"The best decade for MX." I assume, when I hear that from somebody younger than me, that we consider the "best decade" as the first decade we saw. Where were you in the 70's and 80's? The 90's were the start of the down turn for MX racing in the USA, but still a lot of great racing.
This is such a phenomenal era of motocross! I remember going with my Dad every year down to Red Bud to cheer on our favorite rider, Mike LaRocco. Great memories!
I remember when Kawasaki was the first to use a semi truck for the team, (1993?), and we got inside of it at Red Bud, with permission after the fans cleared out. So this Kawasaki employee let my buddy and I in, and left us in there alone. There it was, a ported cylinder for Mike LaRacco sitting on the bench waiting for me to pick it up and take a lookie (I port 2-stroke engines for a living today). Then from the semi end of the trailer, in walked Mike LaRacco senior, (a pretty big man), catching me with the cylinder in my hands and my nose in the bore,---and kicked us out. :)
@@ofitstime Oh---you did not say I can ask questions. You just want our comments and shares. Give an intelligent answer a try anyway. Lets see what you got.
Look how similar the 12 tracks across the nation of private ownership are today. They are all lose dirt, super fast, not very bumpy (more dangerous at faster speeds), and are pretty much just ruts with jumps in the middle of a 60mph straight, (can be cleared from a dead stop in the corner before usually). Now I have had some stats classes in my college engineering days, and I know for a fact that 12 tracks of private ownership could not be so similar,----------------------without FORCE! The FIM took over our racing (starting at the 2001 promoters scandal that let the FIM into USA racing. By the way, the FIM is the boss of the AMA. They were never separate entities.), and forced the track owners to make similar tracks. If we want our freedom of racing back, we have to deport the FIM, and maybe leave the AMA to form our own management. Today, a dictatorship called the EPA tells us what to make and buy (no matter what the cost), and the FIM tells us what to race on. I say we should ignore both of them, and get back to our freedom of racing. :) Doug in Michigan
I was at the Hangtown race. As you can see, those were still the days when you drove up to the booth and paid for everybody in the vehicle and then parked around the track. I hid under a pile of gear bags in the back of my buddy's van and got in for free lol. It was sooo f^*king hot that day. Still have some cool snaps I took of Mc in action here :)
Not sure of the year but was at the Budds Creek national and saw Emig leading. He had his bike YZ ?125? screaming!!! He was shifting - not letting off the gas. His competition only a few yards behind him.
This was the best TV duo Art had that good talking voice for a proffessional program an bailey had the most MX knowledge next to Gary Bailey...an both were calm an cool something u cant say about todays TV crew bubba is good emig is missed..
I rode that 96 track an had a puking power valve that only gave full throttle frustrated i jumped that entire finish line hill from a whoop down near the bottom...i used to ride in a live sand pit after school when i was 14 gatorback is a old rock quarry i like the up hills an downhills drop offs.... cliffs...are playtime
I loved the sand eventually and got pretty good in it too. But later, I went to a private track in Michigan (Last name Baird), that was a old, never groomed tack that must have had 10 years from 10 guys doing laps. Whoops as high as your bars, in all the wrong places. :) I could have gotten good on that pretty old, partially grown in track, (Nobody rode it for about 5 years it looked), if I would have gone back a dozen times. No USA pro would ride it today, I know that. I think I got good in sand because I was not scared at all to fall in it, so I hung it out more, and the speed started coming.
