The 70’s

Reese95w wrote:

At the End of the 70’sBy the end of the 70’s I had finally gotten a good camera and lenses to take motocross pictures.  A Canon...

At the End of the 70’s

By the end of the 70’s I had finally gotten a good camera and lenses to take motocross pictures.  A Canon AE-1 with a 135 telephoto is what I took to the races with me.  In Montana the beginners, intermediates, and mini bike classes ran in the morning and the experts raced in the afternoon for money.  I was an intermediate at that time so I would race in the morning, get cleaned up, changed, and then grab the camera and take shots of the “Spurts”. The files names of the following pictures, (scanned from slides), will tell the date and locations in Montana.

Edit/Addendum:  I raced the 1979 CR125R for 3 seasons through 1981.  I was going to college at the same time and I could not afford to get a new bike every year.  So each year between the seasons I modified the bike in a effort to keep up with all the new water cooled/single shock bikes.  You can see the bike as I raced it in 1981 here in the "New Mugen Honda Forum" thread in the Old School Moto section.  After the 81 season I had to quit racing to concentrate my time and money on school full time. But I got back into Motocross and Trials after college.

G-man wrote:

WoW you were the man back then, Kenny!

I begged my pops for a Honda 50. He would not give in to my requests...... 😬😥

Kenny Banyan wrote:

My dad bought that mini trail for 160 dollars brand new, he got an extra $15 off ,cause it had a small tear in the seat...

My dad bought that mini trail for 160 dollars brand new, he got an extra $15 off ,cause it had a small tear in the seat. A few days later, my older sister told kids at school, a neighbor kid (Donnie) overheard, that lived about a 1/2 mile away, he  had a Briggs & Stratton mini bike and said he would smoke me. So a couple days later my sister told my dad. So my dad asked me if I wanted to race him, of course I said yes. So it got arranged and the kid came over with his mini. When he saw my 50 he said…… “That’s a motorcycle!!!” Anyway we went across the street in a pasture and had a race. I had only been riding for a few days. But my dad coached me up and I smoked him. Bout 2 months later he had a mini trail 50 too. Then several other neighbor kids got them and man did we have a blast. Donnie was over all the time , but he was a few years older than me , got interested in girls and quit coming around, eventually it ran its course but I kept riding. Eventually we moved.Sure was fun while it lasted.

OleTex2 wrote:

Excellent story! Interestingly, I had a Rupp minibike with a 5 HP lawnmower engine. I used to beat a kid who lived on my block and...

Excellent story! Interestingly, I had a Rupp minibike with a 5 HP lawnmower engine. I used to beat a kid who lived on my block and had a Honda 50. I think my dad may have added a tooth or two to the rear sprocket of the Rupp 😎

davistld01 wrote:

Wyman Priddy RIP

Wyman Priddy RIP

Reese95w wrote:

At the End of the 70’sBy the end of the 70’s I had finally gotten a good camera and lenses to take motocross pictures.  A Canon...

At the End of the 70’s

By the end of the 70’s I had finally gotten a good camera and lenses to take motocross pictures.  A Canon AE-1 with a 135 telephoto is what I took to the races with me.  In Montana the beginners, intermediates, and mini bike classes ran in the morning and the experts raced in the afternoon for money.  I was an intermediate at that time so I would race in the morning, get cleaned up, changed, and then grab the camera and take shots of the “Spurts”. The files names of the following pictures, (scanned from slides), will tell the date and locations in Montana.

Edit/Addendum:  I raced the 1979 CR125R for 3 seasons through 1981.  I was going to college at the same time and I could not afford to get a new bike every year.  So each year between the seasons I modified the bike in a effort to keep up with all the new water cooled/single shock bikes.  You can see the bike as I raced it in 1981 here in the "New Mugen Honda Forum" thread in the Old School Moto section.  After the 81 season I had to quit racing to concentrate my time and money on school full time. But I got back into Motocross and Trials after college.

davistld01 wrote:

Wyman Priddy RIP

Wyman Priddy RIP

Dave v3.0 wrote:

I have an AHRMA 1st place plaque with that photo on it.  From Oak Hill's Wyman Priddy Memorial AHRMA National in 2001.  His wife Remoh was...

I have an AHRMA 1st place plaque with that photo on it.  From Oak Hill's Wyman Priddy Memorial AHRMA National in 2001.  His wife Remoh was there to award them.

Kenny Banyan wrote:

What happened to Wyman? Did he lose his life racing?💔