THE WEEKLY FEED: GNARLY (SLOPPY) RACING VIDEOS • CARLSBAD USGP BITD • GOOD-BAD AND SAD SOCIAL POSTS
BLAST FROM THE PAST
In 1973 Maico’s Willi Bauer received world wide coverage with his double moto win at the first MX World Championship event held in America at Carlsbad Raceway. Willi Bauer would dominate both motos, with Roger DeCoster taking second in moto one, and the Dutch Dentist Gerrit Wolsink finishing runner up in moto 2. It was the first time America got to see the Works Maico’s which featured ‘moved up’ shocks and a long travel rear end. This would prove to be a game changer in the sport as suspension travel and technology exploded for the next four years. The 1973 Championship came down to the last event between DeCoster and Bauer. Willi lost the championship by two points when his Maico had a mechanical issue at the final race.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
NEWS
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Peter Starr Passes
The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame offers its condolences to the family and friends of Peter Starr — motorcycle racer, author, TV producer and filmmaker, whose work includes dozens of productions about motorcycles and motorcycling. Starr passed away on July 3 at the age of 80. Starr moved to the United States in the mid-1960s working as a DJ and later in record production before returning to his love of motorcycles as a filmmaker. His first film, titled Bad Rock, was funded by Hodaka and Penzoil and was distributed across the United States. Later, his film Take it to the Limit would become his most famous creation, starring riders at the top of their sport and a string of hit songs on its soundtrack.
Along with his films, Starr also directed over 50 television specials on motorcycling and motorsports. It was Starr who had the first film camera mounted on a motorcycle and later did the first live broadcast from a motorcycle in competition for ABC’s Wide World of Sports in 1985 at the AMA National on the Du Quoin Magic Mile. In recent years, Starr became a global ambassador for motorcycling, and after being inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2017 became an ardent supporter of the Hall of Fame and its annual induction ceremony.
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WOLF SIGHTING!
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VIDEO JUKEBOX: Lots of goo!!
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ERZBERG: GREAT VID ON THE BIGGEST HARD ENDURO ON THE PLANET
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NIHILO CONCEPTS HEADLIGHT PULL KNOB EXTENDER – KTM / HUSQVARNA / GASGAS ENDURO MODELS
Riders of KTM, Husqvarna, and GASGAS enduro dirt bikes know that the headlight switch can be difficult to reach. Nihilo Concepts pull knob is a simple solution that extends the switch, making it easy to reach. With our pull knob, you can turn on your headlight with ease and no hassle. Works with all KTM / Husqvarna / GASGAS Enduro models with headlight. (XC-W / EXC-F / FE / TE / EC). Price: $14.99
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SHOT OF THE WEEK
WOLF: BACK IN THE DAY
I really liked the 1996 Suzuki RM250. It had received a huge re-make with an all-new machine that featured a 49mm Showa Conventional fork. The redesigned engine targeted low to mid-range hit that mated to a linear top-end pull. The RM ran very much like a ’96 CR250 with slightly less mid-meat. For their Factory racer Mike LaRocco the bike was slow, the suspension not right for SX. For the Wolf it was on point, stellar suspension and a tractable and easy to handle band of power. It also was very ‘off-road’ worthy and since Suzuki Off-road was shifting their main effort to the GNCC series (this is in spite of Randy Hawkins winning the National Enduro title in 1996) the timing was perfect. Here a motocross based machine was needed to handle the speeds and tenacious terrain that shadowed an outdoor motocross, rather than a tight cobby enduro. Steve Hatch and Rodney Smith were strong in GNCC, where Steve won two events in ’96 and Rodney won the final.
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