Author Topic: OT, but cool stuff for Flat Track enthusiasts (Read 5283 times)

peabody · « **on:** April 23, 2012, 03:01:27 PM »

Neat....
http://vft.org/Trailblazers/TB2012Banquet/TB2012BikeShow.html

larry borden · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2012, 03:22:41 PM »

WOW! Some heavy hitters from the world of flat track. Makes me want to watch On Any Sunday.

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2012, 04:23:12 PM »

Great stuff...thanks Peabody!

The Champion framed Yamaha #14 is very nearly identical to one I rode in the early 70's. Too bad no Trackmaster Yamaha or Trackmaster Triumps are shown...at least I didn't see any.
A lot of talent and BIG Egos in one place!

Worth a couple of tears...

Randy Cuberly

Les McDonald · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2012, 05:07:12 PM »

Thanks Rich,
There's some very exciting memories provided to me by many of those guys and I must share this with some "Buds" from my other life.

Air Ministry . · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2012, 08:48:47 PM »

Quote from: larry borden on April 23, 2012, 03:22:41 PM

WOW! Some heavy hitters from the world of flat track. Makes me want to watch On Any Sunday.

Chuck Feldman · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:24:24 AM »

Where are the moderators? Peabody is a special person but this crap has to go away.

John Stiles · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2012, 07:03:56 AM »

I didn't see my Zuki 500 Ft on there nowhere?

john e. holliday · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2012, 08:37:55 AM »

Come on Chuck, we not only raced model planes, but raced motorcycles. I was mainly drag strip competition. My brothers ran flat track(1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 mile), enduros and hill climbs. I was the corner flagman on the number one turn at the old Lakeside Speedway of Kansas City Kansas and the old Olympic Stadium in KCMo. Seen a lot of good racing and a few accidents. The old Lakeside was shut down for a while after a stock car driver was killed while trying to get out of his car. It was on fire and still moving when he was throwed from the vehicle. Then my brother was flagging turn four when a motorcycle rider hit the concrete wall going into the front stretch.

A couple of years ago the new Lakeside Speedway tried to have races with the Flat Track Association. Too many classes and too big a tack for most of them. But, the video does not start the way I remember the movie. The movie I seen was a guy riding a motorcycle on the rear wheel, one hand on throttle, one foot on back of seat and one foot on the foot peg. They stated he would ride like that for miles getting ready for the motorcycle trials. If you ever seen a trials you would know. Can't put a foot down while riding the trails.

David M Johnson · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:10:50 AM »

Cool link.

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2012, 10:40:43 AM »

The one person missing is Dick Mann. Bugsy is a cool guy and very neat to talk to. I have been attending the ISDT Riders Reunion Rides when ever I can for the last 15 years or so and got his and Malcom Smith's autograph on my VHS copy of "OAS". Dick man was also a very good enduro/off road rider and has been instrumental in trying to preserve what was the old International Six Day Trials, the riders and the bikes that competed. Gary Nixon has since passed away, and I thought Burrito had also, but I guess not. Donnelson Cycles here in the St. Louis area has several of the bikes used by several of these guys back then, including several that were in the movie, in a small museum in the shop. These guys had nerves of steel, and had an unequaled love for the sport back in a time when making a living at it was almost impossible. Not anything like today's flamboyant Super Cross stars or what AMA flat track has become now. Bugsy Mann once told me that today's riders probably wouldn't even unload at some of the tracks that they used to race at.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

peabody · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2012, 01:11:09 PM »

Missing, too, I believe are Hank and Gary Scott....
They were angry when they rode, and I guess still are......

larry borden · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2012, 06:56:17 PM »

Quote from: Chuck Feldman on April 24, 2012, 06:24:24 AM

Where are the moderators? Peabody is a special person but this crap has to go away.

Open forum, if you don't like it don't read it. Personally I like it.

Doc, that was Malcom Smith in the opening sequence.

Air Ministry . · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2012, 09:21:31 PM »

Or Look . !

Thats a Hippie with the security device , whos only previous motorcycling experiance was driveing a 125 yamaha into a wall .

. Not to bad , no wriggles . One needs steady ballast .

You could trade these for quite a few C/L engines , if youve the like .

The ugly one is tuned T100 R 1955 powered , home made .

good on the dirt roads too .

I seem to recall Id oiled the chain on the Bonneville , and dismounting was disconcerted as to the
vertical track of oil on the rear of the pictured person . One must fit a chain guard .

Chuck Feldman · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2012, 04:31:34 AM »

Gentlemen; Not you Peabody LOL I am not against Motor Cycles but I was under the impression that various posts have been removed from the forum pages. I know they move things to different places from time to time. Well here's the deal. Yes it is called an open forum but like I said they have closed topics and locked them and moved them. Seeing as to how this one has nothing to do with stunt I felt they would remove it. Perhaps lock it out. Your correct and I believe in this, If you don't like it do not read it. Easy enough.

