How old school are you?

TerryK
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Edited Date/Time 2/3/2013 5:48am
Stole this from another site. Funny how much of it applies to me! (most of it!)

[b:1i6i79zn]101 Ways & Thingies That Signal You’re Old – School Motocross.
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1. You remember when they invented whoops.

2. You remember when the water-truck was a wooden cask hauled behind two musk oxen. Yes, oxen, dammit.

3. You’ve been thwacked by the surgical neoprene strand of a rubber-band start.

4. You well know the difference between a Combat –Wombat, a Pursang and a Cappra.

5. You begged your dad to “forward-mount” your Elsinore’s rear shocks.

6. Then you begged more for him to “lay ‘em down”.7. You’re familiar with Skunk-Works and their whole get-up(s).

8. You badly desired a DG radial head for your RM-125.

9. You knew ‘em as Pentons – before they were Katoomers.

10. You recall Team Tamm and L.O.P.

11. You idolized Marty Smith.

12. You knew Micky Dymond rode a Husky pretty damn well.

13. You were stunned when you heard Gerrit Wolsink was a dentist.(Dentist? Isn’t that a car-body repairman?)

14. You never missed ABC’s Wide World Of Sports. In case they featured Carlsbad.

15. You remember when hot-dogs were the only “health-food” available at the track

16. You dreamt of manhandling a Maico 501

17. You remember JONES goggles and Carrera’s, too.

18. Ake Johnson and Jack Van Velthoven are household names to you.

19. You’ve pulled serious dirt out of your nose two days after a National.

20. You’ve camped at both Mount Morris and Unadilla and lived to tell of it.

21. You wished you’d never bought those Scott plastic boots. But you did.

22. You’ve owned a duckbill visor or two.

23. You’ve worn football pads in a motocross race.

24. You’ve worn race-gloves with pieces of tires attached to the fingers.

25. You remember when box-vans were “factory”.

26. You’re making stupid-money selling your old motocross stuff as “vintage” on Ebay.

27. You used to think Heikki Mikkola was the baddest dude on the planet. In fact, part of you thinks he still is………

28. You’ve pulled the lights and blinkers off an enduro bike to race motocross.

29. You recall seeing Jim Gianatsis’ name over every dirt-bike photo in the ‘70’s

30. Mr. Know-It-All both entertained you and pissed you off.

31. And you know who Lovely Louella is and where Chicken Licks Raceway isn’t.

32. You once asked your dad if you could get a Bel-Ray tattoo.

33. Your mom ironed on a Champion spark-plug patch to your jean-jacket.

34. You’ve written letters to companies begging for stickers (DC!)

35. You were there when tear-offs were invented.

36. You fondly recall the Wrangler Dash For Cash in Supercross races.

37. You owned at least one “Do It In The Dirt” shirt.

38. You tear up while recalling the sound of the start of a 500 National.

39. You blasted your Zeppelin on 8-tracks on the way to the races.

40. In later years, you rode home listening to the Eagles on these revolutionary cassettes.

41. You witnessed a Supercross in Pittsburgh.

42. You saved up forever for that DG water-cooled head and front-plate radiator dealio from DG.

43. You’re familiar with the “Flying W”, WFO and the GYDBT, amongst other terms.

44. You’ve purchased both Bassani and Hooker pipes for your Yamaha DT-250.

45. You installed a white fender-extender on your ’76 YZ-125. Just because.

46. You used to think it nutty to pay a buck- twenny-five for race-gas.

47. You recall MXA magazine having a ROY (Rider Of The Year) that was awarded a truck.

48. You’re familiar with front-falling gates, too.

49. And flag starts. Uh – huh.

50. Some tracks even had traffic-light starts ! Whaaaaa ?

51. You recall the van craze and it’s link to mx.

52. Rex Staten always kind of scared you a bit.

53. You still think of Mike LaRocco as “ that fast kid from Indiana”

54. You’ve ridden a bike or two up and into a pick-up truck bed.

55. You’ve also wadded it up performing this stunt.

56. You’ve raced the Open-Class. On a real Open-bike.

57. You remember the Harley –Davidson mx team.

58. You could never afford those FOX-Shox. But you desired them, badly.

59. You remember Bob Hannah’s Open-Bike fan-club at Unadilla.

60. You remember an AMA National in St. Pete, Florida.

61. You thought the Husky chrome tanks were extremely sexy.

62. You were pretty sure the Hodaka transmissions were made of plastic.

63. You always knew that, by the 90’s, Supercross would be live on TV on Saturday nights.

64. You used to bring your girlfriend and her dog to the races. That didn’t last.

65. You recall Cycle News East & West versions. “ We don’t care how the hell they do it in
California” – that was the East version’s battle cry. Odd times, indeed.

