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Not all motocross , but a good read.

I sell a neat book at wewentfast.com/shop that's about the 1972 World Motocross Season. I see you're in New Zealand so it would cost a lot to send down there but I've definitely sent quite a few copies to Australia. If anything, you'd probably enjoy the story behind the man who wrote the book (also available as a podcast, search "We Went Fast" in your podcast player).

Aftermarket triple clamps, for my use case on KTMs, is largely due to the sub-par (my opinion) design of the KTM steering head. Take a look at how the KTM is designed - everything is held together by that little pinch bolt on the top of the steering stem. A big "no thank you" for me on that - I'll go with the Japanese design you can get on aftermarket clamps every day of the week.

It's definitely har to find a motocross bike that's as difficult as some street and ATV ,but I'm sure the Ducati is going to make this thread when a customer attempts a valve adjustment. For fun I'll leave this for you guys

Those bikes absolutely lined the gates here in western PA.

So my next project will be this number 12 1977 Mugen Honda that Steve Wise raced. Stay tuned for that. I will be doing a complete blog, step-by-step restoration build of this bike.

Watching the first rider(s) jump the Suicide Mountain step up at the Saddleback National 1984. I was 15, standing at the base of the first ledge with hundreds of other spectators during practice. You could hear every rider approaching ( you could not see them coming up the ledge, it was too steep) but each rider would shut off as they got close to the top of the first ledge. Then one 500cc rider (Eric Eaton if my memory is accurate) didn't shut off and launched probably 30' straight up over our heads to clear the next ledge going up...