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What is 'Works' to you? Any period in time.

For me, I was at Glen Helen hanging around the Honda pits in 2001; the lads were disassembling the race bikes and along comes the rear shock. I asked if I could see the shock a little closer and he passed it under my eyes. It was then I realized the entire shock was hand made. The body was a billet chunk whittled down the clevis was hand machined; the whole thing was just beautiful. I imagine the person that created that at Showa has a lot of pride in their work.

There was one better for me. It wasn’t at a motocross track but yet just off the highway in Palmdale. There is a small museum of the SR-71, aside from just an amazing airplane designed and made sans any computer, just a slide rule. Next to this beautiful stealth beast is one of the engines they used. All titanium, all hand made, wire tied and nothing left for excess. Everything in its place and a place for everything. Just the plumbing was a work of art. When I pass buy it, I try to stop just to pay respect to the engineers and builders of a time forgotten.
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mumbles 12/13/2006 9:25pm
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For me it was back in June of 1980. My brother-in-law and I drove from Phoenix to Carslbad for USGP. The Friday before we went to Saddleback Park and rode our bikes. When we got there, we were the only ones there. After about an hour, a Suzuki box van rolls in. Out jumps Chris Haines (mechanic) and Flyin Brian Myerscough. Chris opened up the back of the van and rolled out one of the first 250 full Floaters. That bike didn't have one piece that was like the production bike. It was pretty cool to spend a couple hours talking with them and really being able to look the bike over and ask questions without feeling like we were in the way. Brian went on to win the 250 support class that weekend at the USGP. Needless to say it was a great weekend for me and my brother-in-law.Smile
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mpy 12/16/2006 11:28am
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At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500. That bike was as trick as it could get! Especially when you compared it to the production model, the air cooled YZ 490!
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kdx man 12/17/2006 9:21pm
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mpy wrote:
At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500...
At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500. That bike was as trick as it could get! Especially when you compared it to the production model, the air cooled YZ 490!
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could not get over was the attention to detail with the safety wire. That wire was on EVERYTHING!


I dont know why, but I was always in awe at the attention to detail that the mechanics put into those bikes.
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SCIENCE 12/22/2006 9:50am
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mpy wrote:
At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500...
At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500. That bike was as trick as it could get! Especially when you compared it to the production model, the air cooled YZ 490!
kdx man wrote:
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could...
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could not get over was the attention to detail with the safety wire. That wire was on EVERYTHING!


I dont know why, but I was always in awe at the attention to detail that the mechanics put into those bikes.
Check the link for what I consider WORKS!

http://www.mxworksbike.com/1979%20Yamaha%20OW40.htm


Look through the remainder of the sight and be wowed!

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jmc2 12/28/2006 5:51am
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mpy wrote:
At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500...
At the 1987 Finnish 500 GP I was able to witness the bike that has impressed me the most, and that was the Yamaha YZM 500. That bike was as trick as it could get! Especially when you compared it to the production model, the air cooled YZ 490!
kdx man wrote:
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could...
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could not get over was the attention to detail with the safety wire. That wire was on EVERYTHING!


I dont know why, but I was always in awe at the attention to detail that the mechanics put into those bikes.
SCIENCE wrote:
Check the link for what I consider WORKS!

http://www.mxworksbike.com/1979%20Yamaha%20OW40.htm


Look through the remainder of the sight and be wowed!
Anahiem 1983, David Bailey's and Johnny O's works Hondas with the lower gas tank on one side...I have pics somewhere from that race.

But, those Hondas where nice...
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Jefro98 12/28/2006 6:01am
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kdx man wrote:
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could...
I remember the first National I went to with my dad. We got pit passes which I thought was the coolest. The one thing I could not get over was the attention to detail with the safety wire. That wire was on EVERYTHING!


I dont know why, but I was always in awe at the attention to detail that the mechanics put into those bikes.
SCIENCE wrote:
Check the link for what I consider WORKS!

http://www.mxworksbike.com/1979%20Yamaha%20OW40.htm


Look through the remainder of the sight and be wowed!
jmc2 wrote:
Anahiem 1983, David Bailey's and Johnny O's works Hondas with the lower gas tank on one side...I have pics somewhere from that race. But, those Hondas...
Anahiem 1983, David Bailey's and Johnny O's works Hondas with the lower gas tank on one side...I have pics somewhere from that race.

But, those Hondas where nice...
Namur in the 80's.
Seeing Andre Malherbe, Eric Geboers and David Thorpe going up and down the Citadelle on those works Honda CR500's was just unbelievable.
I will never forget those days.
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mumbles 12/29/2006 8:16pm
12/29/2006 8:16pm
SCIENCE wrote:
Check the link for what I consider WORKS!

http://www.mxworksbike.com/1979%20Yamaha%20OW40.htm


Look through the remainder of the sight and be wowed!
jmc2 wrote:
Anahiem 1983, David Bailey's and Johnny O's works Hondas with the lower gas tank on one side...I have pics somewhere from that race. But, those Hondas...
Anahiem 1983, David Bailey's and Johnny O's works Hondas with the lower gas tank on one side...I have pics somewhere from that race.

But, those Hondas where nice...
Jefro98 wrote:
Namur in the 80's. Seeing Andre Malherbe, Eric Geboers and David Thorpe going up and down the Citadelle on those works Honda CR500's was just unbelievable...
Namur in the 80's.
Seeing Andre Malherbe, Eric Geboers and David Thorpe going up and down the Citadelle on those works Honda CR500's was just unbelievable.
I will never forget those days.
I agree about Namur in the 80's. I was in the Air Force and stantioned in Germany from 85-87. Those were great years of the works bikes. I got to see those factory Hondas up close in the pits. I remember I think it was 86 that Thorpe had all red gear (M. Robert). A red pin strip jersey, red Oakley face mask. One of best pictures I took that year was him riding out of the pits. Boy, it didn't get any cooler than that. Tongue

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