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That was Cycle Haven on Terminal Island, Los Angeles, CA and was a great spot for beginning.
Riding in the mud as a kid was absolutely the most fun ever, wasn't it??
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I love reading all these stories. Brings up so many memories of my own as I'm sure it does for others.
Remember the old rubber band starting gates?
Never start on the end because to this day I remember the "WHACK!" sound of it hitting my helmet and turning it sideways as I almost wheelied off of the back of the bike.
The XR75s were the bikes to beat and I remember Bucky Houston lapping me twice on his XR105 big bore running race fuel and a few others like Shaun Kelley and Scotty Crowder.
I remember sitting on the hill in the shade for the racers meeting with Howerton, Jody Wiesel, Steve Stackable, Joey Height and Mike Slagel.
The next year I got a 1976 Y80C and started collecting trophies.
I still have my brother's race bike in the garage, Jeff Ward XR75 with Betor forks and Fox airshox that I need to restore.
Thanks for this thread OP. Those were the "good old days"..
Could barely afford the bike, boots and helmet so made do with corduroy pants for awhile. Knees still have scars from slide outs without knee guards
Memorable part?
Somehow ended up getting the holeshot in my first ever moto in 250 beginner class that had about 20 riders. I was stoked, until my bike bogged and stopped heading for second corner. Turns out my buddy had done me the favor of turning off my gas after practice. First race lesson...always check for gas turned on.
I had no idea how chain slack worked so I ran it super tight and detonated the engine after about 3.5 laps
Also @Slipdog, lemme know if you're ever out at Diablo, be sick to actually ride with somebody from Vital for once!
1985 on a KX125 at Thunder Ridge in D-3 CNY... never been on a proper track before this day, first moto I ended up going ass over tea kettle and breaking the clutch perch, DNF!!! Really thought/hoped that we could go home, but the Old Man was having none of that and found a replacement and made damn sure I went back out. Glad he did and here I am today, still at it. Cool thread.
I got 9th place out of 30 riders i was pretty happy with that
I had a couple tip overs but its like beach sand and the whole track would get wooped out even around the corners so i think half the field did lotta fun i love riding sand.
Pit Row
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