What's your favorite era of moto?

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Mine is the mid- 80's since (not surprisingly) I was introduced and discovered motocross that time. Guys from the 70's like Jimmy Weinert, Mart SMith, et. al. all seemed outdated and old to me. I loved your Bailey's, Lechien's, O'Mara's, Ward's, et al. I loved the 80's because of the factory bikes, the fact that it seemed like every week there was a different winner, etc.



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When Pastrana raced and smokers/thumpers where competitive aganist each other on a pro level.
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Billy Jack wrote:
Mine is the mid- 80's since (not surprisingly) I was introduced and discovered motocross that time. Guys from the 70's like Jimmy Weinert, Mart SMith, et...
Mine is the mid- 80's since (not surprisingly) I was introduced and discovered motocross that time. Guys from the 70's like Jimmy Weinert, Mart SMith, et. al. all seemed outdated and old to me. I loved your Bailey's, Lechien's, O'Mara's, Ward's, et al. I loved the 80's because of the factory bikes, the fact that it seemed like every week there was a different winner, etc.



What is your favorite era and why?
IMO 1975 through about 1986.

The bikes almost changed race to race with new innovations. The races had a cool euro feel; great riders and rivals. The sport had just exploded. You could actually make money as a local pro. Those were some really good times.
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Early 80's! single shocks, linkage suspension, 12+ inches of travel, Water cooling, disk brakes. The power house 4+ team riders, serious training, 125 supercross started, and one hell of alot of guys that could win on any given day! without a doubt the best era ever in Motocross!.
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Mid 70s - mid 80s by far. like WORCSracer said, technology was going crazy and the bikes were over-the-top different seemingly every week. With 8-10 riders that could win on any given day, it was certainly the heyday of MX in the US.

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2006. I loved the Reed, Carmichael, Stewart era. We're ushering in a good one as we speak, though.
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82'-96',
1.) The pot was good not to explosive, mellow, Red-bud was the smoke of choice.
2.)Hannah could still come from behind and win in a Supercross
3.) Chuck Sun, Jimmy Weinert, O-show, Bailey go on for about 150 more riders that influenced me.
4.) # 1 influence has to be Guy Cooper, that guy isn’t scared of no jump!
Still think he pioneered the freestyle era. Seen him whipin a triple @Pontiac that pro's were having trouble jumping.
5.)Five way battle @ Atlanta Fulton County Stadium between Wardy, Johnson, Stanton, Cooper and Glover. Hell I think that night it could have been anybody’s win with the lead changing hands every turn but Wardy prevailed and got the win.
I hope to see that kind of heart this year with so many potential winners.
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Tarz483 11/6/2010 7:01pm
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all of the 90's

from bradshaw to carmichael
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Fat Fingers 11/6/2010 7:02pm
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While the mid 80's were cool, I can't go past 2011. I can watch most of the races live on the interweb or see highlights hours later....
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Grieby54 wrote:
2006. I loved the Reed, Carmichael, Stewart era. We're ushering in a good one as we speak, though.
06 was a damn good year. Im not old enough to remember the 70's and 80's but 03-06 were my favorite seasons
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must say that the 80`s 500 gp:s was really tough looking races, all the exotic factory bikes and top riders; ..mxdn -84 was won by american team: bailey, glover, o`mara and ward at ruskeasanta, finland. , it was a rainy weekend and american team really have tough moments but managed to take the win. ,that great natural track had to give room to the airport, sadly, i remember there many great american riders, lackey, laporte,magoo, team guys.., and speaking of 250 gp:s at my home town, hyvinkää...,later that, must now to go sleeping, it`s here over 4 o´clock..
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TerryK wrote:
Mid 70s - mid 80s by far. like WORCSracer said, technology was going crazy and the bikes were over-the-top different seemingly every week. With 8-10 riders...
Mid 70s - mid 80s by far. like WORCSracer said, technology was going crazy and the bikes were over-the-top different seemingly every week. With 8-10 riders that could win on any given day, it was certainly the heyday of MX in the US.
That was definately the best time for me and fun trying different tricks to make the bikes faster and then making them finish. Of course going to the races with racers like Gary Ogden, Ron Turner, Marty Miller & Steve Rhyan helped because they won pretty often also.
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Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could win! A hell of a lot more exciting than when you know the outcome before the race even starts!
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Karma wrote:
Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could...
Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could win! A hell of a lot more exciting than when you know the outcome before the race even starts!
2011, Will it be Stewart, Reed, Dungey, RV, Pourcel, Canard? or will someone like Windham, Short, Grant surprise us?

Stop living in the past you old farts... 2011 is gonna be right up there.

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Mid 70's to mid 80's for me.
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Karma 11/6/2010 9:33pm
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Reed and CP have no rides, Windham and Short pffftttt!!!! Grant is decent speed but will crash out. Stewart will win easily. Villo is second fastest, than RD and Canard. Those last last 3 will battle for 2nd and Villo will take it and RD 3rd. Case closed Tongue

Stew will bitch slap the # 1 right off Dungy's helmetLaughing lol

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TripleFive 11/6/2010 9:42pm
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Any time prior to the PED era.





