80's motocrosser's bikes i raced-fast, scary and great fun!
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Did Motocross in the 80's on any of these bikes? watch this and put the volume up! These bike i competed on were noisy, fast, scary, environmentally unsound but great fun- proper racing- dirty, dangerous and physically demanding. if you were fit enough to hold on to a 65 hp 'crosser - the camaraderie and rewards last inside your head forever. real original punk with the GO sound- lacking in today's 'damped' down music industry. the Skids-will wake you Up!
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Dead right MacMan
i bought a used '77 model when I was 18-and used it to practice on for racing motocross because it had a reg and I could ride it home. I won my first ever trophy on it in a Welsh endur0 in 1985but it was so old I was embarrassed about it then-all the posh boys took the piss out of it ) im kinda proud of the fact now-it won the hill climb section and beat 'em all, boy they were heavy though. I only got good at riding it through mud through fear of getting stuck-you will know that's the truth as an XT former owner!!great bands and great times in 80'sno smart phones or bullshit like today.
Now i mostly rebuild 80's bikes, cycle or ride across Spain with a sleeping bag and fix lorries if I get too skint.
You never forget an XT eh?- especially the twin shocker one!!-what a sound. -
XT 500 was a very good bike in its day i grew up on one and yes very heavy it sounds like you had a great life seeing metallica and GnR live and racing bikes what do you do know days?
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I raced a 1978 RM 250C2 in 1980 Got the masher in 79 as a 14 year old I was the only kid in the 250 class.Thanks for the memories LOVED the Euro Yammies (white n red) here in the states only yellow/black was to be had.
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I can imagine-never used a neck brace before though-prob would have helped in numerous past crashes though-there is nothing like a new bike to make you disregard safety though eh?- just get on and ride! I had a YZ250W- had it nicked at the end of a season though- it was great for supercross style tracks but always needed a fresh top end to get a holeshot, i won a few races on it though- i know its a daft question- are they still two strokes dude?
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haha when i got it i went straight out the farm with it, went flat out. Worst thing ive ever done because ive never rode a 250 before and i wasn't wearing my neck brace. Lets just say it didn't end to well.
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I bet it is- a YZF or a YZ? The 80's bikes seemed to change so much each year escpecially suspension and brake wise- but the power was hit and miss depending who had the good motor for any given year- even Honda got it wrong some years- the 85 CR250 had no top end power is one example springs to mind and the 87 KTM 125 was rubbish- but the 84 was a screamer-an 85-500 KTM was a screamer for a 500 but the 87 was a fkn tractor, the early Big YZ 490s felt like they were long pigs. Any lemons now?
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wow, its amazing how the bikes have changed! Got my 2013 YZ 250 last week, its a beast!
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