history of motocross....

[BullDog KX125]

if any of you guys have any bookmarks of the history of motocross mechanics, racing (like old skool riding positions and what not), or anything like that could ya post a link here? im doing my senior project research topic on it and im about to start looking through search engines.
ya dont find too much information on the usual school recommended sites :)

thanks

 

[Patman]

In the beginning there was dirt.

T-Rex turned to fuel.

Man created the wheel.

Jack Penton.

Roger DeCoster

Bob Hannah

Jeremy McGrath

Bubba

There ya' go just fill in a few of the blanks and your done! Just reference this post in your paper. ;)

 

[awilson40]

May be some links here


vintage stuff

 

[XRpredator]

Filling in blanks

Originally posted by Patman
In the beginning there was dirt.

T-Rex turned to fuel.

Man created the wheel.

Jack Penton.
(Edison Dye)
Roger DeCoster
(Joel Robert, Torsten Hallman, Heikki Mikkola, Pierre Karsmakers, Bengt Aberg, Jim Pomeroy, Brad Lackey)
Bob Hannah
(Gary Jones, Tony D, Kent Howerton, Broc Glover, David Bailey, Mark Barnett, Jeff Ward, Guy Cooper, Johnny O', Ricky Johnson, Donnie Hansen, Jeff Stanton)
Jeremy McGrath
(Jeff Emig, Doug Henry, John Dowd, Steve Lamson, Ryan Hughes, The Leprechaun)
Bubba
(ah, the future . . . :))

There's more where that came from . . . :)

 

[bike5]

hahaha thats great

 

[JeffK]

I dont have any links to it but I was watching the history channel the other day and they were talking about WWII and the vehicles that were used to get around in Europe during war time. They had videos of men learning how to ride rough terrain on these huge monster cycles with almost no suspension and weighing (what looked like) 1500 lbs.. It wasn't motocross but I'm sure it was the start of something.. anyway, i would like to see what one of these guys could do if we could go back in time and give him a cr250 !!!

 

[Heywood]

Here some that might help.

http://www.saddlebackpark.com
http://www.bradlackey.com
http://www.motocross.com/vintage/vmv/vmv.htm
http://www.vintageiron.com
http://www.motorcyclememories.com/

oops! I fixed it, thanks XRP.

 

[XRpredator]

psssssst -- It's www.bradlackey.com (you forgot the "c")

I like the "Wanted" poster in the Brad Needs Your Help section:

WANTED
Brad Lackey's 1982 Works Suzuki 500
Description: Yellow and Black with #6 front and side plates
Last seen in Belgium in 1982

If you have any information (Roger) leading to his championship winning bike, please contact him at [email protected]

Brad thinks Roger D knows where his bike is. Too funny!

 

[VintageDirt]

These links go back in time...

http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/apr2001/apr01rsOldDesert.html

http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/remember_rs_oct00.html

http://www.off-road.com/rick/remember/

 

[BullDog KX125]

alright! thanks some good stuff in these pages

 

[KC_BigDog_51]

Filling in the blanks

Originally posted by Patman
In the beginning there was dirt.

T-Rex turned to fuel.

Man created the wheel.

Jack Penton.
Parents have not even met yet

Roger DeCoster
still in mothers womb

Bob Hannah
preschool

Jeremy McGrath
just getting in to riding--first MX hero(had to have honda everything)

Bubba
Now I am 10 years older than the future star ;)

Moral-Guess we all get old even our heros so just keep riding and everything will be alright!