1960's MX
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snowmonkey
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Classic. That's some great scrambles. You gotta love the announcer.., "the 250 Greeves with COWBOY handlebars". Thanks for sharing.
madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
That was really cool and takes me back to those days.
I remember when there was property along the American River (not appartments and condos, like now) and the motorcycle clubs would take a road grader and a tractor/back scraper and carve tracks like that in the rolling river bluffs. (Similar to what Dcarver has done on his property!) We had the same bleachers...find a place along the track where you could see most of it.
I can remember riding to watch on the back of my dad's '47 HD, side shift, and spending the day out there with a picnic lunch packed in the saddle bags.
I'm talking 1092-1963 (??) when British thumpers ruled the larger classes and the Japanese 50cc bikes had their own "classes". I seem to remember various 125cc and 250cc 4-stroke machines.
Don, thanks for kindling the memories.
I remember when there was property along the American River (not appartments and condos, like now) and the motorcycle clubs would take a road grader and a tractor/back scraper and carve tracks like that in the rolling river bluffs. (Similar to what Dcarver has done on his property!) We had the same bleachers...find a place along the track where you could see most of it.
I can remember riding to watch on the back of my dad's '47 HD, side shift, and spending the day out there with a picnic lunch packed in the saddle bags.
I'm talking 1092-1963 (??) when British thumpers ruled the larger classes and the Japanese 50cc bikes had their own "classes". I seem to remember various 125cc and 250cc 4-stroke machines.
Don, thanks for kindling the memories.
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Niehart
Pie Smuggler
Liked that. Reminded my of my 125 CC Sachs. Cool bike, even had folding foot pegs! Did Cherry Point scramble with it. Was just to much fun.
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Those were the golden times of motocross. I had the opportunity to watch Joel Robert "live", winning all of his heats in one of the Camel Series races in Houston, back about 1972. DeCoster did not make the meet that day. The bike was truly an extension of Joel's body. Of course, all the tracks were natural terrain, usually laid out around a creek bed. I rode the same track the day after that race with some friends, as the pros made it look so easy. We all crashed again and again. I decided I would not be able to make a living racing MX!
Those engines made plenty of hp and torque, but the frames and suspensions were pretty dismal.
Those engines made plenty of hp and torque, but the frames and suspensions were pretty dismal.
airboss
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That was great. I can almost smell the bean oil again. 
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