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I have pictures from most of those tracks from 1980. Send me your email and I will send you copies.

The Brown City track I think was on Barnes Road.

tomm55x, another couple of things to watch are the motor mount bolts which can break and the footpegs. Mine would falloff at the worst possible moments. Get rid of the footpeg pins and use bolts with nylock nuts and some Loctite for an extra measure. If you spend some time getting the jetting correct, it will make a world of...

burker1307, General Cycle and Holders were two different dealers. General Cycle was in Lincoln Park and had a race team called "Team General". Some of their top riders were Kelly Heilbronn, Pete Brant, Paul Brant (Nat'l No. 6 in 1977), Nick Pelham and Dave Shinn. Holder's was in Owosso and had Denny Bentley, Danny Wallace, Glenn Holder.

Jimmy was ranked 4th in 1979 racing one of those crappy CR125s with the 23" front wheel. I believe he had a Kawasaki support ride in 1980 and mainly rode a KX250. He won a few races local races, but I think his lack or results was due to too much partying and not so much the bike. I think...

Ferrell, I went to the Gary Bailey MX School in 1978 in Axton, VA. and while talking with David Bailey, I asked him who was his toughest local rival and he said Ferrell McCollough. He also stated, "I love racing that guy, he never shuts off for the corners" . Pretty good comment on your speed from the "Little Professor"...

Ernie Horvath rode a 1977 YZ80 that had a handmade fiberglass gas tank painted to look like a Husky. His uncle built the bike for him and I think he still has it. It looked really trick and many people thought that Husky was builing an 80cc bike, it looked that good.

Mark, you are correct, that is the old Mt. Clemens track. You might remember me from that track as I won 90% of the 250B races there in 1980. I als won the District 14 250B championship the same year (blew out my knee in the latter part of the season and never raced again). I raced against your brother...

Mark has a hillclimb racer before MX. In 1977 he was 3rd in District 14 250A on a Montesa. In 1978 he was Open National Champion and District 14 Open champ on a Montesa 360VB. In 1979 he stared the year on a Montesa 414VB then switched to a Yamaha YZ400. He finshed 2nd in District 14 to an unbeatable...

Jeff Spreeman (American Competition) - no longer rides and is a welder in Adrian, MI Paul Walker (RPM and Husky) - is an E/R doctor Billy Paxton (ERG?) - was racing cars, currently unknown what he is doing (it was PDQ, not ERG) Denny Bentley (Honda and Suzuki) unknown, but quite a jerk Bigelow Brothers, Kirk, Kip, Kris, Kreg -...

No not the same. The 1976 RM100 had a down pipe and was a five speed based on the 1975 RM125. The 1976 RM125 had an uppipe was a 6 speed. Google it and check images.

82 was the last year of the aircooled motor. Pretty good bike but watch the exhaust pipe mounting, I saw a few pipes come apart in the past. Kees van der Ven won the 1982 250 USGP on the same bike so not bad considering the rest of the top guys were on handmade factory bikes.

3 Michigan riders in the top 10: Carlton, Hruska (who was runner up to David Bailey in 1978) and Kirk Bigelow. Kirk's brother, Kris finished 4th in the AMA 250 Nationals in 1981 (behind Donnie Hansen) after David Bailey's KX250 frame broke at the last national.

I don't think Barnett made it out of practice as his bike broke and he was a DNS.

The TM100 & 125 were the same bike except for the piston, rod, cylinder & head. Only 1hp difference between the two. As far as the RM 100 & RM 125 it depends on the year. The first year of the RM100 was 1976 and it was very close to the 1975 RM125. The 1977 and beyond RM100s shared the...