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.