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I had a XR75 in 78 that I have no pictures of, but I was much better at BMX
This thread is fuking RAD, especially this picture.
Really cool pics Tricka. Seem to be about the same age and I would have killed to have had the dirt bikes you did. Parents weren’t about it so all I had was bmx back then.
It is from 1982 the first of 3 year's that wrangler sponsored the SX series.
I had a pare of those Carerra goggles in the mid 70s. That's cool yu kept a couple pair. They are impossible to find now.
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I loved the Carrera 98 goggles and probably would. use them today unless it was really dusty. Before the crash in 208 beat up ones were going for $300 plus on Ebay.
Love the number plate, is that a Mini Ripper?
I don't know guys. I was sponsored by Carrera in 1983. They even paid contingency money at the nationals. But the tracks pretty much were always dusty back then and the open bottoms on those goggles weren't great in my opinion.
For a pic from 1974 the resolution is pretty incredible. Do you recall the camera brand?
Thanks man that's a Cook brothers but funny enough. I did have a PK mini ripper as well and a vector. As well as a factory Kuhahara.
Thanks. Yeah, because I was a Moto kid , my dad wouldn't let me rip the skateboard bowl without a lid . I was the only on a BMX or a skateboard that wore a helmet. That was the rules other than that one here where I must've ripped it off when dad wasn't around lol. This is a cook brothers. I also had a PK mini Ripper, a Vector and a factory Kuhahara. The Vector was next level technology, but it was too stiff. It didn't flex enough to get the snap I needed out of the transitions in the skateboard bowl. I wish I had photos of it. It was a long downhill snake bowl where you could catch mega air over the transition humps, and then rip big air out of the bowl at the bottom. It was a great spot.
"Circa 1970 Marysville triple M Raceway. A rare picture of me in front of Danny Chandler, a.k.a. Magoo". Source: Jeff Denny/Facebook.
So sick. Not only were my parents not into me riding moto but they weren’t supportive of the bmx either so whatever name brand parts I could barter, I would. Was lucky enough to build a decent Mongoose through trading and eventually ended up with a couple and later traded for a chromoly Race Inc. then a GT Pro Series. So many memories, so little pictures. Parents weren’t the photogenic type either…My uncle would tote me with him to all the moto tracks and I would drool over the YZ and RM 80’s of the 70’s but 70’s and 80’s bmx hold a special place in my heart. Absolutely love anything moto, bmx, skateboard related of the 70’s and 80’s and I’d go back in time to those years if there was a way. Thanks for the trip through memory lane.
It was dad's he bought in the early 60s. He gave it to me and I used it until about 1980. Then I bought a modern SLR that I could change lenses.
It was a Argus with a fixed 50mm lens. You had to get pretty close (like 15 - 20 feet) to get any good close up shots. My dad took all the ones of me from the late 60s to 1976 with it. I still have the camera. He is a pic.
That is so incredible that you still have it! Thank you for sharing that. Again, that resolution was pretty fantastic. That’s a great pic of you.
I loved the open bottom on the Carrera goggle. It was the only brand I could use without it fogging up.
Thanks for the nice words. My dad took a few that were pretty good.
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