John Stiles · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2012, 07:06:39 AM »

Quote from: Chuck Feldman on April 25, 2012, 04:31:34 AM

Gentlemen; Not you Peabody LOL I am not against Motor Cycles but I was under the impression that various posts have been removed from the forum pages. I know they move things to different places from time to time. Well here's the deal. Yes it is called an open forum but like I said they have closed topics and locked them and moved them. Seeing as to how this one has nothing to do with stunt I felt they would remove it. Perhaps lock it out. Your correct and I believe in this, If you don't like it do not read it. Easy enough.

Obviously, Chuck.........you never rode a flat-tracker. I did more stunts on that ole Suzuki 500cc than I ever did before in all other venues! And believe me, it would mortally fly!!

Chuck Feldman · « **Reply #15 on:** April 25, 2012, 08:29:14 AM »

I do remember that out on the farm there was a honda 450 550 650 whatever and I rode it around the fields as fast as I could take and not crash. Of course I did have some falls. But the field roads are all soft and I didn't get hurt. Yes it was great fun. I rode would have never rode it on pavement the way I did on dirt.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #16 on:** April 25, 2012, 08:30:34 AM »

Could be moved to supporters section, so only a select few would see this thread.

larry borden · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2012, 09:58:23 AM »

Or there could be an Off Topic thread. Much like BOTR site, nothing to do with control line, but something that others might have an interest in.

Dennis Moritz · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2012, 10:17:51 AM »

Whatever happened to Laslo Benedek.

Brian Massey · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2012, 11:15:19 AM »

For those of you coming to the 2012 GSSC, which will be held at a new as yet undisclosed location, you can visit one of the worlds largest collection of flat track motorcycles at the Rouit Musuem in Clovis. http://vft.org/rouit.html

I've lived in this location for 20 years and just learned of it a few months ago. I'll be at their open house next month for sure!

Brian

John Stiles · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2012, 11:52:53 AM »

Quote from: Brian Massey on April 25, 2012, 11:15:19 AM

I'll be at their open house next month for sure!

Brian

Take pictures

Chris McMillin · « **Reply #21 on:** April 29, 2012, 10:25:54 PM »

Dan Wright, producer of On Any Sunday, loaned his Swearingen SX-300 to me so I could qualify for my Sport Class air racing Letter of Authorization.
Off topic enough?
Chris...

Jim Scott · « **Reply #22 on:** May 01, 2012, 05:00:47 AM »

Two of my Bultacos, both sold, one in 1967 the other in about 2005.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #23 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:21:45 AM »

I remember when those first showed on our local track. When they ran they were unbeatable. Most of the time the rider/mechanic were fiddling with them.

John Stiles · « **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:11:00 PM »

Quote from: john e. holliday on May 01, 2012, 08:21:45 AM

I remember when those first showed on our local track. When they ran they were unbeatable. Most of the time the rider/mechanic were fiddling with them.

The first one I saw was a 5 speed, and it could burn rubber in about 3 out of those 5.

Robert Zambelli · « **Reply #25 on:** May 05, 2012, 05:03:12 AM »

Quote from: Jim Scott on May 01, 2012, 05:00:47 AM

Two of my Bultacos, both sold, one in 1967 the other in about 2005.

Jim - you kindled some memories. I raced a Bultaco Pur Sang in the early 70s. It had the Amal side-float carb and was temperamental as hell but when it ran, it was and still is the best handling bike I've ever owned.
It was one of the not-so-common 175s so I had to compete in the 250 class.

Bob Z.

Garf · « **Reply #26 on:** May 05, 2012, 08:59:01 AM »

The simple fact that most people here are into something else besides model airplanes means nothing. This item is off topic, period. I doubt anyone would appreciate my posting my other interests here. Don't make me prove a point.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #27 on:** May 06, 2012, 07:10:55 AM »

Hey I like stock car racing even tho I have never got to drive one.

Norm Faith Jr. · « **Reply #28 on:** May 06, 2012, 08:45:41 PM »

Quote from: Les McDonald on April 23, 2012, 05:07:12 PM

Thanks Rich,
There's some very exciting memories provided to me by many of those guys and I must share this with some "Buds" from my other life.

Me too Rich...after all of the years reading your posts..."Now I know." Another "scooter freak." A great post of pictures. A bunch of 'heavy hitters." I never did flat track, but made many a 1/4 mile run on a highly modified Honda at Master Field, Miami Florida in the sixties; when I wasn't building and flying models.
Norm

Air Ministry . · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2012, 08:53:43 PM »

Straight Line Feaver .

