Here is another one of my classic motocross magazine reviews. For this one, we are going to take a look back at the tenth issue of Motocross Action from 1989. For this, I have gone through the magazine page by page and added my thoughts and recollections just as I did for Inside Motocross a few months back. I am going to include the video … Continue reading Classic Magazine Review: Motocross Action October 1989
Time for another classic brochure from my personal motocross collection. This one covers the all-new Suzuki RMs for 1989. For my money, these are some of the prettiest Suzuki’s ever built and still look better than 90% of the bikes on the track. #YellowMagic 1989 Suzuki RM80, RM125 and RM250 Brochure Continue reading 1989 Suzuki RM80, RM125 and RM250 Brochure
Here is another classic from my personal stash of motocross VHS tapes. This one I picked up at Budds Creek in 1990 and really blew my mind at the time. Produced by Gary “The Professor” Bailey (stepdad of motocross icon David Bailey), Pros At Practice and Play was the first “free-riding” video I had ever seen to this point and gave rise to a whole … Continue reading Pros At Practice and Play – 1989 Freestyle Motocross Video
Here is another in my series on motocross bike history. This installment covers Kawasaki’s mini class racers from the first KX80 in 1979 through the current KX85 and KX100 models. While slightly late to the mini party, Kawasaki quickly asserted itself as a mini-class power in the early 1980s. Their KX80 and KX60 mini racers have powered countless riders to amateur national titles and the … Continue reading Kawasaki KX80, KX85, and KX100 mini-class history 1979-2017
Over the last few years I have been working on accumulating nice clean photos of all the manufacture’s motocross models going back to their inception. As it turns out, that actually A LOT harder than it sounds because I was not looking for Googled photos of some guy’s Craig’s List ad, but the actual studio shots from when the bikes were new. For some models, … Continue reading Suzuki RM80 and RM85 history 1977-2019
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