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This is Dick Lyons last weekend. He runs his age for his number every year.
Yep. He's 87.
Nicest guy you'll meet and pure badass.
The guy inspires me to work and train harder, just thought I'd share. Who's the oldest motocrosser you know ?
Edit: If you're wondering that's the Glen Helen main
Yep. He's 87.
Nicest guy you'll meet and pure badass. The guy inspires me to work and train harder, just thought I'd share. Who's the oldest motocrosser you know ?
Edit: If you're wondering that's the Glen Helen main
We have a member at our private track who is in his early 70s. He still rides his yz250 a few times a month. When he comes to the track it's just like having another one of the buddies around. He still rips too.
I remember a guy around 70 that rode a YZ125 at LACR on Saturday nights.
For me, I plan on riding/racing as long as I possibly can. I hope to still ride and race at 87!
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There were 9 guys in the 70 class last weekend. Dick was the only guy in the 80 plus class. Barry Simon who's 81 does most the races too but GH isn't his favorite, so he just hung out for the day. "I might ride I don't know, I'll put my gear on and ride around in practice and see how I feel" "I don't like the sand, and I don't like the hills. If I fall over I can't pick my bike up, if someone else picks my bike up I can't get back on it, Im 81 years old so fuck it who gives a shit" LOL If I never race again I'm still going to be a regular hanger outer at the OTMX races just to hang out with these dudes. Characters to say the least
I'm 58 and lookin' to ride FOREVER.
I'm jus' sayin'...
Bart Kellogg here in CO is 78 and is my Hero every time I see him at the track. Core MX is all i can say of these super seniors.
I hope to be like those guys at that age for sure. It's awesome to see
Pit Row
Side note think of shitty/cool bike he has rode over the years!
Sadly, he passed away a couple years ago. He was also a short guy… always talking shit with the little kids, definitely a character !
And for the record Mr. Lyons is a bad dude!!!!
I saw a guy here in the Houston area come pulling in to the track with some old bike on a trailer. Really old guy got out and took forever to get unloaded and gear on. He finally fired that bike up and took off really fast, went behind a berm where I couldn't see then I didnt hear the bike anymore. Kinda worried my buddy and I started walking over there and finally see him slowly pushing the bike back.
We walked over to give him a hand and he said when he took off the throttle stuck and he was lucky he killed it in time. Said he was done for the day. I pushed his bike back and we visited for a while. Turns out he was in his 70's and was an old ex pro. I cant remember his name though. Cool old dude, seemed like he didnt give a shit about anything. Told some stories then told us all about his bike with numerous custom parts on it. I can't remember what bike it was but we helped load it up and that thing must have weighed over 400 pounds. Wish I would have got to see the guy rip around the track.
I planned to ride till i was about 30.
That was 26 years ago.
Still going.
When that day comes, I have no idea what my life will be like, I don’t really have any other hobbies, besides MTB’s and snow boarding.
At 56 years old, I feel like I can keep riding into my 70’s for sure. Most of my friends are in their 60’s and some in their 70’s as well !
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