Interesting History, Thumper MXers:

Yeah man Ole Cutie Pie's a fella could love to get hurt on a lot!
 
Have you seen the MXers in Duke Videos' 'The Right Line' . In those days the riders were as good as our modern guys , however the MX bikes were extremely dangerous . If you watch Don Rickman riding it is poetry in motion, but horrifying . In Australia we have vintage MX racing, I think the participants are mad.
 
acotrel said:
Have you seen the MXers in Duke Videos' 'The Right Line' . In those days the riders were as good as our modern guys , however the MX bikes were extremely dangerous . If you watch Don Rickman riding it is poetry in motion, but horrifying . In Australia we have vintage MX racing, I think the participants are mad.

I don't think you have ridden a modern 450 MXer somehow. :lol:

The link is interesting but I have followed dirt bikes in general since being in school in the early 1970's,one reason I like Triumph Trophy's so much and lucky enough to have three.
The link only touches on that time period at a glance,the cut off date of 1965 was the beginning of the end for four strokes.
What was brought to the USA were of course the light weight Husqvarna two stokes along with European riders,that was the beginning of MX in that country.
I am again lucky to have two 1968 models,a 250 Cross (#250026) and 360 Viking (#360009)
Oddly enough it was Husqvarna again who again beat the two strokes in the 1990's with a four stroke world title in open class,perhaps it could be said they were major players in bringing the two stroke (competitively) to every day riders and then bringing the four stroke back to as it is today.

Interesting History, Thumper MXers:
 
In the 70s, a friend raced a 250 and a 360 Bultaco, both of which I used to tune for him. I've ridden the 360, and it scared me. Uphill jumps were great. However I don't like downhill jumps when you are passing big trees in mid flight . I would not dare to get on a modern 450. Our club runs MX practice days on our own circuit each month. I've seen the bikes tied up in all sorts of knots when the kids get it wrong.
 
Time Warp said:
acotrel said:
Have you seen the MXers in Duke Videos' 'The Right Line' . In those days the riders were as good as our modern guys , however the MX bikes were extremely dangerous . If you watch Don Rickman riding it is poetry in motion, but horrifying . In Australia we have vintage MX racing, I think the participants are mad.

I don't think you have ridden a modern 450 MXer somehow. :lol:

The link is interesting but I have followed dirt bikes in general since being in school in the early 1970's,one reason I like Triumph Trophy's so much and lucky enough to have three.
The link only touches on that time period at a glance,the cut off date of 1965 was the beginning of the end for four strokes.
What was brought to the USA were of course the light weight Husqvarna two stokes along with European riders,that was the beginning of MX in that country.
I am again lucky to have two 1968 models,a 250 Cross (#250026) and 360 Viking (#360009)
Oddly enough it was Husqvarna again who again beat the two strokes in the 1990's with a four stroke world title in open class,perhaps it could be said they were major players in bringing the two stroke (competitively) to every day riders and then bringing the four stroke back to as it is today.

Interesting History, Thumper MXers:


So that makes two of my bikes very long lost cousins...

Interesting History, Thumper MXers:


I actually thought that it was Joel Smets on the Berg that got the 4 strokes back on the podium, but it was Jackie Martins. Unfortunatly after KTM got what they needed from Husaberg (a fast engine) they dissolved the brand.
 
This is what i really want to learn to do on Peel as one is never fully in control d/t all the random forces acting yet mostly bike self recovers magically, except when it don't or striking something. Not that much practice as race extremes but enough to know ya gotta stay on more power than gravity pull to keep some control aim hopefully missing hazards on the flying landings.
 
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