I wonder if Greg A or Jeff E watched anytime there was a drag race with Jeremy with jeremy slightly behind. The Honda would out pull the other bikes. I truly think the others had the skill level but those Hondas would always give at least 4-5 more seconds per lap and that adds up it also adds up in wins and dollars
If I road at that level then I would only want to ride the Hondas. I mean it’s pretty clear they are the best and not just the bike but the team,training,mechanics,etc. If you look at the past 15 years only Honda had won so that’s not just luck
@@zackk695 Really? I think you are talking about the 80's, the most Honda dominated. Here is the SX championships and Honda wins through 2010. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Supercross _Championship: Honda won 2-15 450 SX, 2-15 250 West SX, 9-15 East 250SX. 13-45 total championships. Yamaha earned 9, KTM earned 9, Kawasaki earned 9, Suzuki eared 2. Husky earned 4. Honda did the best in 250 E SX only, 9 of 15 wins there, but only 4 of 30 wins for the 250 W. SX and 450 SX. Best for 450 was KTM and Kawasaki with 5 a piece (Honda 2 wins). Best for 250 W. SX was Yamaha with 7 wins, (Honda had 2) Now I will let you look up the outdoor national results,---so you can correct yourself into reality. It is more true to say by far, that the champions rode for Roger DeCoster, no matter what team he lead since 1980. It is Chase and the Lawrence brothers who recently brought Honda from the heap. Roger is getting old. :) The fact is, in the right hands, (Bike tuners/riders),any of these bikes can win. But off the top of my memory, It was the 80's, (and early 90's) with Honda and Roger, (Hansen, Johnson, Bayle, Bailey, O'Mara, Stanton, McGrath, Hannah, Lechien, Magoo, and a few 125cc rides like Dymond.), that set a domination that I doubt will be beat. After Sicero (sp) Honda died, the racing took a dive. Today, it is making a respectful comeback, but not dominant.
@ well even today on 4 strokes the Hondas are out pulling all other bikes in the straight aways no matter who is on them and pro Honda just seems to do the best when it comes to suspension as well. The years I’m referring to was the Rick Johnson and Jeff Stanton years. Even the bikes sold to Smathers were just so high quality with hardly any issues at all. KTM dominated when they went to 4 strokes from what I see but now the KTM bike sold after 2020 is just junk and they are having serious issues. KTM is also in such financial trouble that they are looking for investors to bail them out but it won’t happen because the bikes have far too many serious issues. I see KTM going bankrupt in the next 6 months
Greg Albertyn needed to practice turns and soften the suspension a little. This is a mental thing and he could have been a top pro by practicing daily doing only turns. 50 turns 4 times and each time he can’t fall so to do this he has to slow down. He spent time getting fast on all the complex stuff yet races are won in turns. If rider gains a 1/4 second in every turn and there are 20 turns then that’s 5 secs per lap. The top pros know this. The turns are what to learn and also practice soft, medium and hard pack turns
No one crashed more than Albertyn in the mid to lates 90's. Not even RC in '99. Typical Glen Helen back in the 90's too: mostly hardpack and very dusty. MC was just killing everyone that year until he got hurt, but Emig was riding really well the second half of the season. I was not a fan of Emig and his crossing the track or chopping people off on jumps to block them. Thats how you seriously hurt other riders
Emig was racing. And getting injured is part of it. If you’re scared to get hurt then get off the track. And all the dirty shit McGrath did, plus his shit talking and crying when he didn’t win. But yall call him the king
In 97 jeremy tryed to get emig in that same corner emig fell in the first moto 97 but mcgrath couldnt get by emig in. The same turn in 97 u see mcgrath with the 1995 MX number one plate an he says hes not good at outdoors emig is an that who mcgrath beat Jeff is better outdoors mcgrath could be but didnt want to
@@hyfrsilaz7144 Nope, Mc did not like the hard work it took for the outdoors and he pretty much admitted it. But he did enough to win in 95, to prove that he could win outdoors. He went to a SX only contract soon after. I think the first to do so. If he had the work ethic of say, Jeff Stanton, (for just one example), Mc would have won more outdoor titles I am sure.
The best decade for MX. I miss watching and listening to 2 strokes rip the track. Oh yeah and the smell. Thanks for posting
Still lots of 2 smokers in woods racing. Look into so hare scrambles or some gp format racing near you. But yes best decade in mx.
You're not alone ;)
"The best decade for MX." I assume, when I hear that from somebody younger than me, that we consider the "best decade" as the first decade we saw. Where were you in the 70's and 80's? The 90's were the start of the down turn for MX racing in the USA, but still a lot of great racing.
@@EarthSurferUSA recent Seasons was so fun to watch :3
"Greg Albertyn is down!" is pretty much every race.
So fast, yet so far away. :(
Wards off in the weeds trying to find a smooth line..... What a year! Loved every minute of it
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for posting these.
My pleasure!
My favorite rider Emig
This is such a phenomenal era of motocross! I remember going with my Dad every year down to Red Bud to cheer on our favorite rider, Mike LaRocco. Great memories!
Couldn't agree more!
