1981 Kawasaki SR500

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Featured here is Dave Thorpe's 1981 Kawasaki SR500. Dave Thorpe raced this bike during the European GP season and was Kawasaki's only works GP rider. Considering he was still recovering from a badly broken leg during the 1980 season, Dave's results were very encouraging.
This bike was featured in VMX magazine issue number 26.vVia : www.vintageworksbikes.com

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Donny Schmit's 1990 Suzuki

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Via : www.americanmotorcyclist.com

Many of the bikes in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum tell the story of technological progress and innovation. This bike tells the story of one very determined racer.

Donny Schmit carved out his own career path to motocross success. The Minnesota native got off to a good start by winning the 125cc West Region title in the 1986 AMA Supercross Series. But Schmit then struggled in the premier 250cc class, particularly on tighter Supercross circuits.

Recognizing that his skills translated better to outdoor motocross, Schmit dropped out of Supercross to focus on the 125 MX series, losing his Suzuki factory ride in the process. Focusing on a grueling training regimen, he was picked up in 1990 by Team Bieffe Suzuki to race the 125 Motocross World Championship. Schmit won four races on this motorcycle en route to the 125 Motocross World Championship... Read more


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Early Years of Motocross Museum Tour

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Legendary Tom White of White Brothers Racing, graces Robin White and Robin Hartfiel with a private tour of his world-renowned bike collection.
This incredible collection of bikes and memorabilia under one roof in Orange County California is so impressive that you have to see it to believe it.

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Vintage Motocross by Oscar by Alpinestars

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© Oscar by Alpinestars

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Jeffrey Vincent Smith MBE (born 1934 in Colne, Lancashire, England) is a former world champion motocross racer.

Bill Nilsson (born December 17, 1932) was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the first ever F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957 riding an AJS

Sten Lundin (born November 20, 1931) was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1959 riding a Monark

Jaromir Cizek was the 1958 Coup d' Europe champion.

Hubert Scaillet was one of the motocross champions in the 50s and the early 60s.

Rolf Tibblin (born May 7, 1937, in Stockholm Sweden) is a former world champion motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the 1960s. Tibblin is remembered as one of the more physically fit motocross racers of his era.

Nic Jansen won the Motocross des Nations in 1951 with the Belgium Team

Roger Vanderbecken was the only one from the Belgium Team to be qualified for the 1960 Grand Prix des Nations in France .

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1965 CZ Twin Port

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In the annals of motocross, the CZ Twin Port stands out as an early exotic race bike. The 250cc (as well as the 360cc) elevated the sport to new heights with a hint of how new exotic metals could transform the machinery.

Using magnesium in many of the CZ's components (primarily the drum brake hubs and engine cases) brought the 250cc bike's weight down to a claimed 214 pounds.

The bike had an exceptionally simple yet stunning aura, set off by the peanut tank - with the legendary CZ insignia - and the low slung expansion chambers (no rules yet about excessive decibels meant these machines could run without silencers).

However, what really intrigued was the single cylinder 2-stroke engine's use of a twin exhaust port. Twin chrome header pipes exited the air-cooled cylinder and split the frame's front downtube, the pipes running underneath the bike to exit on either side of the swingarm.

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1980's works CZ125

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Via : www.vintageworksbikes.com

The following photos are of a 1980's works CZ125. The bike is water cooled and very trick! Photos compliments of www.cz-motocross.wz.cz

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Victorian vintage motocross

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copyright : Frank Iirilli Jnr

Copyright : Townsville vmx club

The website for Australian Vintage Motocross. Everyone who loves riding and restoring old dirtbikes welcome. OzVMX is an independent website not related to VMX Magazine.

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Motocross Racers

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Via the coolest : ltthor.home.comcast.net

David Bailey, #93, at National Qualifier at Lake Sugar Tree, 1980. 

Greg Brown, #18, at White Oak.

#129, Bill Butcher, at Cedar Ridge.

John Graumann, #8, at SME.

Howie Roberts, #15, at White Oak.

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Classic Motocross

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Winterpick Farm, Horsham, West Sussex

Past Master Classic Motocross

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom

1/250s f/5.6 at 70.0mm iso200 full exif 

Winterpick Farm, Horsham, West Sussex

Past Master Classic Motocross

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
1/250s f/5.6 at 65.0mm iso200 full exif

Winterpick Farm, Horsham, West Sussex

Past Master Classic Motocross

Nikon D200 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
1/80s f/5.6 at 38.0mm iso200 full exif 

All Images Copyright of Alex Winser Photography

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Staying in shape key for motocross riders

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By John Marshall, AP Sports Writer

Kick start the bike, twist the throttle, lean and lift. That's it. Actually, it's not.
Motocross and its indoor cousin Supercross are far more demanding than most people outside the sport can possibly imagine.
How difficult?

"If anyone goes to a track and runs as hard as they can for 20 minutes, that's what it's like," says Aldon Baker, a certified trainer who specializes in working with motorcycle athletes.
That leads to another misnomer: Motocross riders simply put down their beer and cigarettes, jump on the bike and ride... Read more


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Jim Gianatsis

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Jim Gianatsis was one of the legendary race photographers in the sport of motorcycling and he continues today as one of the most well respected motorsports and fashion still photographers in the industry.

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Life on bikes from 73 to 82

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Via : http://ltthor.home.comcast.net

1974 on a 73 SL100 at Richmond Dragway, notice the brake pedal dragging by the brake arm, who needs brakes on a 4 stroke anyway, finished 3rd in a class of about 24 2-strokers.

A wet and muddy day at Cedar Ridge with Susan Sharpe.

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MC Husqvarna 390 Automatic

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By Frank Melling via : www.motorcycle-usa.com

The Husky Auto was a serious race bike but it came about as a spin-off from a Swedish Army contract. In essence, the contract specified that raw recruits, who had never ridden a bike before, had to achieve complete motorcycle competency in a week.

However, the Swedish Army didn't want recruits merely to cruise up and down the highway wearing mirror shades, looking cool and waving to the girls. No, they had in mind full blown enduro riding skills - and on snow and packed ice too... Read more

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The Suzuki Motocross Story

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The World Motocross Championship season began in England where the big four-strokes were firing their last shots at supremacy against a tide of incoming two-stroke machines; spearheaded by the Czechoslovakian CZ and Swedish Husqvarna motorcycles with their lower weight and increasing reliability.

When the series moved to Scandinavia, Suzuki made their first-ever international appearance at the Hedemora circuit in Sweden, bringing along two machines. Japanese champion Kazuo Kubio as rider along with export manager Mansuri Hishi and Isle of Man TT road-racer Seuchi Suzuki to assist.

The Swedish bike magazines made some very interesting comments at the time: "Suzuki will come back, they have not made a prototype for nothing! Count on the fact that the Japanese will be back with more riders and more bikes! The Japanese will make the competition harder!" ... Read more


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Arizona Mike's Vintage MotoCross Bikes

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Mike Grayson is currently reside in New River, Arizona (just 20 miles N. of downtown Phoenix). He has a warehouse here where he keeps most of his bikes. If you are ever in his area, please CALL HIM to view his inventory at that time @ 623-465-0636.

His Website : Arizona Mike's Vintage MotoCross Bikes

1962 Greeves Hawkstone Scrambler 250

1972 CZ 400 in '74 colors

1972 Husky WR450 nice original cond.

1974 Suzuki TM125L

1976 Husqvarna 360WR

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