OLD MX photos

The recent thread about the "what was your first bike" had me looking for any pics. of my first, which was a Mini Enduro. I could not find any of that bike, but I did come across plenty of some of my other early dirty bikes. I just wanted to share these for general amusement of you folks and I didn't want to jack that other thread.
Brings me back to the old days of 70's MX.
My dad took all of these photos back in the day. These are just a few of the 1000's Last year he handed me a large box stuffed full of all of these 35mm slides from 10+ years of racing.

 

70s muckin was fun

 

Late '70s...

 

Broome's head is exploding. How could these pictures be taken before motorcycles were invented?

 

These were very primative bikes by todays standards no doubt.

 

I would not say primitive...I think innovative would be a better description.

 

Photoshop

 

Indeed they were very innovative. It seems as if we would get a new bike of the latest technology and before long it was outdone by something else. Things were very rapidly advancing in mid.to late 70's. It was a fun time to be racing MX.

 

I grew up in the pits with my Dad racing Enduro in the 70's. I still ride a 2T and I run Benol just because it makes me nostalgic. This thread is gold!!! :up:

 

This guy has a lot of cool shots from the early 90's era which is my favorite.

http://instagram.com/sweeneyphoto

 

This is 1977 250A class at a local Wi. track where I was trying the HD out for the first time.

 

That is very cool! I was trying to figure out what that was that you were on. It didn't look like any of the usual suspects. How was that HD to ride? Sure didn't see many of those.

 

I really liked the HD as it suited me. It was big and heavy and took some muscle to put it where you wanted it. My race weight was around #220 and with it's motor I was consistently in the top3 on the starts. Several of the other top A riders in my district tried the HD and did not like it because you had to be so physical for it to work well. JMO

 

So you are saying you are a finesse guy?

 

I have a pair of those High Points in my garage right now. I actually wore them when I ran MX back int 2006-2008. People always loved em. lol

 

still have mine from the mid 70s

 

Nope! I was more of a "wick it open and hangon" type of guy.

 

Sorry. I forgot to use the sarcasm font!
A guy I ride with was around 220# when he raced and he rides with nothing but brute force and ignorance too. We are close to the same speed but when we ride he is either faster than me or laying in the dirt trying to get his breath back.

 

I will say it this way...there were few that would go into a corner with me...you (and me) had no idea where I would go. :up: Mom always said I had a dead short between my brain and my wrist.