First serious competition rig

[Steve Minor]

For fun, let's hear about your first "serious" rig....For me it was in the mid 70's.....a used 1972 Husky 250WR, 1967 Ford Econoline van...6 cyl, 3 speed manual trans, plywood bed frame in the back and a 3 rail Holtzclaw trailer. Had a ball for a couple of years. Then I went "Penton" in 1977 with a new 400GS6.

Steve Minor
Wilmington, NC

[brian kirby]

1975 Honda MR175, handed down from my Uncle, then to my Dad, then to me at 13 yrs old, on a home made three rail Sears trailer behind a '71 Ford full size Ranch Wagon station wagon. If you want to go more "real" my '82 Husky XC125, same trailer, same Ford Ranch Wagon.

Brian

[fastwillie8568]

1974 Vw Thing with bike carrier on back with a 1974 Honda Elsinore 125 off to the track I went.

[sixdazed]

First car/truck/hauler 1957 ford ranchero with big block v8.First "serious" racer 1973 honda cr125m-one of the first 75 pre production bikes.Wish i had them both back.
                                            Ric

p.s.-not to say the Pentons i rode before the Honda weren't serious,they just weren't mine-sponsor supplied bikes.And the Hodaka's etc.i owned before that weren't really out of the crate race bikes(except maybe the Steens SS Hodaka-another i wish i kept).Man,if i could just get in my time machine and go back to those days:D:D

[Gary Roach]

My parents had a '68 4dr Mercury Monterey with bumper mounted bike carriers. Dad's bike would go on the back bumper, and my '73 Yamaha Mini Enduro would go the front bumper. Then when I moved up to a '77 Suzuki RM100, Dad bought a'71 Ford van and built a 3 rail trailer.

[Mick Milakovic]

1970 Ford Mustang Fastback with a "Bumper Humper" pulling a 1971 CT-1 Yamaha.  Put the front wheel in the hitch-mounted chock, take the chain off, and run on the rear wheel.

Mick

[OUCWBOY]

1969 Penton Six Day for MX, 1969 Kawasaki F21M 238 Green Streak for Scrambles and Flat Track. Bikes pulled by a 1969 RS/SS Camaro pulling a 3 rail tilt trailer (can't remember the brand).
Then in 1973, a 125 Monark, a Penton Jackpiner and a 73 Honda Elsinore carried in a 1973 Ford Club Wagon Van.

Donny Smith
Paragould, AR

[Lew Mayer]

VW bus with a DT-1 in the back. But first serious race bike was my 73 Jackpiner.

Lew Mayer

[hankthecrank]

1965 Chevy pickup stepside longbed with a 1965 Ducati 250 Gt morphed into a scrambler. First real race bike, 1970 Penton Steeltanker. Still have it, needs restored. The Ducati also.


Hank Rinehart

[tooclose racing]

First serious bike was a 1974 Yamaha MX125 (the yellow one) with a Skyway low pipe/big carb kit to keep up with the Elsinore/YZ brigade. Pulled it with my dad's company car - a gold 1972 Chevrolet Camaro on a borrowed Holclaw 3 rail trailer.  That poor V-8 probably didn't make 150 hp with all of the smog controls but it was nice chick-magnet car for a 16/17 year old at the races. At least until they got close enough to get a good look at ME.  Then they moved on...

[rob w]

Light blue 1967 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pick up, 283 ci, three on the tree.

[joe novak]

My Dad's 1967 FORD F-250 farm truck.  352 cid, 3 spd., and LOW rear-end gears.  On Sundays, I frequently had to go with him to work, so that I could drive the truck home and borrow it the rest of the day for racing.

[Bob Bean]

My first "True" dirt designed race bike was my steel tanker 125.. The first vehicle of my own that I took to the races was a 64 Buick Rivieara with 458 v8 and dual 4 barrels..
  We put a bumper mount on it to take the bike to races.  Before that I had always rode with my dad or friends in trucks or trailers.
Bob

1986 ISDE Italy
1987 ISDE Poland
1989 ISDE Germany

1970 125 Six Day
1973 100 Berkshire
1973 Jackpiner 175
1974 Penton 250 Harescrambler
1976 Husky 250CR
1981 Husky 250CR
1982 Husky 250CR
1985 Husky 400WRX
1985 Husky 400WR

[imported_n/a]

First serious rig a '74 CR125 Elsinore still in the crate from a guy who had received 2 of them as payment for something?? Tossed the cardbord covered crate in the trunk of my Dad's Chevy Impala. Got home, removed it from the box, popped on the bars and front wheel, added fuel, and went tearing down the street (after dark) with the front end in the air! One of the most exciting moments of my life!!

Chris

[dennis brown]

we had a 1962 ford falcon a small utilty trailer useing ropes to tie down a 1965 greeves enduro and an sachs boondocker

dennis l.brown