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Remember this stuff?
Uni-trak, mono-shock, downside-up forks, top of fork mounted radiator, kips, full-floater. The rubber flap on front fender. Boost-bottle. Safety-seat? Boyesen swingarm thing. Kawasaki's rear-fender #plate.
What you got?
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Location: Bennett, CO USA
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ATK torque eliminator and c/s rear brake, Yamaha BASS setup, Gary Bailey "floppy clutch lever/perch"... don't forget KTM had the rear fender #plate too...
vomiting equals disqualification.
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Location: New Castle, PA USA
Sunline DeHandlers
Debruzer handlebar pad
Sun rims
Preston Petty fender
IRC and Metzler tires
Flak Jacket/Scott boots (HRP)
Carerra goggles
Duck bill visors
DG porcupineheads, gold swingarm, pipes and silencers
Z spokes
The more I type, the older I feel...lol
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Location: Tucson, AZ USA
Radial and porcupine heads,Dehandler levers,Scott plastic boots,fork caps with a schrader valve to turn your forks into air for forks.
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Location: South Central, TX USA
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Location: riverside, CA USA
Chikers791 wrote:
Sunline DeHandlers
Debruzer handlebar pad
Sun rims
Preston Petty fender
IRC and Metzler tires
Flak Jacket/Scott boots (HRP)
Carerra goggles
Duck bill visors
DG porcupineheads, gold swingarm, pipes and silencers
Z spokes
The more I type, the older I feel...lol
I still use my HRP flakjack.
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Location: Vilonia, AR USA
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Location: Wenatchee, WA USA
78 RM125C with Radial Fin Head, Thor Swingarm, and 17.5" Fox Air Shox. Working on a Preston Petty No-Dive for this also.
78 KX250A4 - From what I have read, on 1500 were build worldwide. Came stock with gold anodized rims and swingarm.
Oldmxer95
2021 FX350, 1995 KDX200H, 1998 KX300K5, 1984 KX125C
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Location: Saint Paul, MN USA
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Location: Columbus, OH USA
Fox half chest protectors (no back panel). Tld shark fins for helmets. McGrath Suzuki second front fender/fork stabilizer. Answer silencers. Tld speed bubbles and Indian feather decals for helmets. Bad boy club. Chrome and gold chrome tld visors. Velcro for boot fasteners.
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ATAC - Honda’s Automatic Torque Amplification Chamber
BASS - Yamaha’s Brake Actuated Suspension System
Don’t piss off the old people - the older they get the less “life in prison” is a deterrent for them!
2020.5 KTM 450 SXF FE
2006 KX250
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Location: CA, USA
Who had Doherty grips. I remember saving my money at nine years old for a pair of dohertys. I think that was my first upgrade as a moto mechanic.
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Location: Weaverville, NC USA
Full Bore boots
Carerra 98’s
Hallman flip up visors
Molly Blue chain lube
Uni filter dust masks
Foam donuts to keep your gas cap from leaking over your goatskin leathers
Dodge Tradesman vans
.....Damn I miss the 70’s!
“Anything that gets your blood pumping is probably worth doing”
Hunter S Thompson
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Location: Endicott, NY USA
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Location: USA
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Location: Haleyville, AL USA
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Location: CAN
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Location: Cairo, GA USA
M_Robert_Boots by Tracie Asbell, on Flickr
OakleyWard by Tracie Asbell, on Flickr
HannahJTad by Tracie Asbell, on FlickrHannahJTad by Tracie Asbell, on Flickr
AXOboot by Tracie Asbell, on Flickr
AXOair by Tracie Asbell, on FlickrPosts: 23
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Location: CAN
Chikers791 wrote:
Certainly can't compete with newmann, but I understand his passion ??
Those are such good looking bikes
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Location: New Castle, PA USA
Thanks, I loved the yellow Yamahas. Mine is a rider/racer so it's not perfect, but it's good enough to get the idea ?
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Location: New Castle, PA USA
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Location: Satan's Hollow, OK USA
Italjet minis, Mark Charles stands, Jones goggles, Griffs pants, Electro helmets.... damn I feel really old.
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Location: FL, USA
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Location: Fuquay Varina, NC USA
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Location: Fuquay Varina, NC USA
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Location: AUS
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Wandell wrote:
I had me a set of those AXO air boots in that exact color cost me like every cent I had as a kid as my old folks said I had to pay for them myself and at almost $300 in the 80’s that was some serious coin.
