The good OLD days.

I found this guys videos that he had transferred from super 8 film. I posted it at SDAR, but thought somebody over here might get a kick out of these really old races. They brought back a lot of great memories for me because of the time line and also because the races were local. So here is the link:
http://www.dualsport-sd.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5145

Hey I'm sure I saw Steve McQueen in one of those shots.

Well you sure saw Harvey M. at Elsinore

That is just to cool DD. Yes that brings back memories.

Thanks a ton for posting those vids DD! Super cool.

I don't know....not sure if I could settle for just one.

Are those your vids? It almost looks like you could have been in the first one.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

You look really focused.

This bike was a 1973 DKW RT159 Super(AKA The Little Wonder). It sported a gigantic chrome gas tank with a rootbeer colored area across the top. The exhaust was chrome, so were the fenders, wheels and bars. I don't remember what the dry weight was supposed to be, probably scary plenty. It seemed to have almost more chrome than a Harley Davidson. It also sported a 125 cc Sachs engine that had a six speed tranny (with about seven neutrals) and a 26 mm Bing carb. Boge shocks adorned each end of the machine, and the front ones which were 16 inches long, rode on a swingarm member supported by needle bearings. This leading link arrangement caused the front end to extend rather than collapse under breaking pressure. Made for some interesting braking techniques when entering a corner that had stutter bumps. There was a steering damper too...chrome of course. I rode the machine for a couple of years in motocross. During that time, it lost it's big tank for a little fiberglass one (designed to fit a Husqvarna), got a Torque down pipe, plastic fenders (remember Preston Petty), DID rims and different handlebars. Later, all the stock stuff (except the rims) went back on it and I added lights, mirror and street licensing. A few years later, I sold it, but I wish I hadn't....along with the 125 Maico, the 360 Bultaco Frontera and just more recently the KDX200 that I kept for the last 21 years.

The owner of those videos is a gentleman out of Arizona by the name of Doug Klassen. He used to live in San Diego county as a teenager and young man and started racing probably a few years before I did. He and I have chatted via a forum that we both belong to for District 38 Offroad Racing. That is where I found the links to his Youtube videos. Most of the videos were shot just before I was competing and riding in general. I was probably still dreaming about owning horsies.

In the DKW photo, I can't tell if I'm sticking out my tongue or my lower lip.

I'm not sure what size the red tank model was, though I think the red ones were 100 ccs. It looks like that bike is almost all original and in very good shape and seems to be around the same year model as mine.