66. You knew Can-Am’s had rotary valves and no head gaskets.

67. You knew Ricky’s boss had worked in the sport pretty seriously prior to getting into big-rig
management.

68. You not only owned a 175, you actually raced the 175 class !

69. You still have your JOFA mouthpiece.

70. You called your pants “leathers” – even if they weren’t.

71. You always wore a kidney-belt. You just did.

72. You’ve seen a Maico 490 Sand-Spider shred the knobs off.

73. You knew who “Super-Hunky” was.

74. You’re familiar with terms like “Full-Floater”, “Unitrak”, “Monoshock” and groovy.

75. You remember the DATSUN USGP Of Motocross

76. Debruzer was some kind of handlebar pad endorsed by “De-MAN”, right?

77. Tommy Benolkin’s name rings a bell with you.

78. You knew what product "Electro" manufactured.

79. You were there when Darrell Schultz won Daytona on his Chris Haines prepped CR250.

80. You knew Steve Wise was a motorcycling Mr. Do-It-All.

81. You loved watching Jimmy Ellis at the Atlanta Supercross By Wrangler on his Honda.

82. You liked those Dunlop K190’s, you really did.

83. For many years it was only Metzelers for you though.

84. You did give Trelleborg’s a brief try.

85. And Hi-Point’s Red-Dot tires. (Hannah endorsed !)

86. You were at that 1982 Loretta Lynn’s by Kawasaki. 25 classes total.

87. You’ve actually left a motocross race in a Ford Pinto towing a 3 rail Holsclaw trailer, by golly.

88. You’ve heard of both Bauers: Willi and Steve.

89. You had subscriptions to Modern Cycle & Popular Cycling.

90. You’ve heard the term “Maico-Breako” a time or two.

91. You would have given your left buttock for a pair of those “hi-zoot” Simons forks !

92. You’ve seen white KTM’s with red-frames.

93. You actually owned a bike-cover for your machine at one point. No, really, you did.

94. You always wanted to put a 44mm Mikuni carburetor on something. Anything.

95. You knew Josh Hansen’s dad raced a bit.

96. You bought a roost-boost bottle for your bike. Supposedly it straightened out the powerband or something.

97. You worked that Impact-driver like nobody’s business. No Phillips-stripping for you, my brother.

98. The name Torsten Hallman was familiar to you, just like you knew well the Gunnar-Gasser throttle. Hell, everybody did.

99. You’ve broke more than one chain in a day. And you always carried extra master-links, you had to.

100. You knew, that if you only had five-bucks to get home on, you could get four burgers from Mickey-D’s and five gallons of gas for your Econoline van. True.

101. Back then, a rhythm – section was a drummer and a bass player.
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JPT
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1/8/2008 4:32am
I remember seeing a guy get tangled up in the surgical tubing on a start. He stretched it out to the first turn, it snapped and knocked him clear off his bike.
Larry
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1/8/2008 7:41am
I'm so old I remember the original 2 stroke vs 4 stroke argument.
1/8/2008 9:16am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
[quote="Larry":1bfhr6sp]I'm so old I remember the original 2 stroke vs 4 stroke argument.[/quote:1bfhr6sp]


Did they give the 2 stroke a double displacement advantage like the 4 stroke have now back then?

The Shop

1/8/2008 10:13am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
Man, that was GREAT! I remember all those things. I had a roost bottle on my 1981 YZ125! :D And you can see my SCOTT boots in my avatar!
Larry
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1/8/2008 11:09am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
[quote="OW38B":iiy34twr][quote="Larry":iiy34twr]I'm so old I remember the original 2 stroke vs 4 stroke argument.[/quote:iiy34twr]


Did they give the 2 stroke a double displacement advantage like the 4 stroke have now back then?[/quote:iiy34twr]

" title="Laughing"> No as a matter of fact a 250 2stroker could out run any 4 stroke there was and a 125 2 strokes was faster than just about everything on the track in the days of 3 inch travel.
bspeed
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1/8/2008 1:53pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
old skool enough to spot :

Ake Jonnson

not Johnson " title="Wink">

and how we argued about the pronunciation.
1/8/2008 2:41pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
[quote="JPT":djc03ryk]I remember seeing a guy get tangled up in the surgical tubing on a start. He stretched it out to the first turn, it snapped and knocked him clear off his bike.[/quote:djc03ryk]

That happened to me in the 100cc class on my '76 YZ 100. The first turn was approximately 50 yards from the line; the cord snapped and hit me in the back. Left a Zorro-like "Z" welt on my back...knocked the wind out of me, too.

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JPT
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1/8/2008 4:37pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
[quote="Larry":29wp55jz]I'm so old I remember the original 2 stroke vs 4 stroke argument.[/quote:29wp55jz]


Yeah. Remember all the griping about those "noisy, smelly, smokey two strokes". "Damn Japanese toys". Lol!
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1/8/2008 9:32pm
Old school enough to remember most all of those you list; except pulling dirt snot of my nose two days later at Mt. Morris or Unadilla; Plymouth and E st instead.

And how about the Noguchi kitted Yamaha's...

