Your claim to fame

Me and some dude named MikeeeP are the only reason your moto parents discovered the internet. FreshDirt.com, dirtbike.com, motonews.com.

Got to be a pro 450 wrench for one night when my friend made the main at the Arlington TX triple crown supercross a few years back Got to bang pit boards with some of the best factory mechanics around 

Oh yeah, I have another one: in 2009 or 2010, I was the SW parts & accessories rep for Yamaha, and I was attending the Las Vegas Supercross with the District Manager, who is "the face of Yamaha" in that area. He was able to secure us floor passes for the night show, and we got escorted out onto the track. (Best view in the house, by the way. The speeds were insane coming back into the stadium from the outside!)

Anyway, I ran into Erin Bates, had a fun convo with her for about 5 minutes, then found myself a good place to spectate. A short while into the first 250 Heat race, somebody comes jogging up to me and goes, "The TV people can see you from their camera positions and FELD is going to start killing people! You have to move!" haha, ooops. I didn't know I had to run and hide during the race. When I looked around, I realized everyone had scurried like cockroaches when the gate was about to drop - not I. I wasn't standing on a berm, cheering the riders on, but I may as well have been. The next time you watch a Supercross, take note how few people you see anywhere near the track or in the TV shot - you'll be lucky to catch a glimpse.  

So, you might have seen me in the frame at Las Vegas one time, like the clueless dummy I am, wearing a Yamaha pit shirt and enjoying the action. 

Revving Tomacs bike after winning 22 MXON!  

me and TP199 are eskimo bros

Same but with a different rider. recent 250 champ.

I served in Vietnam and I made it home.  I won the 1976 AMA Amateur Road Race National Championship in 250cc Production on a Benelli 250C. 

I worked on the space program and a process to recycle human waste with sugar, water and methane gas as output and also found a process to remove sulfur from smokestack gas. We (my wife and I) opened a motorcycle dealership and won numerous trips for being a top dealer.  

Thanks for your service, Two Stroke. You Vietnam guys didn't get enough recognition. 

Impressive and thanks for serving!

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Edit: Man it's wild to watch "old" broadcasts.. Good times.

That’s Beautiful!💯👍🏻😎

Thanks Falcon and PN27416. I certainly consider myself one of the lucky ones to have made it home and still be around. 

I farted in Mr. Eatons 7the grade science class during a test and got a detention for it. I really wasn't trying to be funny, just ate a school lunch that I didn't normally do and had the bubble gut going on. My claim to fame isn't the fart, it's the fact that no one else heard it but the teacher. It was then I started working on my poker face.

Moto related, I won my first race with a hangover. In the dog eat dog CRC 250 beginner class at Indian Dunes, 1978.

Better Moto related. At A1 after 911 I was was part of the group of firemen and cops in uniform that displayed the huge American flag during opening ceremonies. My wife also sang the National Anthem in a duet at A1. Later that year I think she sang it solo at Phoenix. Having all access, all day is an amazing experience.

I got to hold and rev DV12's Factory Yamaha 450 at High Point while he messed with the fuel screw.

Ran a marathon and 2 50k Trail Races.  Now I can't walk a mile without my legs going numb.

Back in the late 80s I got to attend classes to become an MSF Instructor. The classes were in Delaware. I arrive and discover that Tony DiStefano is attending the same classes to become an instructor. We had to go through all of the riding exercises as part of the training too. The one thing that stood out was during one part of our training where we had to negotiate a piece of wood in the road. I think it was a 2X4. Well, we are on Honda Rebels, CB125s and Yamaha SR 250s if I recall correctly. So we are learning that you need to hit the obstacle at as close to perpendicular as possible. We both knew this already so we had no problem clearing the obstacle. I don't remember if it was Tony or me to do it first but we started seeing how far we could jump these little bikes using the 2x4. Our escapades went unnoticed for a few launches while the master instructors were tending to the other instructor trainees. Well, we were having fun and going faster with each jump. I have no idea how far we were jumping but we eventually caught the attention of the master instructor. Needless to say he was not amused. We got scolded a bit and had to promise not to do any more "stunts" for the rest of the class. It was a fun day. In the end we were both certified as MSF instructors.

I got my motorcycle endorsement the same day as my divers license at age 16 on my dad's KLR 600 wearing my mx helmet, goggles and gloves. The instructor commented how it was nice to see someone who knows how to ride for a change. I had my foot out in the corners, did a brake slide and a little wheelie. I was an expert class mx' er at the time. Almost got plowed the same day by an old lady and kept it mostly off road ever since.

I was never an MSF instructor, but I did some parallel rider training with some of those guys and had to follow their example. It's interesting how sometimes there's a small but significant deviation in the "safety" instruction and the "how to actually ride a motorcycle" instruction. (And even more deviation between those two and what is printed in the DMV handbook!)

I can't think of any examples right now, but I remember thinking, "wait, no- that's wrong!" 😄 Probably about turning vs. steering or something like that.