Diamond Don’s Vintage MX 2018

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Edited Date/Time 4/15/2018 1:13pm
Guy B was kind enough to give me a weekend pass so I’ll try to post up some good happenings before I head back to the pokey on Monday.Smile



I made my way to the track Friday afternoon to meet up with friends and drop off a truckload of stuff to sell. Barely made it through the gate before people were on the attack. The Hurricane Harvey flood victim YZ50 and 3 MR50’s we’re gone within five minutes.





Unfortunately overnight it appears as if a tornado touched down at the track and caused a bit of damage. Trees down all over the track and stuff from the thousands of campers here scattered about only seems to have caused a minor delay in the days events.



With the National Anthem served up properly, the race is on.

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Zoom 4/14/2018 10:41am
4/14/2018 10:41am Edited Date/Time 4/14/2018 11:57am
Have fun Joe...

Let us know how that 100 revenge race goes. Could not believe how fast those guys were going at Rio. They offered a 125cc (any year, non AHRMA) and below class at Rio and I was racing my 2014 YZ125 against them and had my hands full with Dennis Daft and company.
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newmann 4/14/2018 11:14am
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CZ, AJS, orange glassed Montesa Cappra and a BSA on the line. Time warp!

DavetheVintageGuy 4/14/2018 11:17am
4/14/2018 11:17am
Bad weather? At Diamond Don's?

Whodathunkit.LaughingLaughing

For that matter, we had hail and wind 300 miles south last night here in San Antonio, Northern Mexico.Whistling It was a BIG storm cell.

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KMC440 4/14/2018 11:49am
4/14/2018 11:49am Edited Date/Time 4/14/2018 11:53am
Dammit Joe ! 16inch drifts of snow here

F A A A K K K K !!!

Hope you all have a blast !

I'm going to cry now ...

And tell 68t to straighten up on concrete starts ... that's just painful.
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PRM31 4/14/2018 11:54am
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Any ‘81 RM125s?
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4/14/2018 11:56am Edited Date/Time 4/14/2018 3:46pm
KMC440 wrote:
Dammit Joe ! 16inch drifts of snow here F A A A K K K K !!! Hope you all have a blast ! I'm going...
Dammit Joe ! 16inch drifts of snow here

F A A A K K K K !!!

Hope you all have a blast !

I'm going to cry now ...

And tell 68t to straighten up on concrete starts ... that's just painful.
He’s on a Ossa Stiletto. He isn’t leaning forward, he’s pushing!Laughing
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newmann 4/14/2018 11:57am
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PRM31 wrote:
Any ‘81 RM125s?
Post vintage racing tomorrow. Will be quite a few!
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newmann 4/14/2018 12:09pm
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Yamaha trials bike looks pretty sweet



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Battle on the Bayou 100cc race kicked off with Vital member TBTeam’s racer Eric Yarnell (former mechanic for Team Surf/ Jeff Glass) holding his own on the Paul Johnstone built YZ100. Some pretty fast compny out there on the little bikes.



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Frank 4/14/2018 1:03pm
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Thanks for posting. I had completely forgot what a flat straight looked like. Been decades. Local tracks would cram a table top and 2 sets of doubles on that straight and wonder why participation numbers are down.
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Couple of locals checking out the races.



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newmann 4/14/2018 4:28pm
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PRM31 wrote:
Any ‘81 RM125s?
Here’s a nice one for you. Not an 81 but a full floater 125



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PRM31 4/14/2018 5:12pm
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Thanks for sharing! I would love that bike! When the Full Floater first came out it was a dramatic improvement. Really, really dramatic!
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newmann wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/04/14/255462/s1200_B55DE61F_1AA2_42A3_90C7_6F2D5A991447.jpg[/img]


Cool to see two bikes next to each other that I raced when they were new. '73 XR-75 and '84 RM-250.
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bigmaico 4/14/2018 6:34pm
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What an eye popper this 125 Maico is! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/04/14/255471/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
What an eye popper this 125 Maico is!


Joe,

Those Maico 125 Aw's are rare as hens teeth!

Looks to be a 77' model
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newmann wrote:
Couple of locals checking out the races. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/04/14/255464/s1200_27117E0B_F040_44AB_8BC6_8356A11993DD.jpg[/img]
Couple of locals checking out the races.



Fire up the grill ! If you find a bike that looks like the one in my profile pic.... please tell her that I miss her,lol.
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Tbteam 4/15/2018 4:12am
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newmann wrote:
Battle on the Bayou 100cc race kicked off with Vital member TBTeam’s racer Eric Yarnell (former mechanic for Team Surf/ Jeff Glass) holding his own on...
Battle on the Bayou 100cc race kicked off with Vital member TBTeam’s racer Eric Yarnell (former mechanic for Team Surf/ Jeff Glass) holding his own on the Paul Johnstone built YZ100. Some pretty fast compny out there on the little bikes.



Thanks, Joe! Hope you guys are having a blast. Eric is ready for today. Watch out on the '82 RM in the Ultima Expert class.
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newmann wrote:
Yamaha trials bike looks pretty sweet [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/04/14/255451/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
Yamaha trials bike looks pretty sweet



Sorry Newmann; hate to be a pedant but, that is a Scorpa. Built in France using a modified by them TYZ engine. My brother-in-law had one and it was a beaut, really smooth and turbine like compared to my Beta Techno

http://www.scorpa-motorcycles.com/company-en.html
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newmann wrote:
Couple of locals checking out the races. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/04/14/255464/s1200_27117E0B_F040_44AB_8BC6_8356A11993DD.jpg[/img]
Couple of locals checking out the races.



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Kaitlyn Morrow on the 2 Yamaha lay go waste to a bunch of men. She fast...




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newmann 4/15/2018 10:36am
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After being out of the vintage scene a decade plus, my racing buddy and fellow Vitard “Since73” is knee deep back in it on some clean Post Vintage YZ’s



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Newman, you're gonna have to start going by RupertTeX with photo threads like this!
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Typical “hold my beer and watch this” moment!



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