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That’s a classic JA801 story. He used to come around our trailer when he was on Honda minis and sneak donuts before the races. He would always say the same. Tony stopped by at one race and asked that we hide the donuts from Jeff—-Mike snitched on him. 😂

This should be the beginning and the end of the thread. Mike is an awesome dude, meant no harm and is a dude who loves moto.

I was a dummy and left the plates on the truck so he could take it for a day. He said he'd stop by the next morning to pay it off. The tag was almost expired when I sold it. He was never stopped I guess. I sold him the truck with $1500 down...he still owed me $1k. I kept the title in my name because he said he'd be back the next day to pay it off... and he skipped out for a year down south somewhere and then returned. But...I got my $1k and he is probably in...

I know Mike pretty well and he doesn’t have a deceitful bone in his body, off of a motorcycle I don’t think he knows how to be a bad person. I would say everything he has done wrong on a motorcycle was a byproduct of the pressure he felt by Tony. Mike has a kid like innocence about him, and if I’m guessing he probably didn’t even think what he was doing was a problem. If the guy wasn’t a former city official who threw a fit, Mike probably would’ve been fine.

Is this headed to 10 pages? MA stories are starting become legend like Chuck Norris.

agree, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3jve5DFgE

Seeing that old picture of him on the (TMR?) Honda makes me wonder what his career, and the sport in general would be like if the riders made more money from the race promoters, and less from the teams they ride for. Didn't he get 6th in his 450/pro debut on that bike? That would be kinda cool if bigger 250 age guys, or privateers could do pretty good financially in 450 without a factory contract.

I’m still here, Corky!

When I bought my 2007 Ducati Hypermotard S, it came with a free t-shirt... "Believe the HYPErmotard." A few years later, at an event the night before a Supercross, I asked Mike to sign it. He was a good sport about it..., a little embarrassed, but he laughed. And he did sign it. I hope everything blows over quickly.

would police do the full process for a used net? seems overkill

Kayden Minear got me wanting a mini truck again 🤣 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbGzG45JY4p/?igsh=amhhZDV5c3FxdnVr

You guys see this yet? Their motto is “Built Like It Used To Be” https://reotrucks.com Supposed to be a small truck with minimal fluff. Manual transmission option, N/A 4 cyl, mechanical 4wd, real buttons on the dash, etc. Hope they pull this off. Would be awesome to have a simple little truck on the market again.

Yeah a certain group of people that run most of the entertainment industry pushed it to get to where we are now, ICE CUBE has spoken about this awhile back and it was designed to break down western culture.

X-Fighters always carried energy in them early days as well. Went to the Sydney at Cockatoo Island event. Core memory, crazy venue.

My pics for today are Axel Hodges and Colby Raha. These guys are just on another level, especially Hodges. Back in the day I liked Nate Adams. (Not sure if this is on the topic of “rise and fall”)