January 2013 Homepage Photo

[Admin]

Any guesses as to who this famous motorcross rider is and where and when this was taken?

http://www.pentonusa.org/archive/homepage/2013/default_031913.htm

[gooddirt]

Gary Bailey    Westlake Village CA  1968 Inter-AM

[dennis brown]

greeves rider gary bailey do not know where

dennis l.brown

[tooclose racing]

No idea.  But what a great moto-x photo.  If's it's Bailey, somehow that makes it even cooler.  Are you guys guessing that based on the #?

[Dale Fisher]

Larry was correct with Gary Bailey and the location.  Here's another from Tom Rapp's collection.  Gary is in the foreground on a Penton do you know who is following him?



Dale Fisher
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1970 Six-Day 125
1971 Six-Day 125 (Dave Fisher's)
1973 Jackpiner 175
1974 Berkshire 100
And some silly other bikes...

[johnborn]

John DeSoto.

[seanguthrie]

That picture really puts the old school racing into perspective.  Short sleeves, open face helmet, and I bet not a pad or guard to be found anywhere on their bodies.  You old racers were made of granite!
Or maybe they just didn't know any better.
Did DeSoto ride for Bultaco?

74 250 Hare scramble
2 68 Six Day (projects)

[johnborn]

He is riding a Montessa.

[Richard]

one s in montesa....

[OUCWBOY]

Yes, Montesa. Thus the VIVA Montesa t-shirt

Donny Smith
Paragould, AR

[johnborn]

ssorry

[lmroberts36]

Back to Gary Bailey. How many of you attended one of his motocross schools back in the day? I did in 1973 at Annapolis and I will always remember one thing he taught. That is, the throttle is an on/off switch. It is either wide open or it's off. You charge deep into the corner, go to zero throttle from WOT, slam on the brakes very hard, throw the bike into a sharp turn at the "apex" and go WOT immediately. Seemed to work for me at the time.

Later in life when I ran my first track day event with my rotary-engined car, I tried to apply that same technique. After the first turn the instructor asked what the H... I was doing. I learned that while the Bailey technique might apply to going fast on a M/C, the same is not so for fast track driving in a car.

Great memories! See you at York.

Larry Roberts, Mont Alto, PA
1973 Penton 125 Six-days(Sold)
1984 Honda V65 Magna
1991 Mazda RX-7 Turbo track car
http://rotarydiagnostics.com

[dennis brown]

in the pic 79x is wearing a greeves shirt, i saw at garys house a proto type greeves 390 greeves should have put in to production.very husky like even reed valve

dennis l.brown

[Mick Milakovic]

quote:That is, the throttle is an on/off switch. It is either wide open or it's off. You charge deep into the corner, go to zero throttle from WOT, slam on the brakes very hard, throw the bike into a sharp turn at the "apex" and go WOT immediately. Seemed to work for me at the time.

I attended a Jim Pomeroy school once, and his philosophy was "roll" the throttle on.  I would never argue with either Gary or Jim, but it does tend to open different philosophies to be successful.

Mick

[lmroberts36]

Yeah. I guess what works for one person many not work for someone else.

Larry Roberts, Mont Alto, PA
1973 Penton 125 Six-days(Sold)
1984 Honda V65 Magna
1991 Mazda RX-7 Turbo track car
http://rotarydiagnostics.com