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id be on a yammy mono-xer!!!

back on these days Hodaka was a formid able contender

l got Marty Smiths autograph Picture in 77 at at Pasadena Honda I liked Danny Laporte Suzuki ruled Smith was too Bugie for me but RIP MS

This what i call work making the rider and bike work

Shell M is a clear vegetable cooking oil mixed with super petrol becomes racing fuel and i have even used peanut cooking oil for racing it is clear and clean fuel for race smelling enthusiasts and the oil we use these days is very toxic smelling it is a killer when breathed in it is not enviromentally friendly like our vegetable and cooking oils we used for racing was far more cleaner than todays toxicity of chemicals are filthy killers

Twin shock aircooled fin racing like clear vegetable oil mixed with super petrol smelt more friendly fun racing the cooking oil non toxic racing oil smelt like heaven and the shell A racing fuel like ethanol was a purple fuel that felt like ice water and was used in hagon jap and weslake speedway bikes were fun smelling racing that all dirtbike heaven brought people together for miles away just to view the vintage dirtbike motocross and enduro and trials and short circuit racing on dirtbikes

This is what i call race friendly enviromental not like today it is very toxic racing wr need to go back to the 1970s vintage like this

If that was at Good times mx track. Sadly its now overgrown with weeds

Too bad there's no audio.

I use to race that track a lot thru AMA when they held local races, I loved that track!! I started out Tacing a TM 125, I bought a kit to lay the shocks down to get more travel, you needed it there! Than I switched to a RM 250, We had such a great time racing there!!

Were was that track in san antonio. Doesnt look like good times south of town on i 35. Which is closed. Last time i road there 1990

I can smell the Klotz and Castrol!

Does it have dh gibbs Reed valve on it ?

Nice footage! Thanks for sharing.

I grew up in Austin racing 125's throughout central Tx. Great time to be 18 and racing. The final that year was at Waggaman ,La. I broke my leg on that track 4 weeks after the 125 National Finals , also had the 500 Nationals final as well there. I'm 65 now and your fine film just took me back to my world and my youth. It wasn't only about or all about $$ back then. K. Howerton (San Antonio) and S. Stackable (Austin) were our top local hero's. Thanks much for the post.

A few years ago there was a couple of articles online that documented the 1976 125 Nationals behind the scenes. One was about Bob Hannah and Bill Buchka going to all the races together in a box van. They kept the AC off all year in the vehicle and in hotels, so they'd both be ready for the blistering hot race conditions. The other article was about Marty Smith and Dave Arnold (I think) building their own RC125 for the US Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. The works Honda was uncompetitive and unreliable so they went about building their own race bike without Honda's knowledge. When they rolled it out of the van the Honda execs freaked out. Of course Marty went 1-1 that day. I can't find either of these two great articles and thought maybe somebody could steer me to them. They were lengthy probably an hour read all together

A few years ago there was a couple of articles online that documented the 1976 125 Nationals behind the scenes. One was about Bob Hannah and Bill Buchka going to all the races together in a box van. They kept the AC off all year in the vehicle and in hotels, so they'd both be ready for the blistering hot race conditions. The other article was about Marty Smith and Dave Arnold (I think) building their own RC125 for the US Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. The works Honda was uncompetitive and unreliable so they went about building their own race bike without Honda's knowledge. When they rolled it out of the van the Honda execs freaked out. Of course Marty went 1-1 that day. I can't find either of these two great articles and thought maybe somebody could steer me to them. They were lengthy probably an hour read all together

W F O

Brings back memories of the day working at K&N when it was at kellogg and west and going to the races at sprockets and jeeps good times

I Never Heard of Kudalski…this is Great Footage ! Thanks for Posting 🏁👽

It's too bad there isn't any sound. 😔

What no sound ?

hannah is on here new water cooled 125. everybody else on air cooled. i have race many 125 aircooled and begin moto u in higher gear doing stuff but on into moto u start staying in lower gear to do stuff. hot weather is worse. water cooled 2strokes are a blessing. last longer to

The "Golden Age" of American motocross! Thanks for sharing.

Accoding to a friend... 1 Pierre Karsmakers Netherlands Yamaha 2 Jim Pomeroy Yakima, WA Bultaco 3 John DeSoto Honolulu, HI CZ

Bring back great memories thanks

Awesome!

Ah yes, back in the days when jumping your dirt bike was like jumping off your roof onto the sidewalk!

The sound of real dirt bikes, smell of Klotz synthetic, vibatrating handlebars, and missing a shift.. Somehow "wing dingy ding ding" sounds so much better than "blat...blat..blat...blat" like sheep with heartburn. Yeech!

Perhaps I'm being nostalgic, but I liked MX a whole lot more when it was down-to-earth, literally and figuratively.

Loved how they jumped the gate 😎

Good stuff

Beautiful track!

My number was 129 I was the one in the lead I got the Holeshot and never looked back it was a first in the first moto and first place in the second moto and first in the third moto

Motorcycles were quieter back then.

Nice quality for 74

And now we know why none of the used bikes out there today have turn signals and mirrors on them.

Killer footage.

Wow! Don Kudalski on a Honda instead of Rokon!

Cade o som video

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That brings back such good memories

What was no.1 doing following all those riders ? I think 57 was Pomeroy and one of the Hondas was Tripes ?

Jimmy Ellis on the CanAm?

Love seeing Stevie Wise.Texas had some fast 125 riders back then.

Michael Kline did you race at Sprockets, Derby?

1 Smith, 39 Hannah, 16 Kessler, 20 Reid, 255 Kudalski, 17 Mcdougal, 14 Wise, 352 LaPorte, 848(?) Glover, 75 Englund. I was there, it was hot and humid!

4 miles from my house.

That track was awful. I never had good luck there and actually ran over a guy there in the first corner and cut off three of his fingers.

Good friend of mine Ray Johnson raced here and all over Kansas 1974-1978