I'm so serious.
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englishman 11/6/2010 10:01pm
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WORCSRacer wrote:
IMO 1975 through about 1986. The bikes almost changed race to race with new innovations. The races had a cool euro feel; great riders and rivals...
IMO 1975 through about 1986.

The bikes almost changed race to race with new innovations. The races had a cool euro feel; great riders and rivals. The sport had just exploded. You could actually make money as a local pro. Those were some really good times.
Yup, The GP's were loaded with talent, the tracks were dripping with character and heritage, bike development was unstoppable and the whole thing had a feeling like we were part of some small sub culture that was just catching on.

Factory Suzuki , Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, KTM, Maico, CCM, Husqvarna. That era was the bollocks.


Glad I lived through it - sorry to see it pass.

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Bill163 11/6/2010 10:21pm
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Easy 1973 to 1997 started at 13 in southern California all the tracks I rode and raced at that are gone bike development,night tracks Saddleback all the stars in the USA and Europe works bikes.It was like being a Junky I could never get enough and still can't.

I feel so lucky to have ridden and raced in such a golden era and still doing it at 50.Tomorrow Glen Helen!
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jim598 11/7/2010 5:36am
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Karma wrote:
Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could...
Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could win! A hell of a lot more exciting than when you know the outcome before the race even starts!
I agree
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Karma wrote:
Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could...
Imagine a SX race were Ward, Barnett, Glover, Lechien, Johnson, Bailey, O'mara and Hannah all lined up on the gate and any of the 8 could win! A hell of a lot more exciting than when you know the outcome before the race even starts!
Yup and riders were more approachable, still doing it for the love of the sport. They raced every race they could...because they loved to race! They were also on 2 strokes, nothing like the sound of a start with a bunch of factory 2 strokes...
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TerryK wrote:
Mid 70s - mid 80s by far. like WORCSracer said, technology was going crazy and the bikes were over-the-top different seemingly every week. With 8-10 riders...
Mid 70s - mid 80s by far. like WORCSracer said, technology was going crazy and the bikes were over-the-top different seemingly every week. With 8-10 riders that could win on any given day, it was certainly the heyday of MX in the US.
xnationalwrench wrote:
That was definately the best time for me and fun trying different tricks to make the bikes faster and then making them finish. Of course going...
That was definately the best time for me and fun trying different tricks to make the bikes faster and then making them finish. Of course going to the races with racers like Gary Ogden, Ron Turner, Marty Miller & Steve Rhyan helped because they won pretty often also.
Mid 70's - mid 80's, for the reasons above and for what Englishman stated. Necessity was the mother of invention and the bikes change numerous times during the season. The factory would send boxes of parts over and the mechanics would try to adapt them during the week.
I feel that the claiming rule brought about the "cookie cutter" design of bikes well before it would have gotten there on it's own.
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TripleFive wrote:
Any time prior to the PED era.





I'm so serious.
Very interesting...care to elaborate?

My favorite era is the 90s. The best gear, coolest riders and great racing.
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Karma wrote:
Reed and CP have no rides, Windham and Short pffftttt!!!! Grant is decent speed but will crash out. Stewart will win easily. Villo is second fastest...
Reed and CP have no rides, Windham and Short pffftttt!!!! Grant is decent speed but will crash out. Stewart will win easily. Villo is second fastest, than RD and Canard. Those last last 3 will battle for 2nd and Villo will take it and RD 3rd. Case closed Tongue

Stew will bitch slap the # 1 right off Dungy's helmetLaughing lol

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Until the Boss breaks him and James quits. RD's training gives him the edge. James has regressed since 2006. I could literally watch the outdoor 2006 dvd over and over. Prime RC, prime James. Dungey is the new guard and RV can scrap up whatever races Dungey doesn't wax his ass at. Grinning Oh and you can't bitch slap what you can't keep up with.
TripleFive 11/7/2010 10:29am
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TripleFive wrote:
Any time prior to the PED era.





I'm so serious.
FroDiddy wrote:
Very interesting...care to elaborate?

My favorite era is the 90s. The best gear, coolest riders and great racing.
Remember when it used to be men vs. the boys?

Now it's the men vs. the machines.

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500 Mike 11/7/2010 12:29pm
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My favorite is the 72 - 75 era. MX was exploding in popularity and the Long Travel Suspension revolution was sweeping the country/industry. It was an extremely exciting time for me as a young kid just getting interested in dirt bikes.

Also, I really enjoyed the RC years in "modern" MX. Even tough he won almost every race, it was exciting watch him ride.
keeptwostrokesalive 11/7/2010 1:05pm
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When two strokes and four strokes were both on the track and neither had an edge over the other.

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