak.
107. You hazily recall there being a small bridge that the riders had to
negotiate in the '70's at Unadilla
Chuck B.
1. You remember when they invented whoops.
2. You remember when the water-truck was a wooden cask hauled behind two
musk oxen. Yes, oxen, dammit.
3. You've been thwacked by the surgical neoprene strand of a rubber-band
start.
4. You well know the difference between a Combat Wombat, a Pursang and a
Cappra.
5. You begged your dad to "forward-mount" your Elsinore's rear shocks.
6. Then you begged more for him to "lay 'em down".
7. You're familiar with Skunk Works and their whole get-up.
8. You badly desired a DG radial head for your RM-125.
9. You knew 'em as Pentons - before they were Katoomers.
10. You recall Team Tamm and L.O.P.
11. You idolized Marty Smith.
12. You knew Micky Dymond rode a Husky pretty damn well.
13. You were stunned when you heard Gerrit Wolsink became a dentist.
14. You never missed ABC's Wide World Of Sports in case they featured the
USGP at Carlsbad.
15. You remember when hot-dogs were the only "health-food" available at the
track
16. You dreamt of manhandling a Maico 501
17. You remember Jones goggles and Carrera's, too.
18. Ake Jonnson and Jack Van Velthoven are household names to you.
19. You've pulled serious dirt out of your nose two days after a National.
20. You've camped at both Mount Morris and Unadilla and lived to tell of it.
21. You wished you'd never bought those Scott plastic boots. But you did.
22. You've owned a duckbill visor or two.
23. You've worn football pads in a motocross race.
24. You've worn race-gloves with pieces of tires attached to the fingers.
25. You remember when box-vans were "factory".
26. You're making stupid-money selling your old motocross stuff as "vintage"
on ****.
27. You used to think Heikki Mikkola was the baddest dude on the planet. In
fact, part of you thinks he still is.
28. You've pulled the lights and blinkers off an enduro bike to race
motocross.
29. You recall seeing Jim Gianatsis' name over every dirt-bike photo in the
'70's.
30. Mr. Know-It-All both entertained you and pissed you off.
31. And you know who Lovely Louella is and where Chicken Licks Raceway
isn't.
32. You once asked your dad if you could get a Bel-Ray tattoo.
33. Your mom ironed on a Champion spark-plug patch to your jean-jacket.
34. You've written letters to companies begging for stickers.
35. You were there when tear-offs were invented.
36. You fondly recall the Wrangler Dash For Cash in Supercross races.
37. You owned at least one "Do It In The Dirt" shirt.
38. You tear up while recalling the sound of the start of a 500 National.
39. You blasted your Zeppelin on 8-tracks on the way to the races.
40. In later years, you rode home listening to the Eagles on these
revolutionary cassettes.
41. You witnessed a Supercross in Pittsburgh.
42. You saved up forever for that DG water-cooled head and front-plate
radiator deal from DG.
43. You're familiar with the "Flying W", WFO and the GYDBT, amongst other
terms.
44. You've purchased both Bassani and Hooker pipes for your Yamaha DT-250.
45. You installed a white fender-extender on your '76 YZ-125. Just because.
46. You used to think it nutty to pay a buck-twenny- five for race-gas.
47. You recall MXA magazine having a ROY (Rider Of The Year) that was
awarded a truck.
48. You're familiar with front-falling gates, too.
49. And flag starts. Uh huh.
50. Some tracks even had traffic-light starts ! Whaaaaa ?
51. You recall the van craze and its link to mx.
52. Rex Staten always kind of scared you a bit.
53. You still think of Mike LaRocco as " that fast kid from Indiana."
54. You've ridden a bike or two up and into a pick-up truck bed.
55. You've also wadded it up performing this stunt.
56. You've raced the Open-Class. On a real Open-bike.
57. You remember the Harley-Davidson MX team.
58. You could never afford those FOX-Shox. But you desired them, badly.
59. You remember Bob Hannah's Open-Bike fan-club at Unadilla.
60. You remember an AMA National in St. Pete, Florida.
61. You thought the Husky chrome tanks were extremely sexy.
62. You were pretty sure the Hodaka transmissions were made of plastic.
63. You always knew that, by the'90's, Supercross would be live on TV on
Saturday nights.
64. You used to bring your girlfriend and her dog to the races. That didn't
last.
65. You recall Cycle News East & West versions. "We don't care how the hell
they do it in California" - that was the East version's battlecry. Odd
times, indeed.
66. You knew Can-Am's had rotary valves and no head gaskets.
67. You knew Ricky's boss had worked in the sport pretty seriously prior to
getting into big-rig management.
