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I miss the 125`s......
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[QUOTE="duke, post: 1154130, member: 16522"] You need to get a copy of Gary Semics historical accounting of MX. Its available on his web site. It depicts several 500 GP's through out the years, culminating with archived material from the 80's. Big, wide, rough, high speed tracks being traversed by riders on KX500's, CR's, KTM's, et al. You can detect a variance of line selection between the 250's shown and the 500s. There is little 125 action unfortunatley. Its always been my understanding that the 500's and 125's used the same basic lines, but for different reasons. The 125's for momentum and the 500's were too powerful to be manhandled, so the wider, smoother attack approach was warranted. There are a few "garage" level media offerings too. I had a guy sell me some old 8mm stuff convereted to DVD that featured 125 national events from the late 70's and early 80's, as well as the US 125 GP at Mid Ohio. I would say that the bikes then were producing HP commensurate to what an 80 does today. Irregardless, the riders and their bikes were flying by means of their taking lines similar to a road racer. Not a lot of cut of thrust tactics. [/QUOTE]
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I miss the 125`s......
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