Where did the nicknames go?

Jeff_Crutcher
Remember when riders had good nicknames like the beast from the east, fro daddy, button fly, factory Phil, 5 time... etc

Now everyone is just BB4 or CR22 and so on. It's really lame that someone adapted those monikers for a few and now it's stuck on.

Your thoughts?
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KirkChandler 4/15/2017 10:24am
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A lot of the original nick names came from local race announcers and the nick name carried through to the pros, and then the Larrys, (Larry Huffman, Larry Naston, Larry Meyers) came up with a bunch of them to hype up the crowd.

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OW38B 4/15/2017 1:44pm
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Jeff_Crutcher wrote:
Remember when riders had good nicknames like the beast from the east, fro daddy, button fly, factory Phil, 5 time... etc Now everyone is just BB4...
Remember when riders had good nicknames like the beast from the east, fro daddy, button fly, factory Phil, 5 time... etc

Now everyone is just BB4 or CR22 and so on. It's really lame that someone adapted those monikers for a few and now it's stuck on.

Your thoughts?
It changed when they went to permanent numbers.

CR22, BB4, KR94, ET3, RD5, et al.

Try and keep up with the times Bro! Cool
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wreckitrandy 4/15/2017 2:35pm
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Jeff_Crutcher wrote:
Remember when riders had good nicknames like the beast from the east, fro daddy, button fly, factory Phil, 5 time... etc Now everyone is just BB4...
Remember when riders had good nicknames like the beast from the east, fro daddy, button fly, factory Phil, 5 time... etc

Now everyone is just BB4 or CR22 and so on. It's really lame that someone adapted those monikers for a few and now it's stuck on.

Your thoughts?
OW38B wrote:
It changed when they went to permanent numbers.

CR22, BB4, KR94, ET3, RD5, et al.

Try and keep up with the times Bro! Cool
Ok so now that you've accurately determined when it stopped, what about when it actually started? Who is the earliest rider with a famous nickname? Stick to motocross riders please. I'm curious about some of the early GP racers. For instance, we called DeCoster 'The Man' over here in the mid 70s but, Jeff Ward may have been the 'Flying Freckle' before that.? I mean, did Jeff Smith have a nickname? Aberg? Hallman?
jorgechavez 4/15/2017 2:37pm
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Golden rod

I also always thought Jammin' Jimmy was such a cool nickname haha

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