John Penton 100yo

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Happy birthday John Penton, 100 yo today.

Take a tip from John: Get those good rides in while you can and if you can't; keep those memories.

 

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BoxcarWilly 8/19/2025 7:40am
8/19/2025 7:40am

Total legend in the sport. Happy Birthday!

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burn1986 8/19/2025 7:42am
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Wow! 100 years old 😳👍

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WDSRCR 8/19/2025 9:22am
8/19/2025 9:22am

That guy was harder than woodpecker lips. Rode his bike hundreds of miles to an enduro, raced the enduro and then rode home.

 

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Joey Bridges 8/19/2025 9:46am
8/19/2025 9:46am
WDSRCR wrote:

That guy was harder than woodpecker lips. Rode his bike hundreds of miles to an enduro, raced the enduro and then rode home.

 

Of course, look at the bike he rode.

I grew up in the, DT Yamaha, Hodaka, DKW w/ leading link fork, with curnutt shocks era.

Until the 125 Elsinore came out.

But a 175 Penton was always on my wish list.

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7I3N 8/20/2025 7:09am
8/20/2025 7:09am

If you haven't watched this, you need to find a copy.

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