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I loved XRs and tried to continue racing them in 77 but finally had to move to the new RM80. That RM was a great bike for Suzuki's first real attempt until the frames broke!

I know earlier that MR50Racer excluded XR75s but I will tell you that those were some of the funnest days of racing. Everyone was searching for an advantage on those because they were just not very fast. My dad put endless hours in them trying to keep them fresh. New timing chains every 4 races, rings, valve spring,ect..... They sounded...

Larry, When you say up North do you mean Northern Cal or actually North as in real winters? I can't imagine Bill up North dealing with winter. I don't miss those long winter at all since I moved to Texas. Bill sure was a trip to travel with though, barely let me take time to eat. I had to run...

Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real jam that night. We had driven for about 45 minutes when Shelley realized she had forgot to load all my gear in the motorhome. We had to turn around and we were so late...

Not sure what is going on with the Spaws. I know Johnny started racing stock cars. How are you parents? The last time I saw your dad was at a night race in Illinois and I arrived late so they were not going to let me race. Your dad saw me and told the promoter to let me ride. It...

Not much Billy how have you been? Are you still with the same company that I called on when I covered the Quad Cities. I have been in Austin TX now for 13 years.

Larry, this is Rich Halstead. Do you every see or hear from Bill West who was Alan King's mechanic? Always wondered what happened to him.

WOW! Do you still HUG that little trophy every night!!!!!

Freddie Vans was the track I was thinking of, just had the location wrong. That was a long time ago!

What was the name of the track in Springfield? Was it Freddy Vans Cycleland or something like that?

Maybe they gave trophies for some places but I know that 2nd was a big plague. Are you sure that wasn't a GNC trophy and not an NMA? I don't remember mine saying Texas State Championship on it either but it been a long time.

That doesn't look like the 1977 NMA trophies. I had a large walnut looking plague that had a blue anodized plate on it that was engraved with the NMA logo for the event. It was actually kind of neat and I kept it for quite a while but I pitched it years ago. DON'T know why but got sick of...

I rode the 85 Ex (7-11)

Hey VDR Pete!! I remember that night at Wilcox and you were on fire! Brian H. and I were watching and that was the fastest ass-crack I ever saw fly by.

I don't really care about the IA top 50 thing. There are a lot of riders that could be included but it did get me on these blogs for the first time ever. My younger brother called me and told me about this site. Glad you are all doing well. I always wondered where you were.

Tell your mom and dad hello for me and good luck on the new arrival!!!! and yes GOLF is the way to go. How many 50 yr old MX riders pull in the cash like Senior Golfers.

I raced until 1997 then didn't ride till I bought a 450 to play on about 4 yrs ago, broke my foot bad right away and that was it for me. I miss riding but not the injuries that come with it. The nonly bike I own is a Harley to cruise on. I have a 19 yr old son...

Oh and by way........tell your dad I know he had a CHEATER slot car back then!

Congrats on the kids and believe me, you have a long road ahead but lots of fun. You guys need to change the nickname, your mom was so nice and put up with a lot. Mike Theisen was the guy and he is one of the managers at Honda of Houston now. He won that Twisted Sister contest on MTV...