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Nighttrain
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* Had Bel-Ray MC1 stickers at the top of the metal plates on your Hi-Point boots.
* Broke your nose again while wearing an open face helmet.
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SwingHard
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8/2/2019 9:35pm
You couldn't wait to watch the Carlsbad USGP on "Wide World Of Sports"!



Even if it was six months after the race took place
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SwingHard
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Chance1216 wrote:
Rode at Ascot Park in Gardena Ca
Or Irwindale Friday night's in Azusa!
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sumdood
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If your Schwinn sting ray had front and rear knobbies, motocross bars (with a crossbar) welded into the gooseneck, waffle grips, every reflector, chain guard, and fender taken off, spiked pedals and the seat off of a 10 speed varsity, your spokes safety wired, and you and your buddies raced and built tracks and jumps on every vacant lot in your neighborhood.
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zehn
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8/3/2019 12:05am Edited Date/Time 8/3/2019 12:06am
You bought a ‘68 Penton Six-Day brand new
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sumdood wrote:
If your Schwinn sting ray had front and rear knobbies, motocross bars (with a crossbar) welded into the gooseneck, waffle grips, every reflector, chain guard, and...
If your Schwinn sting ray had front and rear knobbies, motocross bars (with a crossbar) welded into the gooseneck, waffle grips, every reflector, chain guard, and fender taken off, spiked pedals and the seat off of a 10 speed varsity, your spokes safety wired, and you and your buddies raced and built tracks and jumps on every vacant lot in your neighborhood.
Dirt clod fights in the trenches of the trac home foundations being built, in between building jumps out of said foundation mounds. Using irritation canals as half pipes.
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cz2crf2wc
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raced a Yamaha Monoshock

hitch hiked 10 miles to get a Cycle News on Weds.

Went to the 1st and 2nd USGP at Carlsbad
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Chance1216
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Bought your motorcycle out of the newspaper version of Craigslist. The Recycler.
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GIwasB4
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8/3/2019 1:49pm
If you watched the "live" coverage being typed out on Cycle News's "Virtual Grandstand"
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GIwasB4
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8/3/2019 1:50pm
If you originally posted in this thread when it started: 2013
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loftyair
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23" front wheel anyone?
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Carrera, Jofa, ABH, Full Bore, Gold Belt, Whoop-De-Chews, Koni, Cornutt, Baruffaldi, Axo, Hi-Point, Face Fender, Preston Petty, Akrondt, Torsten Hallman Racing, Oury, Terry Cables, Gorilla Snot, AMP, Anaheim Husqvarna, K&N, Twin-Air, Fox Shox, Fox Forks...

If any of those names & abbreviations are familiar...you're old school.
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8/3/2019 5:14pm
zehn wrote:
You bought a ‘68 Penton Six-Day brand new
You win!
zehn
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8/3/2019 5:16pm
zehn wrote:
You bought a ‘68 Penton Six-Day brand new
ktmfun219 wrote:
You win!
Well, I didn't. But my dad did!
500 Mike
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8/3/2019 6:00pm
zehn wrote:
You bought a ‘68 Penton Six-Day brand new
ktmfun219 wrote:
You win!
zehn wrote:
Well, I didn't. But my dad did!
Mine was a ‘73 Six Days.... brand new. Loved that bike.
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Roger Green
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davistld01 wrote:
Carrera, Jofa, ABH, Full Bore, Gold Belt, Whoop-De-Chews, Koni, Cornutt, Baruffaldi, Axo, Hi-Point, Face Fender, Preston Petty, Akrondt, Torsten Hallman Racing, Oury, Terry Cables, Gorilla Snot...
Carrera, Jofa, ABH, Full Bore, Gold Belt, Whoop-De-Chews, Koni, Cornutt, Baruffaldi, Axo, Hi-Point, Face Fender, Preston Petty, Akrondt, Torsten Hallman Racing, Oury, Terry Cables, Gorilla Snot, AMP, Anaheim Husqvarna, K&N, Twin-Air, Fox Shox, Fox Forks...

If any of those names & abbreviations are familiar...you're old school.
Don't forget DG..
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8/6/2019 8:54am
Rick "Super Hunky" Sieman.

Hodaka 100 B+

Laughing at people riding Jap bikes thinking my 1976 Husky was the machine to be on.

Standing on the left of the bike to kick the left side kicker with my right foot/leg.
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Wore an O'Neal ROCK BLOCK chest protector.
ConnorD11
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My dad back in the day. I only wish I could be this cool. 442 and his Yamaha 465 (I believe?)

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Mr. G
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8/6/2019 10:43am
MXR wrote:
You went to the Suzuki School of Motocross at Carlsbad . Laid down your own shocks in high school metal shop. Drank the original MX energy...
You went to the Suzuki School of Motocross at Carlsbad .

Laid down your own shocks in high school metal shop.

Drank the original MX energy drink " Rolf Tibblins Wet Energy "

Got hooked on MX after watching " On Any Sunday "

The first race you attended as a fan was a Tran Am event .

Had a CR 125 with a 34 Mikuni , S&W shocks , aluminum swingarm ,boost ported cylinder , fmf porcupine head and fmf pipe

Lets hear your old school memories .
BobbyM wrote:
And instead of Gatorade you drank ERG courtesy of Leon Wolek
I think it was NRG
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Tim507
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8/6/2019 10:47am
Your first race bike was a mid 60's BSA 250 C15. It had Ceriani Forks and Girling shocks. More fun - stories for days
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Ingjr1
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8/6/2019 10:54am
ktmfun219 wrote:
You win!
zehn wrote:
Well, I didn't. But my dad did!
500 Mike wrote:
Mine was a ‘73 Six Days.... brand new. Loved that bike.
I bought a 73 125 Penton also. Bought it to practice on and not wear out my 72 Husky 125cr. The bikes we so radically different I had to sell the Penton and buy another 125 Husky.
robkinuk
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8/7/2019 2:52am
When Maico was top of the pile. My 1978 Maico 440cc winning Yorkshire GN.

Mit12
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8/8/2019 5:18pm
I laid down the shocks on my Hodaka and used Curnutt shocks.
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8/8/2019 5:24pm
Your first pair of boots were Full Bore, and your first helmet was an Electro.....
Crossup
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8/8/2019 5:49pm
if you're old school you probably...

...had a gold belt,
...probably bought a Preston Petty Tony D front fender for your RM,
...waited patiently each month for Motocross Action so you could read The Bazzers column, ...stood in the waist-high deep grass at Unadilla and walking the track with the pros on
practice day Saturday.
...had a set of Carrera goggles with the skinny red strap.
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8/19/2019 11:42am
Still have leather doughnuts on your grips.
8/19/2019 11:49am
Also if you remember when the bell Moto 3 was the most desirable helmet in the world, after a stadium 9

Or if in the UK you did a train with Wade - Brian Wade Motocross School @ Hawkstone Park England, anyone remember them.
ga_pike
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8/19/2019 11:59am
You owned a Hi-Point trailer
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