I was surfing the Texas VMX photo library and found this image from what I am guessing is 1976, but maybe be a year later (running 76 graphics). I'm also guessing this is from National MX racing and that is a National #. Or Not.
Can anybody name this gentleman?
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4221805335_389b9ef10b_o.jpg)
How cool is that MC5 - Fox Air Shocks, "works" pipe - what is not to love? And check out his riding gear. Anybody have one of THOSE shirts? [:0] The photo is BW, but I'm curious about the color of his gear - is this guy actually decked out in Penton Orange Crush?
BTW...lots of photo-viewing at their website if you haven't been there before:
http://tvrcnetwork.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=3uzeqlt1qujip
I bet that guy didnt have trouble turning that mc-5!
Check out where he has his bars. And I thought I rode with them back...back then.
That is definately not a National rider, nobody with #7 rode a KTM, and those are the wrong color plates and numbers for a 250 or 500 class. It is amazing how low and far back we ran our bars back then. We cornered with a different style, that is for sure!
I still ride with my bars back and low, right in my lap....helps me when I lock up the front brake right at the last minute into the corner and dig it in and then powershift out....wide open into the next corner lock up both brakes, then turn and go!
Just can't re-learn the new fangled ways.
Victor
I think that is Mike Hance from Houston and a TVRC member, could be wrong.
Terry
Well, TVRC18, you're on the right track. I went back and looked at this photo gallery and many of the local/regional photos have comments below them from your fellow TVRC members. Here's what they had to say about this guy :
"Joe London ...best outfitted racer in N.Texas ....worked for the Dallas Times Hereld."
"I met him in the early days while working at John Long's Husky shop , was our best customer."
"He had the latest of everything. When i got something new to me Joe had had it for six months hahaha"
So...Mr. London...If you're out there..SALUTE!
Now that I've got this TVRC photo album figured out, let's flash another TVRC rider from that album:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4224669387_f15d94a82a.jpg)
And from their comment page:
"Ty Oster from FtW. he still has the OEM fork brace on the Penton."
The second photo (8x) looks like a piner? These are great photos Thanks for sharing.
1973 Penton Jackpiner
1982 Yamaha XT200
1982 Yamaha XJ650J Maxim
1987 Yamaha YZ490
2005 Honda CRF450R
8x has a Sachs engine.
Brian
'72 Berkshire
Methinks you are right, was focusing on the {high point} boots.
1973 Penton Jackpiner
1982 Yamaha XT200
1982 Yamaha XJ650J Maxim
1987 Yamaha YZ490
2005 Honda CRF450R
The boots on #8x are Full Bore, aren't they? James
Looking at the pictures more closely, it appears that #7 has a thicker seat than the stock one(?) James
The FIRST thing I notice about these photos is how clean these motorcycles are, even while on the track. Living and racing in Ohio, I have never seen a clean Penton or other brand of bike on the track. They were always full of either mud or dust, or both on the same day. joe
Name these guys.
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Victor
Rob,
Isn't that # 6 Mosiev? That sure looks like his bike, with the early usage of a torque pipe and the ribbed straight leg Ceriani forks. Mike
Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
Yes, that's me at the Amago Track in San Diego, before I had my heart attack...I was a bit more fearless.
The other is Jack Penton...I beleive it was from one of the postcard we would get from time to time in our Still Keeping Track....love the "lineman boots", very cool.
Victor
Yes that is Jack. This picture, I believe, was shot at dads,JP's on one of the new bikes, a 68 model. Jack was riding up and over the top of the dam at the pond.
Hank Rinehart
The pict above to the right is a young Jack penton is it not? The red bike looks to be a forerunner/factory bike to the mc-5. It looks to have the front of a "74" type frame with a reworked rear end. The shocks are quite a bit further forward than a 76/77 mc-5 and it looks to have a modified production swingarm mounted upside down to gain fender clearance I would guess. Very interesting pict I dont remember seeing. Cool.
Quotequote:Originally posted by 454MRW
Rob,
Isn't that # 6 Mosiev? That sure looks like his bike, with the early usage of a torque pipe and the ribbed straight leg Ceriani forks. Mike
That is correct MRW.
...also would have accepted, Moisseev - Moissev - Mosseeiv - Moisseef - MO-anything - or......that Russian that won 2 MX World Championships on a KTM, whos' last name was spelled six different ways.
If you ever run across one of those gas tanks (like in the pic) in a salvage yard - let me know, I'm looking for one.
:D
BobW
Rob this is newer however looks correct:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-KTM-MC-5-FUEL-TANK-VINTAGE-ARHMA-MX-ENDURO-PENTON_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4cecd227beQQitemZ330390710206QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
1973 Penton Jackpiner
1982 Yamaha XT200
1982 Yamaha XJ650J Maxim
1987 Yamaha YZ490
2005 Honda CRF450R
Just saw this photo on the Racer X website.
http://www.racerxonline.com/article/racerhead-2.aspx
(http://www.racerxonline.com/assets/stories/17964/4505/popup/Arroyo-002-RXArchives-LR.jpg)