Good thread Terry. Showing our age..
1/9/2008 12:15am
[quote:284hl7gv]17. You remember JONES goggles and Carrera’s, too[/quote:284hl7gv]
Wore 'em. Even have a pair or two of Carrera's around here.
se7enmx
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1/9/2008 8:21am
I wore real leathers with lineman boots. Remember Fullbore boots?
twmotox
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1/9/2008 8:31am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
How about KX"s that had number plates built into the rear fender and all aftermarket plastic was "universal" and you stole milk crates from the grocery store to use as a cool bike stand.
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1/9/2008 2:28pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
[quote="SE7ENMX":1gmyouv2]I wore real leathers with lineman boots. Remember Fullbore boots?[/quote:1gmyouv2]

Yep, Torsten Hallman leathers, linemen's from the local shoe repair shop and mowed the lawn in the Fullbores to break them in.
1/9/2008 2:43pm Edited Date/Time 2/26/2009 2:10am
What, no mention of fork braces and compression releases? Still have a pair of Yamaha "Leathers", a couple of YZ fender extenders, a Jofa, Iron Jaw, MX Denim pants, Scott face guards, that are laying around here.
1/9/2008 3:40pm
My first gearbag contained:

Bell RT helmet with a VizorVue
Jofa
Yellow Bates Leathers w/ black stripe
Carrera goggles
The aforementioned gloves with the rubber knucklestrips.
A red-white-blue ventilated nylon jersey
SIDI Fullbores
A padded roost shield with my sponsor's name in black tape.
Several of the little foam dust filters that hooked around your ears and you could wear under the jofa.
A kidney belt (dumbest piece of gear ever contrived. How're you supposed to breathe?)
A roll of duct tape.
se7enmx
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1/9/2008 4:31pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
Ifound a company in the midwest that printed my name and number on the back of a vented jersey in 1973. I was so "Factory" in 73'. Rattle can paint jobs were the best. I remember sitting in the pratice line at a race when nobody had silencers on their pipes. My ears still ring.
mr50racer
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1/9/2008 5:02pm Edited Date/Time 1/9/2008 5:05pm
How about bates leathers.......and they were red,white, and blue..........and remember the NMA national beforeit was at Ponca City... and if you ever attended the Suzuki School of Motocross down at carlsbad..........and ran that 100% stuff behind your silencer
JPT
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1/9/2008 5:03pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:04pm
[quote="BMSOB":146kb7ia]Old skool enough to have raced against Kenny Roberts, Mark Brelsford & Alex Jorgensen back in my flat track days. Lodi Cycle Bowl.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... f%26sa%3DN[/quote:146kb7ia]

#80-#87-#44.
andymoto
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1/9/2008 5:42pm
Heckel boots.

Had a friend, Dale Hansen was his name; one of D-36 top DT's back in the late 70's/early 80's; never went further that local expert, but was dang fast....Lodi's been around the block a whole lot. At least one track that ain't shut down.
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3/11/2008 7:52pm
Used to jam my bike into gear without a clutch during a hand on helmet start.
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3/12/2008 1:54pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:22pm
[quote="whipmeister":2y2cqomu]My first gearbag contained:

Bell RT helmet with a VizorVue
Jofa
Yellow Bates Leathers w/ black stripe
Carrera goggles
The aforementioned gloves with the rubber knucklestrips.
A red-white-blue ventilated nylon jersey
SIDI Fullbores
A padded roost shield with my sponsor's name in black tape.
Several of the little foam dust filters that hooked around your ears and you could wear under the jofa.
A kidney belt (dumbest piece of gear ever contrived. How're you supposed to breathe?)
A roll of duct tape.[/quote:2y2cqomu]
Mine was Malcolm Smith 'Gold Medal' leathers, Hallman boots, Electro lid (two tone yellow/red - same colors as the leathers) with requisite duckbill, Gold Belt, [url=http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/database2/HPIM0905.jpg:2y2cqomu]… jersey[/url:2y2cqomu], Barrifauldi goggles and a few pair of them goatskin gloves that made yer hands red from all the dye coming off.
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3/13/2008 12:35pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:22pm
I remember when my Gold Belt didnt fold over when I rode. :oops:
JPT
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3/13/2008 2:20pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:22pm
[quote="lostboy819":3lhe0w5h]I remember when my Gold Belt didnt fold over when I rode. :oops:[/quote:3lhe0w5h]


I feel your pain man. " title="Laughing">
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3/13/2008 7:14pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:22pm
[quote="JPT":f5nfqnk6][quote="lostboy819":f5nfqnk6]I remember when my Gold Belt didnt fold over when I rode. :oops:[/quote:f5nfqnk6]


I feel your pain man. " title="Laughing">[/quote:f5nfqnk6]

I'd probably pass out if I tried to put on a Gold Belt I wore in '79...or 1980....or '85....or '97...... " title="Laughing"> " title="Laughing">
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3/15/2008 7:12pm
I resemble nearly every item on that list.

Thanks for the flashback.
Law 131
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3/16/2008 7:47am
That list was great!

I remember those Scott boots. I hated them. They looked cool and Hannah used them but I didn’t like the lack of grip and feel of the bike when I used them.

I went right back the tried and true Hi Point’s.

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