The Sounds of Motocross

[Brian Watson]

I can still hear the opening moto at Manjimup for the MX Des..the 500's storming up Rock N Roll Hill at full song...Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up..still does...

[BAHNZY]

Whatever that side car thing was at classic dirt last year.

[popeye]

Oldfart and Barnzy, the sound you both herd was that of an XS 650 motor with the crank turned 90 deg, rephased is it. It is also bored to 85mm instead of 75mm so 840cc and all the rest of the fruit to go with it, it sounds just like a Ducati awsome.........

[BAHNZY]

It sounds just like a Ducati awsome.........

Sounded more like a sprint car to me 

[cheapracer]

The still the day before VMX-the turbulent action scene of race day-the still after race day !!
Two extreme scales are just amazing !!   
cheers A

I just love the quiet of the morning in an open field and hated it when some prick was the first to start a bike up as race time neared. Of course I loved listening to them 5 minutes later.

The best bike noises are the ones usually that have the best of riders on them and are being used properly and on that note (pun intended) and while not strictly MX but dirtbikes at least, the pair of factory XR750 Harleys at Parklands longtrack will stay in my mind for a long time - if you have never heard one for real make an effort to if you ever have the chance. Harleys they do not sound liketh ....

[steve234]

Yeah XR750 on full song is something to behold.

At the recent Classic DT Titles my missus was packing up her t-shirt stall and was approached by a well dressed Japanese guy wondering if he can buy a shirt.  He turned out to be an employee of Kawasaki Japan who is in Australia on a work stint and was working somewhere over in the nearby industrial area and could here the ring of two strokes all day.  He said he had never heard two strokes at a race meet so had to come and experience it first hand.

Subsequently he paid the bucks and walked away with a Brad Lackey/Kawasaki Charley Morey signature print t-shirt, and a very happy man to have seen old two strokes battle it out for the chequered flag.

[NR555]

A good old 125 thrashing still sounds great amongst the farting four strokes (really good audio on this one):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQpYz7s6sk

[TooFastTim]

A good old 125 thrashing still sounds great amongst the farting four strokes (really good audio on this one):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQpYz7s6sk

He's quite quick isn't he?

Like the sound of 125 but prefer the sound of a 250 2T on the pipe.

[VMX247]

BEE HIVE 125s Manjimup   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNAzDJD21E#t=115

I can still hear the opening moto at Manjimup for the MX Des..the 500's storming up Rock N Roll Hill at full song...Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up..still does...

[Rossvickicampbell]

a 2 stroke on the pipe being quick shifted but preferably the 500s - oh man - it's awesome.  But must admit I saw a GSX1100 on the Dyno at Freo bike show one year.  It isn't very often you get to hear something that big taken to about 3rd/4th cog and then flat chaged and held all the way to top and redline - dam near wet myself - what a sound.

[Ted]

Sounds of MX

Listen very closely







Nothing. Silence







Maico

[John Orchard]

Sounds of MX

Listen very closely







Nothing. Silence







Maico

Shouldn't that have started with a 'clang'.

[Rossvickicampbell]

followed by a clunk!

[firko]

Now now boys, this Maico Breako nonsense is getting a bit tedious so stop it right now or I'll have to send you all to the naughty corner. .
As far as the sound of motocross.....each to his own of course but a 500 unit Triumph on the boil gets my blood pumping. Anyone who's heard Vern Grayson's Cheney getting the ring revved out of it will know what I'm talking about .

[Snowy 76]

Verns Triumph super sweet Sound, heard it up close, from in front of me, from behind me and nearly over the top of me.