Kid qualifies for Loretta Lynns on 85 CR250

[Hoony]

love it.

now i may be able to unload that 1986 CR250RG that is excess to my needs. they are a great handling bike in that era.

[nada]

His name is Jerry Robin

He has some serious talent!

http://www.hardlinemx.com/hardline/2013/6/16/rider-highlight-jerry-robin.html

[Wollongongwolf]

Kid is a legend.

[Cooch 04]

That's friggin awesum

[dutchtwinshock]

The 1985cr250 is a bit underrated, i own one with 87 forks it is the easiest bike i have been ridin. Easy=fast
Also technical a very easy bike
Maybe this kid can open the mx world the eyes 

[Graeme M]

It's so true that in MX it is a lot to do with the rider. Especially at clubman level. I have often wondered how an average guy would go at say Amcross on a softer bike than the current model 450 he's riding. I recall an article in DA where the rider turned better laptimes on a DRZ400 than on his usual mount.

Regardless, this is a cool thing. Now, if he gets lots of coverage and someone picks him up and gets him on a modern, what's the odds next year half the field tries to qualify on a vintage bike? Imagine a whole bunch of kids on old school Huskies, KTMs and YZs?   

[Simo63]

Imagine a whole bunch of kids on old school Huskies, KTMs and YZs?   

  .. and imagine how valuable our VMX bikes could become if there was such a demand 

[huskibul]

    Hope he doesnt go modern ! I reckon they should stick him on a  factory 85' RC and really let the cat amongst the pidgeons 

[Graeme M]

Now that WOULD be cool!

[80-85 husky]

Your 15 y/o and its 1985. you had an 76 dt and you came third in the local races and the Honda man came and said "how would like to ride a new for us?"

im sure you would have said "Nah... ill stick with the DT...."

he will be on a new ride by next week. he is fast and smooth and sellable.

he will be the next ricky carmichael

[dutchtwinshock]

I hope some factory realises now that there is a  market to produce simple strong reliable easy twostroke mx bikes with steal  frames

[TM BILL]

I hope some factory realises now that there is a  market to produce simple strong reliable easy twostroke mx bikes with steal  frames

They do but they make a shit load more money selling those shitbox modern 4 strokes and the huge amount of parts required to maintain them. Their dealers sell more workshop time because people wont maintain them themselves and aftermarket 4 stroke heads , cams , pipes and carbs etc are a shit load dearer than 2T ones especially when there are 2 mufflers to replace .

Bike manufacturers are run by accountants NOT enthusiast and common sense and passion is irrelevant to those pricks .

Good luck to the kid , he is fast , humble and a credit to his generation   

[dutchtwinshock]

I hope some factory realises now that there is a  market to produce simple strong reliable easy twostroke mx bikes with steal  frames

They do but they make a shit load more money selling those shitbox modern 4 strokes and the huge amount of parts required to maintain them. Their dealers sell more workshop time because people wont maintain them themselves and aftermarket 4 stroke heads , cams , pipes and carbs etc are a shit load dearer than 2T ones especially when there are 2 mufflers to replace .

Bike manufacturers are run by accountants NOT enthusiast and common sense and passion is irrelevant to those pricks .

Good luck to the kid , he is fast , humble and a credit to his generation   

But do these accountants not realise they starving a slow 4stroke death

By the way i see over here in the netherlands a complete rebirth of 2strokes in amature classes most ktm sx
Maybe ktm and other european brands (mostly 2stroke) gona servive the big4............

[NR555]

The Japs gave KTM the biggest free kick ever when they all decided to stop making/developing two-strokes.  They are selling them by the boatload.  KTM produced 56,000 offroad motorcycles in 2012. That's a big number in itself, and 14,000 of them were two-strokes.  

Still money in it...

[TM BILL]

 

Good luck to the kid , he is fast , humble and a credit to his generation   
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But do these accountants not realise they starving a slow 4stroke death

By the way i see over here in the netherlands a complete rebirth of 2strokes in amature classes most ktm sx
Maybe ktm and other european brands (mostly 2stroke) gona servive the big4............

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As above common sense has no place in an accountants thinking