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Offline motomaniac

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RJ shows em the way
« on: August 27, 2009, 08:58:37 pm »
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Re: RJ shows em the way
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2009, 06:58:08 am »
awesome, complete with extended mix Billy Idol soundtrack ;D  I had that race on VHS when I was a kid and wore the tape out.
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« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2009, 01:59:31 pm »
Different times, different techniques. Watching the clip, there are two jumps just after the mechanics area, the bikes are landing at the base of the up face of the second jump. Todays SX'ers would treat them as a double!
There is another set that RJ jumps easily but others are treating as two singles that are close together

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Re: RJ shows em the way
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2009, 06:57:55 pm »
Quote from: maicoman18 on August 28, 2009, 01:59:31 pm
Different times, different techniques. Watching the clip, there are two jumps just after the mechanics area, the bikes are landing at the base of the up face of the second jump. Todays SX'ers would treat them as a double!
There is another set that RJ jumps easily but others are treating as two singles that are close together

Ed

Yer but the jumps aren't as user freindly as they are thesedays.
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2009, 06:55:38 pm »
interesting you should say that, especially in light of the recent thread about track safety and jump regulations etc.  From what I've seen of the early Supercross stuff they were just making it up as they went along, and these pics from an MXA of the era indicate the same thing.

I left the Leisky pic in, just because ;D

 

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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2009, 10:30:35 pm »
Yes I agree some of those early tracks were real interesting.They were trying different things all the time and sometimes it didnt work.Tracks were less uniform and had more narly rough sections , a rider like RJ could hang it out and catch up.These days the bikes are set up so stiff for the big jumps that the riders cant ride in between the jumps if it gets rough.
Also back in the early days the mechanics didnt really know how to valve the shocks and forks at first and alot of guys got hurt ankles and knees.
Thesedays the bikes and tracks are all set up much the same .
I think the local tracks are being messed with by people who have even less idea than those early SX builders and the riders using then are of course less skilled than the early professionals as well .
Its a recipe for accidents for sure.
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