View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXMSmNIzu0 (Bader Manneh not Rader), Mike Healey on the Varese built Cagiva 125. who's who of US Nat and other MX riders in this series.
I enjoyed that immensely!! Thanks for posting. What a blast from the past! Sure was hard hearing the announcer saying "rader" over and over but oh well awesome footage!
Thanks PA, I forgot to mention the YouTube channel with all the viddys. PS I think Mike H actually won the CMC championship that year on the Cagiva 125 (fact check needed). PPS the reason this whole thing came up is because Mike H is back from some very tough times, cleaned up, penitent and back to being the real larger than life Healey, the MXGP/US National/Crusty Demon/Punk Rocker/keepin it real/nice guy Healey us fans always loved. Hope to see him back in form and lined for some Vet/Sen MX/Offroad events in the future. Mike Healey knew (knows) how to put on an MX show for the race fans all while leading or while in podium position during his races. He was brilliant on the KTM during the Japanese domination of MXGP.
This brings back some times, wow. I raced Carlsbad in 1976 and 77, 4-stroke nationals. That was before Yamaha invented the 4-stroke, Ha!. The downhill in the back would pucker your stuff. Torsten Hallman, Gunnar, Mike Bell and the Moates Bros.............. couple of 4-stroke Huskies from the sixtys.
