Your Collection: Superbowl of Motocross Photos
Sunday, May 8, 2011 | 6:00 AM
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"I thought some people may enjoy these...from the Superbowl of Motocross maybe 79 or 80? I think I may have just arrived early and these were mostly of practice. I don't recall a day race except much later in the mid 80's."
- Ken
Marty Smith.
Team Suzuki- Tony D and Howerton
The Hurricane and the Jammer.
Bob Hannah.
Mike "Too Tall" Bell.
Rocket Rex.
Now those are the Pits...Factory Team Suzuki
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you would think in a day where the bikes had little to no suspension, there would be allot less jump to flat situations...
@ use ta, Huh, I believe at the time they were running at least 7" rear and 9~10" in the forks but it could have been more like 9" rear & 11"+ forks.
You want to see the guy's with ba!!$ go back to the early 70's when it was 3" rear & 5" fork's and they were still hauling a$$...
With all the tech today most are just Spoiled, rather than Talented.IMO
The 70s and 80s we had guts, the bikes you had to ride hard, now they almost ride themselves. Today you can buy a bike and do very littel to it. Back then you had to really concentrate on the bike. P U S S Y ' S
@ tommy tampa Not jumping as far, or high, carrying half the corner speed and in general going half the speed shouldn't require MORE concentration...Face it, your generation just wasn't as naturally gifted.
I believe that was 1978
Bell took the win followed closely by Hannah.
Great race, Hannah had a typical bad start, raced through the pack, but went off the track a few times on his way.
They crossed the final jump at the finish about a second apart.
Great pics.
Tommy tampa and clit or click or whatever don't ride. Maybe they never did at all. Your coments expose you two as posers
@ Ken Averill
Thanks for the way-back pictures!
Need to dust off some boxes in the garage & contribute some of my own.
Nice shots! Nothing like homegrown for true nostalgic effect. I have some stills, and 'regular' 8mm footage (now converted to VHS, many years later), but not sure how to get it on here. I can get the stills turned into digital, but VHS to you-tube? Mid-Ohio Trans-AMA 1975, Midland Mich 125cc 1976.
I like the fact that they had an actual mud hole on the track. Try and do that now and the factories would scream about getting the bikes muddy.
Tommy Tampa- dont know what bikes you ride, but a modern 450 doesnt ride itself on a supercross track. the bikes are ungodly fast, and very powerful. They are riding faster jumping farther, and running them harder than ever before. they have to if they want to win. Watch a race sometime and you will see. A 50 horsepower bike isnt easy to ride. The 35 horsepower bikes of yesteryear, a different story.
Tommy, there are many of us younger than you blokes out here that appreciate the way you older blokes rode those machines, If I could afford it right now I would own and race an older bike aswell as the bikes I own now.
PS our new bikes can get us in serious trouble, seriously fast, if they were easier to ride I wouldnt be the only motocross racer in my town.
WFO-UFO I would love to see your old Super 8mm from back then. Take them to Wal-Mart or Costco and get them transferred to DVD.
Here's some Mid-Ohio 1975 125GP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Bov9BvwOM