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Another one.

I was offended by the lack of punctuation, took me 3 tries before it made sense..

Theyre probably doing what they always do and going for low prices first to grab marketshare. The bikes cost half of the japanese/austrian bikes. Theyre winning races in worldsbk, they know how to make power. Sport bike tech is where the tech is proven first then its moved over to moto. Plus its not like its rocket science, theres not really any secrets anymore.. high revving over square engine, downdraft intake, centerport exhaust, dlc coated finger followers, aggressive cam profiles, high compression short skirt teflon coated piston, efi…etc. Then youve got all the mapping and electronics on top of that.

Be a pretty boring sports world in general if fans of a sport don't do some speculating here and there!

I was there in the hot summer of 1980 when Marty Moats beat the Europeans for the first time at Carlsbad. One of my best MX memories. I was also at the 1979 Carlsbad GP. This one was filmed for the movie "On Any Sunday II". Where it followed Brad Lackey in his quest for the 500 Championship. What's really crazy is I was at the Sacramento Mile flat track race in 1970 that was featured on "On Any Sunday" when they followed Mert Lawill trying for his second championship. Pretty neat I was at both. No pictures though. I...

Sports rarely have a bellwether moment that produces a seismic shift in the landscape. Marty’s 1-1 was one of those moments. And the ever-dominant Europeans knew it. The next year the US won its first MXdN (with an alleged “B” team) and reel off an unprecedented win streak, sparked by MM at Carlsbad.

When we saw him, he had a small electric motor on his front wheel which allowed him to streer.

This is what happens when you grow up around Doug Domokos...

I still have it.

I rode that KX one ride-day at River Valley! Mike's still very moto-active. Rides the 70+ class in TVRC and AHRMA events. Full stable of bikes. He's got a little bit of everything. TT500, ATK, Husky, RM, CZ (that was the first CZ I ever rode in 2015), KTM and bunch of other vintage stuff.

First single shock linkage bike

Mike Hance and I snagged the first two 1974 CR125M Elsies to hit north Texas in late July of 1973 (How? We both put in deposits about 6-8 months ahead of time when we started seeing how successful the Jones brothers were performing on the 250 in the nationals. Honda salesman said, "We don't sell a 125 Elsinore.". Reply, "You will! We want the first two.". Actually Mike and I did not coordinate. It just happened. I was pretty public about my plan at the track.) By 1974 the 125 gates were full of the silver and green machines.

EDIT. Since there are some cars in the mix. EDIT: How could I leave this baby out? 1972 CT70H.

Nice, I had no idea.👊🏻💯

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...

All good. I think most people think they came out in 73.

I still have my first trophy I won on my dad's BSA Goldstar back in 1972. I got into buying old street bikes and fixing them up and selling them while I lived in Huntington Beach, Ca from 2004 - 2021. I bought a 1964 BSA A65 twin 650 Lightning and made a bobber out of it (that was the rage then). It had a perfect little hole on the top triple clamp to mount something. I thought about it and took off the top of that first trophy and mounted it there. I loved the movie "The Wild One"...

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.