Mark Hite
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Recently retired from supervising a maintenance department, performed industrial machine tool repair for last 15 years I worked with tools. I got my first motorcycle in 1972, raced motocross in southern Nevada, Utah, California, Washington, Oregon. throughout the 70's, 80's, 90's up to 2012. Bought my first KTM in 1981 and rode them exclusively until 2014 when I bought my first Beta. Was such a big fan of KTM my son's middle name is Kees after Kees Van der Ven. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017, still riding MX with the grandkids, slowly mind you, but it is still fun as ever. I coach Parkinson's boxing classes as well as train in boxing myself. Never missed a USGP in California at Carlsbad, Hollister, and Glen Helen. Favorite track was a track located in Cedar City Utah, it was located in town by the drive-in movie theater, red sandy dirt through the trees on the side of a mountain, if was awesome.
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Forum replies: 33
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Las Vegas, NV, USA

Member Since:
5/19/2020
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Mark Hite Added a reply to Another old guy spoke with his wallet on a Beta 300RX

2/19/2024 9:18pm
Don't ride much Parkinson's has taken it's toll still ride just super slow, but it still makes me smile. But my Stepson rides and races all three, I hang out still involved in the sport I love, so it's money well spent. And to Bultokid, I had a 78 250 Pursang wish I still had it, I am jealous.
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Mark Hite Added a reply to Puyallup Trans-AMA Revisited

11/17/2022 4:21pm
I was at the race in 77, never been so cold in my life, the parking area was insane. We had two drunk dudes sleeping under our van, didn't know they were there until they rolled out from under the van looking for beer, good times.
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dang472 Liked a reply to forum topic WTF, Kenny?

3/7/2022 8:03pm
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fullfloater Liked a reply to forum topic WTF, Kenny?

3/7/2022 7:58pm
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Haha! I think we all know your pain around here. Have you heard of a guy named Catanzaro? You might have to settle for just a wash & wax this time around.
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Mark Hite Added a reply to WTF, Kenny?

3/7/2022 6:24pm
I did not bet $1200.00 on Roczen, I was in a fantasy league with a $30.00 dollar buy in, 75 people. Simple rules 1 rider per round, must finish in top ten, and the rider can only be used once. I played the game opposite of everyone else and with the help Sexton's crash, I had gotten Brayton, Wilson, and...
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Mark Hite Added a reply to WTF, Kenny?

3/6/2022 5:55pm
No, in Arlington, thought he was a good pick because triple crown format, top ten overall, did not think that out of reach. Like the Cotton reference, DODGEBALL!!!!!!!!!!
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Mark Hite Added a reply to WTF, Kenny?

3/6/2022 5:41pm
Put a fork in him he's done! Dude cost me $1200.00 with that performance in Arlington. I had Webb, Tomac, Barca, Stewart, and Roczen to choose from, of course i chose Roczen, and as they say the rest is history. Everybody told me to stay away from him, but he's Ken Roczen, all I needed was a 10th or better...
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Mark Hite Added a reply to What was your first bike?

9/14/2021 4:44pm
That was my first REAL motocross bike , I had a Suzuki TC 90 and a Kawaski F7,before that, I think I paided $1100.00. Oh, the good old days.
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Magoofan Liked a reply to forum topic Marvin Musquin Re-signs With KTM, SX Only

9/8/2021 8:02pm
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Marv is a class act. Glad to see him re-sign. Would be nice to see him title....but I fear those days are over.
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Mark Hite Added a reply to Beta 450

8/21/2021 4:14pm
I guess I am missing something, but I don't understand all the hate towards Beta. I think they have taken a realistic approach to this project. How many failures has any of the big 5 (or 4 if you drop Suzuki) had during testing outside of public view? I am sure there are tails to be told, and many never...
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Mark Hite Added a reply to Why do riders Sandbag C class?

6/3/2021 3:59pm
I think you hit the nail on the head, there is a huge difference in speed between national riders and local riders. What is needed is more organization's like American Retro Cross that runs out of Glen Helen, it is very laid back and family oriented. I took my two grandson's to do their first motocross races and they had...
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idiotic isaac Liked a reply to forum topic Why do riders Sandbag C class?

6/3/2021 3:44pm
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The issue is the speed difference from national level C riders and local C riders. If C riders ever do a race in B class and its recorded they can't do C class again, locally or nationally. National level C riders have to do local races in C class where they could probably win B or even A. Once they go to a national they'll most likely be well within the competition. The fix would be separating local and nation racing. Theres also X amount of fast people at local races. Wether you move more of X from C to...
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Mark Hite Added a reply to Why do riders Sandbag C class?

6/2/2021 3:03pm
Growing up in Vegas it took two wins to go from Novice to Intermediate, and four wins to go from Intermediate to Expert, or a combination wins and top threes. And if I remember correctly, if the class you won was real small, that win did not count towards advancement. It was not perfect, but everyone's goal was to get...
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Press516 Liked a reply to forum topic Why do riders Sandbag C class?

6/2/2021 2:51pm
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There is no honor among thieves.... That's C class MX today. In my race days, it was Novice, Intermediate and Expert. And if you had 2 wins in any class you were automatically bumped up. We always wanted to bump up as quickly as possible. You always get faster chasing/racing guys that are faster than you. Why stunt your growth staying back with slower guys? There were always guys that raced with you at other tracks and would call you out if you tried to sandbag...
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Mark Hite Added a reply to Why do riders Sandbag C class?

6/1/2021 7:29am
Because they can, classification should always be tied to lap times. Take a look at the lap times at the 2-Stroke World Championships, it's shocking the over lap between Novice, Intermediate, and Pro when looking at lap times.
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