On a Michigan related note, I was riding at Carnegie SVRA near Livermore, California maybe 15 years ago.
Guy pulls in next to me and jumps out of his truck wearing a Team Dynamic jersey. Vented nylon, bright blue with yellow lightning bolts - I'm sure you old time Michigan guys know what I'm talking about.
Anyways, he was transplanted from Michigan and was surprised to find someone in California who had heard about the Bigelows. Fun times...
And the 'quiet' reference and Todd DeHoop is ironic to me. One year at Hangtown, I remember his RM125 being exceptioinally, painfully loud. Maybe the silencer fell off or something.