Anybody remember when ?

[Steve Kanya]

When I started there were literally no "dirt bikes" in the early sixties yet at least here in Jersey. We made dirt bikes out old Honda Super 90s or my Honda 55. We then heard some guy imported Huskie somethings up in New England and raced them in Scrambles. Dirt Bike magazine was a bible and was eagerly waited for every month. Wide World of Sports had a GP on TV and interviewed Brad Lackey, I never saw the show to this day. Heard about it in school the next day, was I pissed. Knobbies were unavailable in bikes shops. Jones foam, Jofa face masks, Skunk Werks rear shock system, DKWs 100s ruled the desert, and cops left us alone on the street and trails. I did have Curnutt shocks on a RT 360 Yammie in early 70s.

 

[Jersey Woods]

Remember when people thought 2 strokes were dead? Haha

They are from dead in my book. I like both 2T and 4T bikes they are booth a hoot to ride.

 

[K5PL5]

Remember when supermotard (Superbikers) was an American sport?

 

[huskyrob450]

Thanks to all who posted for the trip down memory lane!

 

[Valhalla]

.....I remember the cussing and swearing, and voodoo involved trying to get an old Amal or Bing carburetor just right.......or kick starting
then the bikes they were attached to, with their awkward kick starters......74 Montesa Cota, 75 Bultaco Alpina.......72 Ossa.
Wrenching and riding was sometimes a 50/50 ratio......simply because of the equipment! Buying a brand new 1980 Kawasaki KDX
was like a quantum leap........at last a bike that always made it home!

Yup those were the days..........riding in vacant lots, paper mill woods along the river.......Can-Ams, Hodaka's.......old TM's,CR's and YZ's or lots
of converted TS Suzook's or DT Yamaha's. And a 6 pack of spark plugs to go.........

 

[HuskyTaylor]

I remember when all motorcycles had kick starters on them...or when the louder you bike was the faster you thought it went.

 

[dartyppyt]

I remember when I could touch the ground on any displacement machine, and I could make any dirt bike I bought street legal with a headlight, tail light and a mirror. I remember when down pipes were the hot set up on MX bikes, when a Mikuni was the trickest carb you could have on a bike (not that I didn't leave the Bing, or Amal or Del Orto on my Euro bikes anyway). I remember when the tool kit that I carried on the trail was a sparkplug and plug wrench taped to the crossbar. I rememeber how cool Hooker pipes looked, and how silly Xducer silencers looked. I remember when nobody ran a spark arrestor, but no wild fires ever seemed to get started by a dirt bike anyway. I remember Koni, Girling, Curnutt, Betor, Ceriani for suspension, what there was of of it. I remember leather pants with padded knees, lace ups, Full Bores, Jofas, Carrera 98s and kidney belts. I remember three motos, the original Elsinore Grand Prix....a bunch of other stuff too.

Ok DD, instead of an angel on top of your christmas tree this year. We better see it topped with an open face helmet/duck bill visor, jofa and old scott goggles. Better not use the scott face protector, might scare grand kids off.

 

[Dirtdame]

Ok DD, instead of an angel on top of your christmas tree this year. We better see it topped with an open face helmet/duck bill visor, jofa and old scott goggles. Better not use the scott face protector, might scare grand kids off.

No duckbill or Scott goggles. I liked the Carrera 98s and the Euro styled moto peak.

 

[Coffee]

I've been trying, but no, I cannot remember when.

No fun getting old.

 

[Dirtdame]

No fun getting old.

Then why are you laughing?