Favourite minicyle photos post em

Richard Tease II
Edited Date/Time 6/17/2022 7:53am
Ok so there’s a really good (but sad) thread on the tragedy of Bruce Bunch, Rick Hemme and Kyle Fleming in Old School Moto. Unfortunately a lot of photos aren’t available to view i think due to photobucket.
Hopefully this thread gets some of those photos back and others from around the world we haven’t seen
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Sully 12/19/2018 4:35pm
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Probably the most iconic mini bike photo from my childhood. I wanted one of these bikes so bad when I was 11.

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Richard Tease II 12/19/2018 4:47pm
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Sully wrote:
Probably the most iconic mini bike photo from my childhood. I wanted one of these bikes so bad when I was 11. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311460/s1200_BROOKS_FIRST_COVER_750x984.jpg[/img]
Probably the most iconic mini bike photo from my childhood. I wanted one of these bikes so bad when I was 11.

Late 70’s to late 80’s was a great era. So hard to chose a favourite
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From MiniCycle Action magazine. My holeshot at the '74 NMA World Championship in Houston at Rio Bravo in the 0-83cc 12-16 Novice class.


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Running the #1 plate at a local race in South Texas after winning the '74 NMA title. Rode for Honda of McAllen. Was awesome to be on the team with Steve Wise and have Steve working with me while I was on mini bikes and Steve was on his way to becoming a factory rider.
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Eddie Hicks on a DMC YZ80. I wanted a pair of those yellow O'Neal boots in the worst possible way.

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dadofagun 12/19/2018 5:33pm
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Falcon wrote:
Eddie Hicks on a DMC YZ80. I wanted a pair of those yellow O'Neal boots in the worst possible way. [img]https://pulpmx.com/app/uploads/2018/04/1984-DMC-Yamaha-YZ80--754x1024.jpg[/img]
Eddie Hicks on a DMC YZ80. I wanted a pair of those yellow O'Neal boots in the worst possible way.

That bike is absolute art. Saw it for the first time at Ponca in 84. A week later it was used at Lorettas, and then never raced again. It now lives in Troy Lees shop in Carina on display, completely restored.
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dv12.com 12/19/2018 6:14pm
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A few of mine


1985: The very beginning. I didn't even have boots yet...


1989: 12U French Champion


1990: 12-14: French Champion


1989: I started racing 80s at then end of 1988 on a '89 RM80. Everything broke on that bike. Gear box, frame, clutch etc... My dad sold them and we bought Kawis. I bought bikes then haha


Early 1989 on JMB's private track. JMB was starting to ride again after a wrist injury. That's a saturday or sunday in March. On the right, it's Sorby.
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Richard Tease II 12/19/2018 9:07pm
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dv12.com wrote:
A few of mine [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311470/s1200_IMG_1098_copy.jpg[/img] 1985: The very beginning. I didn't even have boots yet... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311472/s1200_IMG_1809_1_copy.jpg[/img] 1989: 12U French Champion [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311471/s1200_IMG_2424_copy.jpg[/img] 1990: 12-14: French Champion [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311473/s1200_IMG_2428_copy.jpg[/img]...
A few of mine


1985: The very beginning. I didn't even have boots yet...


1989: 12U French Champion


1990: 12-14: French Champion


1989: I started racing 80s at then end of 1988 on a '89 RM80. Everything broke on that bike. Gear box, frame, clutch etc... My dad sold them and we bought Kawis. I bought bikes then haha


Early 1989 on JMB's private track. JMB was starting to ride again after a wrist injury. That's a saturday or sunday in March. On the right, it's Sorby.
Those wheels look huge on those 80's
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dadofagun 12/19/2018 9:18pm
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dv12.com wrote:
A few of mine [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311470/s1200_IMG_1098_copy.jpg[/img] 1985: The very beginning. I didn't even have boots yet... [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311472/s1200_IMG_1809_1_copy.jpg[/img] 1989: 12U French Champion [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311471/s1200_IMG_2424_copy.jpg[/img] 1990: 12-14: French Champion [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311473/s1200_IMG_2428_copy.jpg[/img]...
A few of mine


1985: The very beginning. I didn't even have boots yet...