68. You not only owned a 175, you actually raced the 175 class!
69. You still have your JOFA mouthpiece.
70. You called your pants "leathers" - even if they weren't.
71. You always wore a kidney-belt. You just did.
72. You've seen a Maico 490 Sand Spider shred the knobs off.
73. You know who "Super Hunky" is.
74. You're familiar with terms like "Full-Floater" , "Unitrak", "Monoshock"
and groovy.
75. You remember the DATSUN USGP Of Motocross
76. Debruzer was some kind of handlebar pad endorsed by "De-MAN", right?
77. Tommy Benolkin's name rings a bell with you.
78. You actually attended the Kansas City Supercross.
79. You were there when Darrell Schultz won Daytona on his Chris Haines
prepped CR250.
80. You knew Steve Wise was a motorcycling Mr. Do-It-All.
81. You loved watching Jimmy Ellis at the Atlanta Supercross By Wrangler on
his Honda.
82. You liked those Dunlop K190's, you really did.
83. For many years it was only Metzelers for you though.
84. You did give Trelleborg's a brief try.
85. And Hi-Point's Red-Dot tires. (Hannah endorsed !)
86. You were at that 1982 Loretta Lynn's by Kawasaki. 25 classes total.
87. You've actually left a motocross race in a Ford Pinto towing a 3 rail
Holsclaw trailer, by golly.
88. You've heard of both Bauers: Willi and Steve.
89. You had subscriptions to Modern Cycle & Popular Cycling.
90. You've heard the term "Maico-Breako" a time or two.
91. You would have given your left buttock for a pair of those "hi-zoot"
Simons Upside-Down forks!
92. You've seen white KTM's with red-frames.
93. You actually owned a bike-cover for your machine at one point. No,
really, you did.
94. You always wanted to put a 44mm Mikuni carburetor on something.
Anything.
95. You knew Josh Hansen's dad raced a bit.
96. You bought a roost-boost bottle for your bike. Supposedly it
straightened out the powerband or something.
97. You worked that Impact-driver like nobody's business. No
Phillips-stripping for you, my brother.
98. The name Torsten Hallman was familiar to you, just like you knew well
the Gunnar-Gasser throttle. Hell, everybody did.
99. You've broke more than one chain in a day. And you always carried extra
master-links. You had to.
100. You knew, that if you only had five-bucks to get home on, you could get
four burgers from Mickey-D's and five gallons of gas for your Econoline van.
True.
101. Back then, a rhythm-section was a drummer and a bass player.
102. You wore your socks out and over your boots and your shoulder-pads
under your shirt.
103. You thought Tortelli and Pastrana were things you found at an Italian
deli.
104. Your buddy wore an "I'm with stupid" shirt.
105. You had, sporadically, one sleazy girlfriend that would wear that
"Slave" T-shirt. That chick was fun.
106. You were introduced to Danny Laporte yet were too tongue-tied and
mesmerized to speak.
107. You hazily recall there being a small bridge that the riders had to
negotiate in the '70's at Unadilla
Chuck B.
I finally got my 1976 DG Race in 2009.
Kevin Politte
You attended the first Daytona MX/supercross.
#110
You saw on the movie on any Sunday for the first time the night before a local MX race.
#111
you remember having 40 plus riders in the 100 class and most of them on Hodakas
Kevin Politte
#113 “Screw U” was a sacred piece of ground at the Worlds best track.
#114 Unadilla was untouched until race day once a year. (see below)
.
.
#104- I'M WITH STUPID
The Shop
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
#117 National track owners didn’t give a shit if your $500,000 transporter couldn’t get into the pits. (remember Trabuco Canyon Nat 78)
croom mx- #2 Brad Lackey (top left) leads #23 Broc Glover in the Carlsbad USGP.
#119- Motocross Photography by Tom Corley
#121- You dreamed of one day owning a Pro-Trac trailer
#122- You remember when water trucks could drive over the whole track
#123- Your first bike was an Indian 50
#124- You're actually still reading this thread
example: Maico 490, Honda CR480.
#126 - you mounted your Boge shocks upside down on your YZ80 (tres works) and then wondered why the damping went away and you were nearly catapulted over the bars.
I don't know who Chuck B is - but I'm pretty sure I wrote that list about ten years ago for
an article....RXP
Pit Row
It probably just got kicked around the 'net and somebody else put their name on it.
I wouldn't have noticed it mine until I picked up on some key words.
I can't recall if it was for a website, paper or magazine - think I wrote it late '90s...
(1990's, not 1890's....sayin'...)
Leather.
#131 - You thought those 'dog-leg' levers were 'trick' when they came out.
as most didn't even wear a Jofa(or at least not the whole race)...
witness, atta go Bimbo! above. Pomeroy had a pretty cool style, didn't he?...
God bless his soul.
#134- You could actually see most of the riders faces (grimacing) as most didn't even wear a Jofa (or at least not the whole race)...
observer- Do you mean like these guys?
OCIR Motocross
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