I remember when Kawasaki was the first to use a semi truck for the team, (1993?), and we got inside of it at Red Bud, with permission after the fans cleared out. So this Kawasaki employee let my buddy and I in, and left us in there alone. There it was, a ported cylinder for Mike LaRacco sitting on the bench waiting for me to pick it up and take a lookie (I port 2-stroke engines for a living today). Then from the semi end of the trailer, in walked Mike LaRacco senior, (a pretty big man), catching me with the cylinder in my hands and my nose in the bore,---and kicked us out. :)
Thanks for sharing these old MX videos! I was at the 1996 Glen Helen National. I remember it being over 100 degrees and super dusty.
You're welcome. It's a new channel, so any comments & shares greatly appreciated ;)
@@ofitstime Good to know. Are you a data collecting bot, or a human being with a brain and morals?
How about that appreciation you were talking about?
@@ofitstime Oh---you did not say I can ask questions. You just want our comments and shares.
Give an intelligent answer a try anyway. Lets see what you got.
Cool to see, this was a year before I remember watching motocross
I was at the Gatorback opener, great memories 🇺🇸
27 Years ago. Time flies by.
@@ofitstime Sure does..
That Redbud track had an amazing layout back then. Should have never changed it. It's so wide open now it sucks. Thanks for posting!
Look how similar the 12 tracks across the nation of private ownership are today. They are all lose dirt, super fast, not very bumpy (more dangerous at faster speeds), and are pretty much just ruts with jumps in the middle of a 60mph straight, (can be cleared from a dead stop in the corner before usually). Now I have had some stats classes in my college engineering days, and I know for a fact that 12 tracks of private ownership could not be so similar,----------------------without FORCE! The FIM took over our racing (starting at the 2001 promoters scandal that let the FIM into USA racing. By the way, the FIM is the boss of the AMA. They were never separate entities.), and forced the track owners to make similar tracks. If we want our freedom of racing back, we have to deport the FIM, and maybe leave the AMA to form our own management. Today, a dictatorship called the EPA tells us what to make and buy (no matter what the cost), and the FIM tells us what to race on. I say we should ignore both of them, and get back to our freedom of racing. :) Doug in Michigan
These were the best days of motocross and supercross. McGrath on the Honda and battling Emig. He was never the same after he left Honda.
I was at the Hangtown race. As you can see, those were still the days when you drove up to the booth and paid for everybody in the vehicle and then parked around the track. I hid under a pile of gear bags in the back of my buddy's van and got in for free lol. It was sooo f^*king hot that day. Still have some cool snaps I took of Mc in action here :)
LOL
Emig was one of the best commentators. And he does it without saying "like, like, like" every other word and "and uh, and uh, and uh" like Ricky does.
Not sure of the year but was at the Budds Creek national and saw Emig leading. He had his bike YZ ?125? screaming!!! He was shifting - not letting off the gas. His competition only a few yards behind him.
isso sim era motocross motos 2 tempos e raça pura, two stroke forever, tenho uma yz 250 2009 afinada
RIP to the legendary voice of motocross Art Eckmann
This was the best TV duo Art had that good talking voice for a proffessional program an bailey had the most MX knowledge next to Gary Bailey...an both were calm an cool something u cant say about todays TV crew bubba is good emig is missed..
M
80’s and 90’s best era imo , two stroke noise hard to beat .
Good OL days. 🤙✊👍🇺🇸💯✌️😎💪🫡🙏
I rode that 96 track an had a puking power valve that only gave full throttle frustrated i jumped that entire finish line hill from a whoop down near the bottom...i used to ride in a live sand pit after school when i was 14 gatorback is a old rock quarry i like the up hills an downhills drop offs.... cliffs...are playtime
I loved the sand eventually and got pretty good in it too. But later, I went to a private track in Michigan (Last name Baird), that was a old, never groomed tack that must have had 10 years from 10 guys doing laps. Whoops as high as your bars, in all the wrong places. :)
I could have gotten good on that pretty old, partially grown in track, (Nobody rode it for about 5 years it looked), if I would have gone back a dozen times.
No USA pro would ride it today, I know that. I think I got good in sand because I was not scared at all to fall in it, so I hung it out more, and the speed started coming.
Dam the comments were not kidding when they said " Albertyn is down" is part of every race
McGrath was amazing and had good competition that year. He never looked to be in the good shape he must have been.
