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Get’n a little traction.🤣 My grandma took this shot of me ,13 years old ,1974. All on the left side, lower leg, femur and arm. Bum’r Summer.

12 year old Kenny Banyan on a punched out 336 Honda 1973. No gloves , no hot shoe yet and no rear brake pedal. Notice the clutch lever and rear brake on the handle bar. First time racing the bike and one of my most memorable nights racing. I certainly surprised my dad.

I oh SO regret that I don’t have any cool pics of myself racing in the early 70’s like many have posted here…but while dear ol’ Mom & Dad were all-in on my brother & I having bikes, they were diametrically opposed to our desire to race! (My bro & I never raced until we were old enough to sign ourselves in at the gate! 🥵) But I’ll go ahead and post this semi-nerdy (ALL-nerdy? 🤔) pic from about 1975 that completely encapsulate EXACTLY how growing up in the 70’s looked! OKC, just before Christmas break in my folks front...

MRI today. Heading to Doc G's this afternoon. If surgery isn't required, G will have him ready for Red Bud. Seth isn't a pussy. If he can physically race, he will be there.

In the 70s I went from a bicycle to a CZ 250 to cars, girls and race horses. Good times

This thread is hall of fame worthy. Keep the pictures coming guys. 🙂

"Nofees" Where the 5 fwy rounds the corner in Dana Point. 1972 XL175.

Don't have a lot of photos of me, a fewer handy not scanned. Like a lot of folks here started on the Stingray, then in order, bought that beat Bultaco in a box around 73 and rebuilt it with a friend in High School metal shop, then to the Maico, then the Ossa, then a Husky 390 (no pics of that).

Carlsbad drop off 1978. Saddleback 1975. Saddleback 1977. Saddleback back track 1979.

Dirtbikes and Motocross in the 70's in SoCal . . . for sure the Golden Age; I grew up in Palos Verdes and it was so undeveloped we had 3 places we could ride 5 minutes from the garage door. Almost every city in the greater Los Angeles area had the same scenario. the cost to ride at Indian Dunes was $3.50 for the day and it was sunrise to sunset. There were at least 10 Tracks in the LA area (not counting San Diego) You could race Wed night at Ascot, Friday night Indian dunes, Irwindale, Lions, (I think...

I picked this up at Barber for something to get around on

70's mini MX. All we did was go to school and ride our bikes after school. Trails everywhere in East Texas.

Salinas, CA MX 1979 -YZ125F

The 70's were great in Australia just as in the States, 1975 I'd blown up my TM125, borrowed Dads TS125, put the TM head, cylinder & pipe on, laid the rear shocks down (with the best chewing-gum stick welding that a 15 year old can do), and went racing.

I didn’t start riding until the 80s but my older bro raced in the 70s, style for dayz 😂