Memory Lane - blasts from the past....

[Rossik]

I thought it best to create this thread rather than continue the hijacking of the 'HUSQVARNA Vintage for sale in the world' thread which I inadvertently started....

 

[Rossik]

"Yes I was a kid & could only dream of owning a CZ, Husky, Elsinore, etc....But I knew lots of people who was racing them & was able to go to the races with them. The 70's were THE era of Motoross bikes that I dreamed about. Remember those little scaled down Elsinore & YZ 100's. Mini works bikes that I drooled over."

oh yeah, the Elsinores, I discovered the MR50 about 5 years too late, what a lovely little mini motocrosser they were.
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[dartyppyt]

Here is buddy of mine back in olden days on his Wetzel Husky #388

Here is a couple pics of me back in day on my 82 Cr 430, #707

I changed color scheme to the white, blue and yellow.

I took off on that Husky once from a dead engine start. Bike kicked back and without knowing, engine was running backwards. Soon as I let clutch out, bike went backwards and I went over the bars! Boy did I get a surprise !

 

[Rossik]

Here is buddy of mine back in olden days on his Wetzel Husky #388

Here is a couple pics of me back on day on my 82 Cr 430, #707

very cool !
thx for sharing man

 

[Rossik]

I am quite envious of those pics of yours mate, we moved house so many times when I was growing up, old photos never quite kept up somehow....maybe through the necessity of travelling light, I don't know

Then, unconsciously keeping that trend going, I ended up (and still do) working for an international airline who have had me living all over Europe, the oldest pics I have are from early 2004....probably when I got my first digital camera

Living in London UK now but going home to Australia for a holiday next week so I will ask my older bro & sisters if they have any pics of my early riding days on my Z50, XR75, YZ125C and RM 125A

 

[dartyppyt]

Who could forget the Cool Snail Pipe?

Those were bad in those days! First ones I saw was on CZ's

 

[dartyppyt]

Rossik,

Dig as many as you can to post. These old pics are neat!

 

[dartyppyt]

This is where it all started. Me on my 1974 TM 100. We had a hospital called Timken Mercy close by. So that what we said the TM stood for!

 

[Rossik]

Rossik,

Dig as many as you can to post. These old pics are neat!

Will do mate, fingers crossed !

I will also speak to an English mate of mine at work, whose wife if from the Czech Republic, and coincidentally, her uncle back in CZ was a mechanic on the early CZ mx'ers so I'll see if he can also come up with some pics..........

Hey you're right, this is a cool idea !!!

 

[Rossik]

This is where it all started. Me on my 1974 TM 100. We had a hospital called Timken Mercy close by. So that what we said the TM stood for!

funny story )

oh wow, the cross-up !!! how cool was it if you could do one of those I remember the first one I tried, worked a treat until I landed in the same shape - was so excited about it I forgot to straighten up for the landing

in the second pic you look so small on the bike ....or maybe it's just that the front wheel looks so big

 

[dartyppyt]

Funny! Think I was small. When I landed, I probably smashed the pipe again.

 

[oldbikedude]

My buddy had a TM125.....I had a MT125Elsinore with the lights ripped off. My bike was down on power but where we rode it was pretty flat, so being around 100LBS & geared right I could run neck & neck with him. Besides I was used to running non racing bikes as I had a SL70 (with the lights ripped off) while the other kids had MX80's & Then Xr75's. Like we said...I could only dream of the real MX bikes. My first real racebike was a 1980 YZ125. I was really fast then having a bike that handled well.

 

[oldbikedude]

I still find myself riding my 430 like a 125.....working myself way harder than needed with all that power on tap.

 

[Rossik]

I had a mate who owned a TM75, that was when I had my Z50, and I used to really love the look of the TMs......had a poster of a TM400 in my room - think they must have been widow makers in their day

Then I saw On Any Sunday.....that film struck a chord with Jeff Ward wheeling through the intro on a Z50 so he was quite inspirational for me. Naturally my next bike was an XR75 and though they were costly, I saved my pocket money to buy some JWRP bits for it...... as cool as it was though, when the first YZ & RM80s came out, I was left eating a lot of dust

I had a big soft spot for the SL70s - the thought of riding one on the road was the fuel for many of my early dirt bike dreams

 

[dartyppyt]

My buddy had a TM125.....I had a MT125Elsinore with the lights ripped off. My bike was down on power but where we rode it was pretty flat, so being around 100LBS & geared right I could run neck & neck with him. Besides I was used to running non racing bikes as I had a SL70 (with the lights ripped off) while the other kids had MX80's & Then Xr75's. Like we said...I could only dream of the real MX bikes. My first real racebike was a 1980 YZ125. I was really fast then having a bike that handled well.

Oh yeah the Honda Sl 70. Neighbors had 2 of them. Then we figured we could stuff those engines in the lil Z50 frames and have a clutch. Made those lil things wheelie.
I also had the 80 Yz 125 and that bike really fit me well. I crashed hard one time on it and it pulled the cylinder studs out of the bottom end.

Does this pic look familiar?

That is a good bike you have!

 

[oldbikedude]

HaHa, I started on a Honda minitrail Z50. Then it was the yamaha 60's & the SL70's I wanted. Then I got the SL....I loved it. Of course that was before the XR75 came out. (by like one year) The Idea of having a clutch & 4 gears made it feel like a big boys bike....lol

 

[oldbikedude]

Yes Dartyppyt, I love mine. Do you still have that one?

 

[Rossik]

Oh yeah the Honda Sl 70. Neighbors had 2 of them. Then we figured we could stuff those engines in the lil Z50 frames and have a clutch. Made those lil things wheelie.
I also had the 80 Yz 125 and that bike really fit me well. I crashed hard one time on it and it pulled the cylinder studs out of the bottom end.

Does this pic look familiar?

That is a good bike you have!

oh man, my bloody vision is so crap, I can't see the pic so well Not sure if they were the same but in Aus the first monoshock YZ was the one I had, and it was red & white, and after my XR, it was THE machine, I felt like a real motocrosser on that bad boy

 

[Rossik]

I'm thinking about getting a Z50 again, they were just so much fun. Can imagine how the front would come up easily with 70cc & a clutch

 

[oldbikedude]

I finaly got the cr125m I dreamt about as a kid about 15 yrs to late (I've had it about 23 yrs). I remember seeing the FMF & Jeff Ward 100cc versions in the magazines & they might as well of cost over a million dollars in my world.