Where Were You In 92'

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mcphilly 4/8/2011 12:19pm
4/8/2011 12:19pm Edited Date/Time 4/8/2011 12:22pm
lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
Kawasaki busted out there semi half way through the 91 season , The riders were Wardy ,Chicken and Kiedrowski ....stumped on the driver ?
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
Larocco Sr?

Remember I think it was Ward that would show up in the pits in a Ferrari or some outlandish car. And I remember when McGrath had that Acura NSX early in his career. Still one of my all time favorite cars.
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
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LaRocco?
he was on Suzuki in 91...Kawi in 92.....
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
I thought George Ellis was the original Kawi semi driver. 1975 250 SX champ Jimmy Ellis' dad. Jimmy was long done with pro racing by then.

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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
MBBadgers wrote:
LaRocco?
Correct! ............Mike Sr.
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mcphilly 4/8/2011 12:23pm
4/8/2011 12:23pm Edited Date/Time 4/8/2011 12:24pm
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
MBBadgers wrote:
LaRocco?
MT MX wrote:
Correct! ............Mike Sr.
He could not have been the first ....he was turning wrenches for his kid at Suzuki...Second though...maybe .
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englishman 4/8/2011 12:26pm
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Was that the year Doug won in San Jose ?


( In '92 I was racing British Champs on a 250 Suzuki... probably would have been faster on a moped I think the power valve was actually a speed governer that wouldn't allow it to go over 30)
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englishman wrote:
Was that the year Doug won in San Jose ? ( In '92 I was racing British Champs on a 250 Suzuki... probably would have been...
Was that the year Doug won in San Jose ?


( In '92 I was racing British Champs on a 250 Suzuki... probably would have been faster on a moped I think the power valve was actually a speed governer that wouldn't allow it to go over 30)
Dubach won San Jose in 1991.
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DownSouth 4/8/2011 12:36pm
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MBBadgers wrote:
LaRocco?
MT MX wrote:
Correct! ............Mike Sr.
mcphilly wrote:
He could not have been the first ....he was turning wrenches for his kid at Suzuki...Second though...maybe .
Larocco was on Kawi in 1992. He was Suzuki in 1990-91.
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MT MX wrote:
Correct! ............Mike Sr.
mcphilly wrote:
He could not have been the first ....he was turning wrenches for his kid at Suzuki...Second though...maybe .
DownSouth wrote:
Larocco was on Kawi in 1992. He was Suzuki in 1990-91.
Read my post again lol.......thats what I said
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2nd bit of trivia.........How awesome is mcphilly's avatar?
I wish we could line JS7, Alessi, Lusk, Swink, Rand, Bogard, etc. all up when they were each in their prime on their 80's and see who would win. Before I get shit for that statement, I know it isn't possible...........Cool
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MT MX wrote:
2nd bit of trivia.........How awesome is mcphilly's avatar? I wish we could line JS7, Alessi, Lusk, Swink, Rand, Bogard, etc. all up when they were each...
2nd bit of trivia.........How awesome is mcphilly's avatar?
I wish we could line JS7, Alessi, Lusk, Swink, Rand, Bogard, etc. all up when they were each in their prime on their 80's and see who would win. Before I get shit for that statement, I know it isn't possible...........Cool
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MT MX wrote:
2nd bit of trivia.........How awesome is mcphilly's avatar? I wish we could line JS7, Alessi, Lusk, Swink, Rand, Bogard, etc. all up when they were each...
2nd bit of trivia.........How awesome is mcphilly's avatar?
I wish we could line JS7, Alessi, Lusk, Swink, Rand, Bogard, etc. all up when they were each in their prime on their 80's and see who would win. Before I get shit for that statement, I know it isn't possible...........Cool
RC, Antunez ahh shit the list is probably super long, but yeah it would be cool.
oldschoolmxr203 4/8/2011 1:20pm
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
[img]http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab47/mxr203/91sx.jpg?t=1302293856[/img]
Holy shit! Those are 1991 KX's in the picture. That means I was off a year! Sorry for my mistake everyone.
I was 15 years old at the time, so I guess that was 20 years ago. Man, seems like yesterday!
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
[img]http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab47/mxr203/91sx.jpg?t=1302293856[/img]
Who's #12? Tichenor?

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RC, Antunez ahh shit the list is probably super long, but yeah it would be cool.
After I posted that I thought the same thing.......Button, Gaddis, Antunez, Simmet, Brooks, etc.
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MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
[img]http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab47/mxr203/91sx.jpg?t=1302293856[/img]
gsxrcr28 wrote:
Who's #12? Tichenor?
yes Ronnie Tichoner riding the TUF Suzuki
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[img]http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab47/mxr203/91sx.jpg?t=1302293856[/img]
gsxrcr28 wrote:
Who's #12? Tichenor?
oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
yes Ronnie Tichoner riding the TUF Suzuki
Thanks I was a little puzzled on that one.
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Where was I? I wasn't born yet. lol
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lopez130 wrote:
Wasn't 92 the year Factories started using Semi's as Team Trucks??
MT MX wrote:
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter. Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son...
It was! Kawasaki was the first one to switch to a transporter.
Here's a bit of trivia for you.....Who was Kawasaki's first transporter/semi driver? (hint:his son rode a Kawi that year)
oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
[img]http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab47/mxr203/91sx.jpg?t=1302293856[/img]
got any more oldschoolmxr203? I could look at those ALL day!
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I wonder what JMB would've done if he stayed in the sport. The guy was a machine.
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jtomasik wrote:
I wonder what JMB would've done if he stayed in the sport. The guy was a machine.
No doubt
I think he quit because it seemed no one liked him. Fan's cheered against him, his team mates didn't like him, and his competition hated him because he kicked the shit out of them.
Man, that RS Taichi gear he wore was sweet though!
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jtomasik wrote:
I wonder what JMB would've done if he stayed in the sport. The guy was a machine.
MT MX wrote:
No doubt I think he quit because it seemed no one liked him. Fan's cheered against him, his team mates didn't like him, and his competition...
No doubt
I think he quit because it seemed no one liked him. Fan's cheered against him, his team mates didn't like him, and his competition hated him because he kicked the shit out of them.
Man, that RS Taichi gear he wore was sweet though!
I have a set of Larry Wards RS Tiachi gear from 91.......the stuff wasnt very durable though lol
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oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
[img]http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab47/mxr203/91sx.jpg?t=1302293856[/img]
gsxrcr28 wrote:
Who's #12? Tichenor?
oldschoolmxr203 wrote:
yes Ronnie Tichoner riding the TUF Suzuki
I believe Todd Dehoop rode for Tuff in 91
as well....
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jtomasik wrote:
I wonder what JMB would've done if he stayed in the sport. The guy was a machine.
MT MX wrote:
No doubt I think he quit because it seemed no one liked him. Fan's cheered against him, his team mates didn't like him, and his competition...
No doubt
I think he quit because it seemed no one liked him. Fan's cheered against him, his team mates didn't like him, and his competition hated him because he kicked the shit out of them.
Man, that RS Taichi gear he wore was sweet though!
He quit because he wanted to go road racing.

He always made it clear that his coming to the US was to acheive one thing : Win an SX title, once done he was out.

My understanding is the last year of his MX contract here they couldn't keep him away from Button Willow etc because he was always out testing on the road race bike.

I think one reason he was wearing Taichi gear that year was because he wanted to lock in a contract with them for when he went road racing.

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