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Since73 Added a reply to YZ100 '82-83
1/12/2021 12:40pm Finding parts can be quite an adventure, but I suggest you start in one of four places. 1. ebay will actually be worth a look sometimes, you just have to check it often. 2. Parts houses like Babbitt's online or partzilla.com 3. speedandsportinc.com may have some of the harder to find pieces and 4. online forums, some practically dedicated to...
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Since73 Added a reply to XR's Let's see em !
2/23/2020 4:25pm After racing 125 2-strokes the past two years, I decided to try something a little...different.. for 2020. Today was my first ride on a bike that started life as a 1980 XR500, and it was an absolute blast. 
Since73 Added a reply to 1979 Yz250 Info-value-opinions
2/14/2020 5:46pm If you want to really get fired up about riding it....
Since73 Added a reply to Are 125s universally fun?
4/22/2019 11:41am When I raced both 125 and 250 two-strokes last year, I would always be more excited about taking that 125 off the stand and hitting the track. Now, the only times I want to ride a bigger bike are in deep sand or mud.
Russell_Brooks Liked a reply to forum topic Vintage at Daytona
3/14/2019 3:30pm
Awesome pics... vintage at Daytona is ??
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Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
2/24/2019 8:45pm Congrats barnett!! Double class wins are awesome! Glad to see it was finally dry enough to race. We'll be heading to round 3 in Florida next month. Surely I couldn't get rained out on both coasts, could I?? Nah....
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
2/19/2019 2:39pm Well...that sucked. Got to my bud's house in Huntington Beach on Thursday and it's 45 degrees and pissing rain. By mid-afternoon, the race had been cancelled. So...with little hope of doing ANY riding over the weekend, we decide to cut our losses by getting one night's rest and driving back to Houston. Just a huge waste of time other than...
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
2/5/2019 10:42pm Our pit area at AZ Cycle Park. 
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
2/5/2019 10:39pm Yep, made the Arizona race and had a great time. I don't know the exact attendance, but heard several mention the entries being around 300-320. Majority were vintage, but surprisingly (given past numbers for this race) there were quite a few post-vintage as well. Not too many AHRMA entries; most were local riders there for the first round of the...
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
2/5/2019 9:27pm Thanks for the vid CD! Track looks like it has some fun vintage style jumps. Arizona gave me an idea how hard and slick some of those turns can be when everyone uses the same path.
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
1/29/2019 8:37am I've noticed in several of the videos the track conditions you've mentioned, that the insides of the turns were still mushy while everyone was using a single line around the outside. That sucks, but it is what it is, and I'll still be stoked to be there. First up is Arizona this weekend.
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
1/25/2019 9:36am Thanks for the video link; getting fired up to ride now! We're both late 50's dudes riding 125's, mostly because they are still the most fun bikes on the planet and....it always feels like you are going very fast whether you are or not; haha. My buddy rides Intermediate on a 79YZ125 and 84YZ125. I will move to expert this...
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1/25/2019 9:05am Oops, I meant to type Kent, not Stack. Maybe you can dress up a mannequin with that gear and have it standing next to the bike. I'm sure Kent wouldn't think that's creepy at all.
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1/25/2019 5:33am
I think Stack was a pretty slim dude back then.
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
1/25/2019 5:11am We'll roll into SoCal on Thursday morning, Feb 14th. Have never ridden any of the current tracks. My last time to ride in Cali was around 1975 when I rode Indian Dunes on Friday night and Saddleback Saturday! The goal was to also race Carlsbad on Sunday (the dream trifecta for a young TX kid), but I fractured my ankle...
Since73 Added a reply to CALVMX AND AHRMA NATIONAL AT PERRIS 2-17-2019
1/24/2019 10:22pm My buddy and I will be there. We're trying to talk some more Texans into it, but no commitments yet. We both ride 125's; he in GP and Ultima Intermediate and myself in GP and Ultima Expert. From what I hear of the PV scene for West Coast ahrma, we may just be racing each other. But... we've been wanting...
And speaking of parents dropping off their kids... mine dropped me and two buddies (with our motorcycles!) off for a couple of WEEKS of the summer when we were all about 13. We slept in a pop-up located in a campground that was part of a retirement community, complete with lake, golf course etc.. We were the only ones in...
Girls hitchhiking certainly brings up a memory. 14 years old, hanging out in the pits at Rio Bravo one Saturday night before a Sunday race, I meet a couple girls that said they'd come visit me in Beaumont (about 90 minutes from Rio) sometime. I didn't think much of it; just hoped to see them again at another race. Two...
Since73 Added a reply to Yamahauler
11/21/2018 4:46pm That seat is AWESOME!! Maybe not too late to stencil "YAMAHA" in the middle of the upper black part? (same look as the YZ seat covers). Either way, this whole project is off the charts cool. Keep us posted on the next steps/plans.
Since73 Added a reply to Yamahauler
10/16/2018 2:15pm How about a variation on #3. Leave the lower seat (under your legs) all black, but done in non-slip motorcycle seat material. Switch the colors seen for the back of #3 to have smooth black on top and yellow in the middle. On that black top part, be sure to put white "YAMAHA" (middle or one on each side) as...