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I saw Brandon Hartranft at Nobu in AC a few summers ago. It was after his accident — I was so stoked to see him out with his family, walking, and looking healthy. I anonymously sent a drink to his table. I didn’t want to bother him, but I wanted him to know that the moto community was pulling for his full recovery. He ended up figuring out who sent him the drink, and he and his wife came over to thank me. Then we welcomed his whole family to have a drink with us — they were really great...

Even after he said it's 100% fictional? 😄

In the early 90s, I was driving south down the hill where Camino Del Mar turns into North Torrey Pines Road in San Diego, and David Bailey & Jim Knob went absolutely flying by me in the bike lane in their race chairs.

Sometime around January or February 2000 when I was still living in CT, I rode my snowmobile up by Doug Henry’s property during a snowstorm. I was only 20 years old at the time. I was careful to not be too obvious, but maybe since I was on a Yamaha that looked like the one’s he was racing in Sno-X at the time, he actually came outside to greet me. Ended up doing a couple laps with him on his moto track out back, which he had been using to practice Sno-X. I was also racing sleds at an amateur...

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...

EDIT. Since there are some cars in the mix.

Only the CR250 was released as a 1973 model. The CR125 hit the dealers in late July/early August 1973 as a 1974 model. It's a common misconception that they released it as a 73...but they DID NOT. The bike in question is either a 74 or 75 CR125 and it looks to be a JB Racer sold by J&B Racing in Mission Viejo, CA. J&B stood for Jeff Ward and Brad Dutoit (who's Dad Lyle owned Mission Honda). There were complete bikes available back then from DG, FMF, and J&B that came with all their catalog mods already installed. This...

The 250 did but the 125 not until 74.

My brother on his ‘77 RM125 and me on my ‘78 XR75. This riding spot was across highway 78 from Stone Mountain Park, GA. I think that is Stone Mountain above the trees on the left.

The 78-79 CR250s were beasts. I had one of the first 78s in my area and my results definitely improved because of that bike. Three years later it was made obsolete by water cooling, single shock, rising-rate suspension, etc.

The glass work on the Spanish bikes was just gorgeous, and the Phantom deep blue/orange scheme really popped! It was a fun bike, very light at about 200 pounds, and in those days I could dead lift it. Quite often loaded it without a ramp. I can't say it was the most reliable bike, but it was fun. A bit peaky. A friend bought a 77 YZ 250 a bit after that was a much easier bike to ride. Then unfortunately Honda came out with the 78 Cr250, within a year of me buying this and it was pretty obsolete...

I can ONLY imagine! 😬 My brother had a few horses over the years and I used to tell him that I was certain his 1 HP ride was trying to kill him in ways that our multi-HP rides were probably not capable of! I think horses are AWESOME but they sure do require effort & expense far beyond that of a motorbike! Both your pics are great! 😎 👍❗️

That one horsepower could be harder to manage than the CZ with 3" of travel.

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

My dad on his Elsinore - you guys tell me the year

When I had hair!