Before there was Larocco's Leap...

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 2:16pm


For all the oldschool Red Bud fans gearing up for the National next weekend...Anybody remember this double from the mid 80's? A few of the 250's and 500's got over this jump throughout the day. Lechien jumped it ALL day on the Works Honda 125 and made it look easy. That bike must have made serious horsepower. 1985.. Last year for full-on works bikes.

The picture does not do the jump justice. Use some of the fans in the background to judge how far it actually was. Nearly 25 years ago and that pic is still super cool. Lechien was one badass rider in his day.
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neysbo 6/25/2009 6:21am
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That is sweet picture.

Remember how cool the infield used to be compared to now. Lots more jumps and some tricky ones.
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ProMed 6/25/2009 9:26am
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Check out the chic flashing the camera!
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jtomasik 6/25/2009 9:33am
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ProMed wrote:
Check out the chic flashing the camera!
That's really a guy in dolphin shorts.

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googs 6/25/2009 5:59pm
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cool pic thanks for sharing.......was always a ronnie fan..........

the open face helmets met a worthy demise though..........
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breck 6/25/2009 6:14pm
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Way cooler...
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jimmie 6/25/2009 6:42pm
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jtomasik wrote:
That's really a guy in dolphin shorts. [img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Id6fuWP7ESw/RwzjKr2F1fI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/p6o9V5lTQfQ/s400/Sourpuss2.jpg[/img]
That's really a guy in dolphin shorts.

That's funny.
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SIMX 6/25/2009 7:09pm
6/25/2009 7:09pm

Parking lot jump. Right?
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MPM64 6/25/2009 7:55pm
6/25/2009 7:55pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 12:36am


Don't know if it was called "parking lot jump"? Back in the day there was a left turn after where Larocco's Leap currenty is back down into the valley and a right hand bowl turn that had a pretty long run up to this jump. I'm the guy in the bottom picture. 38 other 125cc guys and myself chose to handle it this way. Even with my super bad DMC motor mods it was not ever considered an option. LOL
Michiganmafia09 6/25/2009 8:09pm
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ive done the leap and its no walk in the park AT ALL this juimp is sick tho i imagin it was the same BA level back then as it is now. And yes I did the whole triple not the double.
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Hannah nailed it before Iron Mike
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Holy Schmit when Peanut was prolly 15 yrs old
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dleppek9 7/5/2009 12:26pm
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SIMX wrote:

Parking lot jump. Right?
no idoit

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