Hey! Where's Roger DeCoster?
#31
09-29-2007, 09:41 PM
Road Master
RE: Hey! Where's Roger DeCoster?
I'mshowing my age now, cause I remember Roger D. racing a open class Suzuki with a down pipe (anybody remember the Suzuki TM's, they were before the Rm's came out). Anyway, it ressembled a TM400MX. (Around 1972) All the international guys were there. Roger took 1st with a 50 yr old German named Adolf Weil, on a Maicoplacing 2nd. It was a Great battle, Roger by a front wheel. I was so eat up with dirt racing of all kinds, I raced local MX and dreamed of becoming a U.S.A. ISDT rider.
Terry, take it easy, get well soon!
Terry, take it easy, get well soon!
#33
09-29-2007, 10:15 PM
RE: Hey! Where's Roger DeCoster?
ORIGINAL: Mikey 1450
I'mshowing my age now, cause I remember Roger D. racing a open class Suzuki with a down pipe (anybody remember the Suzuki TM's, they were before the Rm's came out). Anyway, it ressembled a TM400MX. (Around 1972) All the international guys were there. Roger took 1st with a 50 yr old German named Adolf Weil, on a Maicoplacing 2nd. It was a Great battle, Roger by a front wheel. I was so eat up with dirt racing of all kinds, I raced local MX and dreamed of becoming a U.S.A. ISDT rider.
Terry, take it easy, get well soon!
I'mshowing my age now, cause I remember Roger D. racing a open class Suzuki with a down pipe (anybody remember the Suzuki TM's, they were before the Rm's came out). Anyway, it ressembled a TM400MX. (Around 1972) All the international guys were there. Roger took 1st with a 50 yr old German named Adolf Weil, on a Maicoplacing 2nd. It was a Great battle, Roger by a front wheel. I was so eat up with dirt racing of all kinds, I raced local MX and dreamed of becoming a U.S.A. ISDT rider.
Terry, take it easy, get well soon!
I remember watching Frank Stacy practice before a local Trans-AMA event behing a local Honda shop. He was on a blue Maico.
Anyone remember Roger Dtesting that funky front suspension that kindaresembles some of the abstract BMW stuff on the street today.
From a different scene... anyone rememeber Terry & Teddy Poovey - flat track guys? As far as I know they are still around our area. One of the guys I practice with now, grew up w/Terry & still talksoccassionally.
#34
09-29-2007, 10:29 PM
Road Master
RE: Hey! Where's Roger DeCoster?
The funky front ends were called "leading link". I remember seeing them.DKW's and Monark's and some Pugh's.. Looked too heavy to me. I remember Ceriani forks were the best of that day. Man, Those were good days!
#35
10-03-2007, 08:52 PM
RE: Hey! Where's Roger DeCoster?
I went to a stadium motocross back in the 70's in Fulton county stadium Atlanta and saw Bob Hannah and a bunch of the top guys race. It rained so hard that the mud covered all of the riders in one lap and they all looked the same. They could get off the bike and it would stand in the mud by itself because they sunk in so deep
ORIGINAL: Comfortably Numb
You meant JIMMY Ellis, right? Can-Am factory rider in the good ol' days. Those guys were sure fast, eh? They were rapid in practice and turned it up a bunch more once the flag dropped for the Motos.
I have pics of Roger, Marty Smith, Bob Hannah, Tommy Croft, Gerrit Wolsink,.......oh, he**, all of 'em, from waaay back in the Trans-AMA MX Series (Euros versus U.S.A.) at Puyallup, Washington. I have a bunch from several Nationals at Washougal, WA, Canadian Nationals, and Seattle Supercrosses. I was really into it at one time.
I've been meaning to pull a bunch of the Trans-AMA pics out to get a few of them re-done. I had the original color slides converted to internegs and they are slightly under-exposed. With today's technology I'm sure they can be played with and brightened up a bit. (the slides look perfect; the internegs resulted in 8 x 10s that were a bit dark)
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Made me think of Gary Ellis....
I have pics of Roger, Marty Smith, Bob Hannah, Tommy Croft, Gerrit Wolsink,.......oh, he**, all of 'em, from waaay back in the Trans-AMA MX Series (Euros versus U.S.A.) at Puyallup, Washington. I have a bunch from several Nationals at Washougal, WA, Canadian Nationals, and Seattle Supercrosses. I was really into it at one time.
I've been meaning to pull a bunch of the Trans-AMA pics out to get a few of them re-done. I had the original color slides converted to internegs and they are slightly under-exposed. With today's technology I'm sure they can be played with and brightened up a bit. (the slides look perfect; the internegs resulted in 8 x 10s that were a bit dark)
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