husky12;107814 said:
Forgot?
Who dat?
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Ok who was your favorite husky rider ?????
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Forgot?
Who dat?
greenstreak
Husqvarna
C Class
Brad Lackey was mine and all of my friend's hero when we were in high school. I pick Brad.
Norman Foley
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Vinduro;108490 said:
We know that already Dwight!
An old husky freak votes
Steve McQueen--My main man--for Lamons--for The great escape, for OAS--for his great wives--for the defination of cool.
Dick Burelson--even though he knocked me out of a gold medal in a six day qualifier. Raced an enduro on the same number with my daughter who was on his tail after 76 miles when she plowed a stump.
J.N. Roberts-- for being a stunt man in addition to a champion desert racer--and all his movies and magazine articals.
John Penton--Won Jackpine Enduro and still holds the cross country race time-- and speaker at Michigan enduro awards.
Malcom Smith-- OAS-- the reason I bought my first Husky-- A 450 WR desert master in 1972. Raced it for three years.
Bob Popiel-- because he raced the Automatic and won Jackpine ahead of all the above riders--TWICE. I converted a desert bike with long travel into an Automatic and he complained that I had a better bike than he had to ride as a factory sponsered rider. I still have it in my garage where it mockes me to rebuild it every day.
Steve McQueen--My main man--for Lamons--for The great escape, for OAS--for his great wives--for the defination of cool.
Dick Burelson--even though he knocked me out of a gold medal in a six day qualifier. Raced an enduro on the same number with my daughter who was on his tail after 76 miles when she plowed a stump.
J.N. Roberts-- for being a stunt man in addition to a champion desert racer--and all his movies and magazine articals.
John Penton--Won Jackpine Enduro and still holds the cross country race time-- and speaker at Michigan enduro awards.
Malcom Smith-- OAS-- the reason I bought my first Husky-- A 450 WR desert master in 1972. Raced it for three years.
Bob Popiel-- because he raced the Automatic and won Jackpine ahead of all the above riders--TWICE. I converted a desert bike with long travel into an Automatic and he complained that I had a better bike than he had to ride as a factory sponsered rider. I still have it in my garage where it mockes me to rebuild it every day.
Hello
An input from Denmark.
Steve McQueen, King of cool
Malcom Smith, hit did a little of everything with a Husky, and did damn good!
Bengt Åberg, See the clip in On any sunday, that guy had style and speed !
Thorsten Hallman,
Håkan "Carla" Carlqvist, He was a cool/hardcore guy on a bike! Namur '88, incredible!
It's hard to chose just one.
An input from Denmark.
Steve McQueen, King of cool
Malcom Smith, hit did a little of everything with a Husky, and did damn good!
Bengt Åberg, See the clip in On any sunday, that guy had style and speed !
Thorsten Hallman,
Håkan "Carla" Carlqvist, He was a cool/hardcore guy on a bike! Namur '88, incredible!
It's hard to chose just one.
REZRIDER
Husqvarna
B Class
Mine too...but then again, there were quite a few at the time.
HuskyKurt
Husqvarna
B Class
My Dad was my first influence. He got his first Husky (a 400) from JN. Then "#8 in the desert" Morris Norman, (Kendall's Dad) taught him (us) how to ride. I was a Husky rider from the start and watched, cheered for, idolized and eventually raced against so many of them. I can't have a favorite.
Memories of getting passed by DB at Alligator, or making Kevin Hines and his Dad sick with my bloody split lip in Columbia SC, or any meeting with John Penton or Malcolm. I could go on and on. There are just too many, too great to choose from.
Although I have 12 bikes now, (I have the full blown Vintage addiction), 5 are Husky and since I was 4, we've never not had one.
Memories of getting passed by DB at Alligator, or making Kevin Hines and his Dad sick with my bloody split lip in Columbia SC, or any meeting with John Penton or Malcolm. I could go on and on. There are just too many, too great to choose from.
Although I have 12 bikes now, (I have the full blown Vintage addiction), 5 are Husky and since I was 4, we've never not had one.
Factory4510
Husqvarna
A Class
Lackey, Mikkola,and don't forget Sugar Bear (Billy Grossi) Chuck Sun. Do you all remember where Mitch Payton (Pro-Circuit) got his start? Way back in "the day" my Huskies came from Dave Mungenast shop in St. Louis, Dave was and ISDE rider, and a lot of these guy you mention came thru there on their way to races.
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Malcolm Smith... Duh!
Lots of other excellent riders, but Malcolm was unbelievable. Just watching On Any Sunday shows you how good he was. The effortless mastery of the sport, his ability to totally dominate his competition and the enormous list of the wide variety of his accomplishments are incredible.
Lots of other excellent riders, but Malcolm was unbelievable. Just watching On Any Sunday shows you how good he was. The effortless mastery of the sport, his ability to totally dominate his competition and the enormous list of the wide variety of his accomplishments are incredible.
All of the names you guys have thrown out are all great riders and Champions, but one guy that stands out for me was Dave Chase. Back in my days of doing Baja pits for Husky L.R, Scott, Brent, Garth, and Dan/Dan won races, but Dave was a SCORE Champ as well. So why Dave Chase, well he went from rider to mechanic building the bikes for Dan Smith and his H&H wins. When Dan went to trucks, from KTM, Dave took a new kid under his wing Danny Hamel. He taught Danny how to work on and save the bike. They won 5 H&H Championships, just as he did with Dan Smith. Dave went on to build the first XR440 Honda kit's, ran the shop at Pro Circuit and helped develop the Honda CRF's. We lost Dave a few years ago, way to early, but the guy sure could ride and build Husqvarna's. We miss ya Dave.
Pinittowinit
Husqvarna
AA Class
My hero eddy seel