1989: 12U French Champion


1990: 12-14: French Champion


1989: I started racing 80s at then end of 1988 on a '89 RM80. Everything broke on that bike. Gear box, frame, clutch etc... My dad sold them and we bought Kawis. I bought bikes then haha


Early 1989 on JMB's private track. JMB was starting to ride again after a wrist injury. That's a saturday or sunday in March. On the right, it's Sorby.
Richard Tease II wrote:
Those wheels look huge on those 80's
Nice seeing pics of all the bikes I had as a kid. However, the 82 YZ60 you’re sitting on was a color we couldn’t get here! Thanks for the flashback, Really enjoyed watching your professional career from afar..... Thanks again for the memorable motos ?
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NorCal 50+ 12/19/2018 10:31pm
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This is a good thread to keep going! Bruce Bunch was a badass on an RM80! I'd love to see any pics of that dude.
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Sully 12/19/2018 10:45pm
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Can't have a mini bike thread without Swinkster...




I don't remember seeing any pictures of him riding it, but Ezra Lusk's DMC KX60 was one of the baddest minis ever built...

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EZZA 95B 12/19/2018 11:19pm
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Dick, I was going to post that one of the Beast but got sidetracked. I friggen love it!

Awesome thread.

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dadofagun 12/20/2018 6:40am
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Tarz483 wrote:
Alessi [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/20/311553/s1200_42931_2002_ll_hultner_7_600.jpg[/img]
Alessi
No, that’s a young RV with a very nice holeshot on Mr. Alessi. Number 1 CR 80 in the pic is Alessi, this is Lorettas 02 I believe.
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Tarz483 wrote:
Alessi [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/20/311553/s1200_42931_2002_ll_hultner_7_600.jpg[/img]
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dadofagun wrote:
No, that’s a young RV with a very nice holeshot on Mr. Alessi. Number 1 CR 80 in the pic is Alessi, this is Lorettas 02...
No, that’s a young RV with a very nice holeshot on Mr. Alessi. Number 1 CR 80 in the pic is Alessi, this is Lorettas 02 I believe.
After a small amount of research in the vault, i think this would be from '02, and i'm pretty sure #15 is a young Justin Sipes.

Wow, the names from the 85 class in 2002, SERIOUS talent.
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Deming, New Mexico 1988
My friend and my first race.
I miss those days.
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Call me biased, but as a young kid drooling over the pages of Minicycle Action magazine, the JWRP Mini Elsinores were the trickest bikes ever. Hand built 4130 frames by C&J and a donor sleeved down CR125 M required along with an XR75 tank and seat, smaller rims (17 front, 16 rear) to be mini class legal. $2000.00 back when a YZ80 was still under $500.00. One of those things I dreamed about and one of those things I never forgot about. Fast forward 30 years and I went on the hunt that would have me ending up with over a half dozen of them. Funny stuff, you look for one for so long that you uncover a bunch of leads that have them coming out of the woodwork.

The original. When Jeff's XR75 started getting beat by the 2 strokes, his dad stepped it up





FMF took it over






CH Racing got into the game




PK Racing went big and signed Jimmy Holley to race for them.




I found them as bare frame kits in Missouri, complete bikes from the Grismer family that owned Carlsbad Raceway, with ice spikes in New Hampshire, down in New Orleans with a chrome plated swing arm...








Had a friend on the floor of the Astrodome shooting pics on amateur day. Jerry Surber here , laying down the style on a Mini Elsie.



Couple years ago, another Vital member found it in a Craigslist ad somewhere here in Texas.



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Baja Acres 1987, Swinkster on the Kawi with of open face helmet.



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From Instagram...Jimmie Johnson...Barona Oaks
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Sully wrote:
Probably the most iconic mini bike photo from my childhood. I wanted one of these bikes so bad when I was 11. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/12/19/311460/s1200_BROOKS_FIRST_COVER_750x984.jpg[/img]
Probably the most iconic mini bike photo from my childhood. I wanted one of these bikes so bad when I was 11.

Digging all the pics! Anyone know who the 16yo sensation they are talking about on this cover is?
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Mungusman 12/20/2018 11:27am
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One of my favorite old school mini’s. Very sharp looking YZ
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Falcon 12/20/2018 11:34am
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That pic of Jimmie Johnson really brings me back. I was probably there that day, racing 125 Novice.
Here are a few of me from a year earlier on my '82 RM80. I didn't even have real boots at first. That's how it was in the '80s, peeps!







That's Ryan Hughes sitting on the starting gate. I think he was in 9-11 80cc Novice at the time. (I was a 12-16 80cc Beginner.)

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