I wonder if Greg A or Jeff E watched anytime there was a drag race with Jeremy with jeremy slightly behind. The Honda would out pull the other bikes. I truly think the others had the skill level but those Hondas would always give at least 4-5 more seconds per lap and that adds up it also adds up in wins and dollars
If I road at that level then I would only want to ride the Hondas. I mean it’s pretty clear they are the best and not just the bike but the team,training,mechanics,etc. If you look at the past 15 years only Honda had won so that’s not just luck
@@zackk695 Really? I think you are talking about the 80's, the most Honda dominated. Here is the SX championships and Honda wins through 2010. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Supercross _Championship: Honda won 2-15 450 SX, 2-15 250 West SX, 9-15 East 250SX. 13-45 total championships.
Yamaha earned 9, KTM earned 9, Kawasaki earned 9, Suzuki eared 2. Husky earned 4. Honda did the best in 250 E SX only, 9 of 15 wins there, but only 4 of 30 wins for the 250 W. SX and 450 SX. Best for 450 was KTM and Kawasaki with 5 a piece (Honda 2 wins). Best for 250 W. SX was Yamaha with 7 wins, (Honda had 2)
Now I will let you look up the outdoor national results,---so you can correct yourself into reality. It is more true to say by far, that the champions rode for Roger DeCoster, no matter what team he lead since 1980. It is Chase and the Lawrence brothers who recently brought Honda from the heap. Roger is getting old. :)
The fact is, in the right hands, (Bike tuners/riders),any of these bikes can win. But off the top of my memory, It was the 80's, (and early 90's) with Honda and Roger, (Hansen, Johnson, Bayle, Bailey, O'Mara, Stanton, McGrath, Hannah, Lechien, Magoo, and a few 125cc rides like Dymond.), that set a domination that I doubt will be beat. After Sicero (sp) Honda died, the racing took a dive. Today, it is making a respectful comeback, but not dominant.
@ well even today on 4 strokes the Hondas are out pulling all other bikes in the straight aways no matter who is on them and pro Honda just seems to do the best when it comes to suspension as well. The years I’m referring to was the Rick Johnson and Jeff Stanton years. Even the bikes sold to Smathers were just so high quality with hardly any issues at all. KTM dominated when they went to 4 strokes from what I see but now the KTM bike sold after 2020 is just junk and they are having serious issues. KTM is also in such financial trouble that they are looking for investors to bail them out but it won’t happen because the bikes have far too many serious issues. I see KTM going bankrupt in the next 6 months
Greg Albertyn needed to practice turns and soften the suspension a little. This is a mental thing and he could have been a top pro by practicing daily doing only turns. 50 turns 4 times and each time he can’t fall so to do this he has to slow down. He spent time getting fast on all the complex stuff yet races are won in turns. If rider gains a 1/4 second in every turn and there are 20 turns then that’s 5 secs per lap. The top pros know this. The turns are what to learn and also practice soft, medium and hard pack turns
No one crashed more than Albertyn in the mid to lates 90's. Not even RC in '99. Typical Glen Helen back in the 90's too: mostly hardpack and very dusty. MC was just killing everyone that year until he got hurt, but Emig was riding really well the second half of the season. I was not a fan of Emig and his crossing the track or chopping people off on jumps to block them. Thats how you seriously hurt other riders
Emig was racing. And getting injured is part of it. If you’re scared to get hurt then get off the track. And all the dirty shit McGrath did, plus his shit talking and crying when he didn’t win. But yall call him the king
Greg Crashertine
LOL
Who else? Oh, Camron Crasherdoo@@ofitstime
1999 Champ Albertyn
In 97 jeremy tryed to get emig in that same corner emig fell in the first moto 97 but mcgrath couldnt get by emig in. The same turn in 97 u see mcgrath with the 1995 MX number one plate an he says hes not good at outdoors emig is an that who mcgrath beat Jeff is better outdoors mcgrath could be but didnt want to
Not that he didn’t want to but he just wasnt
@@hyfrsilaz7144 Nope, Mc did not like the hard work it took for the outdoors and he pretty much admitted it. But he did enough to win in 95, to prove that he could win outdoors. He went to a SX only contract soon after. I think the first to do so. If he had the work ethic of say, Jeff Stanton, (for just one example), Mc would have won more outdoor titles I am sure.