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #30 on:** May 06, 2012, 09:52:10 PM »

Well, to keep it on topic sort of. one of our stunt brethren used to hold a national number plate. Tom Lay has sent me a pic or two over the years when he used to race at the old Ascot Speedway. I guess all the REALLY cool guys fly stunt and raced motorcycles in some form!!! I raced enduros and observed trial back in the day, but never got to trying flatrack, but watched a lot of it locally. I still collect, restore and race vintage enduro bikes and trials bikes today. Cleaned out the garage a bit today and then fired up my '77 400 Penton for a quick trip up and down the street before putting it away. Next up wil be a cleaning off of the work table , get the flight boxes cleaned up and organized, and try to get ready for whatever stunt contests I can make this year.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee

billbyles · « **Reply #31 on:** May 06, 2012, 10:30:26 PM »

Quote from: Garf on May 05, 2012, 08:59:01 AM

The simple fact that most people here are into something else besides model airplanes means nothing. This item is off topic, period. I doubt anyone would appreciate my posting my other interests here. Don't make me prove a point.

Hey Ace,

If you are having such a tough time with this thread, why don't you just quit reading it? Obviously, a lot of people like this topic so who are you to tell others what they should like? As Sparky said - it's like the television, you can always change the channel if you don't like the program. Your threat seems pretty empty, kinda like BFD.

Garf · « **Reply #32 on:** May 07, 2012, 11:45:10 AM »

One of my other interests besides models is candlemaking. I started out refilling restaurant glass candles for the restaurant my mother worked for. Later I made candles for use during hurricanes. After a while I started using color and effects plus scent oils to make some unusual stuff. Here are a few examples.

Chuck Feldman · « **Reply #33 on:** May 07, 2012, 12:47:34 PM »

One of my other interests i Archery. I hunted deer and attended contest. After a few years it got so I had to practice everyday or else I would fall out of the top three at the contests. I first started out doing what was called instinctive shooting and then decided to compete in the unlimited classification which meant using a sight. These where all recurve bows and the arrows where aluminum. Later they came out with compound bows which slowly became more popular. As they where technical you had to learn new skills. So as time wore on i had to leave the sport. Life and having a family and traveling helped me to leave this sport. Perhaps some of you did this to? My next addition to this thread will be another facet of the various things I have done in my 73 years.

Norm Faith Jr. · « **Reply #34 on:** May 07, 2012, 03:55:40 PM »

Quote from: Garf on May 07, 2012, 11:45:10 AM

One of my other interests besides models is candlemaking. I started out refilling restaurant glass candles for the restaurant my mother worked for. Later I made candles for use during hurricanes. After a while I started using color and effects plus scent oils to make some unusual stuff. Here are a few examples.

Gee Garf! those candles are pretty.

Garf · « **Reply #35 on:** May 07, 2012, 05:19:57 PM »

Quote from: Norm Faith Jr. on May 07, 2012, 03:55:40 PM

Gee Garf! those candles are pretty.

Most customers want heavily scented candles.

John Stiles · « **Reply #36 on:** May 07, 2012, 05:50:22 PM »

Quote from: Chuck Feldman on May 07, 2012, 12:47:34 PM

One of my other interests i Archery. I hunted deer and attended contest. After a few years it got so I had to practice everyday or else I would fall out of the top three at the contests. I first started out doing what was called instinctive shooting and then decided to compete in the unlimited classification which meant using a sight. These where all recurve bows and the arrows where aluminum. Later they came out with compound bows which slowly became more popular. As they where technical you had to learn new skills. So as time wore on i had to leave the sport. Life and having a family and traveling helped me to leave this sport. Perhaps some of you did this to? My next addition to this thread will be another facet of the various things I have done in my 73 years.

Yeah......I still have several compounds and recurves.....I bet I have over 100 arrows...good thing about that is, they are CF and can be used to build my planes too! LOL I got a buncha pictures of deer I took using archery, but I major in long range rifle shooting. I have a decent collection of sniper rifles....the only one I don't have is the M14 I used in Nam....I was med-evac'ed to the states and heaterns[my buddies] stole all my sniper equipment.

john e. holliday · « **Reply #37 on:** May 08, 2012, 08:02:47 AM »

The wife and my Mother-in-law tried candle making. What a mess they made at times. But, they come in handy when the midwest storms take out power when it is dark.

John Leidle · « **Reply #38 on:** May 09, 2012, 08:36:04 AM »

Thanks for posting this,, it was great to see Romero going strong where were all the Triumphs?

Garf · « **Reply #39 on:** May 09, 2012, 08:01:21 PM »

Another interest I have is gardening. I have been trying to grow tomatoes for several years. last year I finally got some good tomatoes.

Dan McEntee · « **Reply #40 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:06:47 AM »

The one thing that is worse than being off topic is hijacking a thread!

Don't see no motorcycles or stunt models amongst the plants and candles. At least we tied things into stunt in some way. Anyway,the only good tomato is one that is squeezed into ketchup, and then put on a cheese burger!

Time for lunch!
Dan McEntee

john e. holliday · « **Reply #41 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:31:53 PM »

Now Daniel, there is nothing like a fresh tomato along with zucini and cucumbers after a day of flying model planes. Especially when you have to mow the circle first.

Garf · « **Reply #42 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:43:11 PM »

It all fits together. I use the tomatoes I grow to keep the troops happy, so I get no arguments when I want to go flying. There is always a method to my madness.

Author Topic: OT, but cool stuff for Flat Track enthusiasts (Read 5283 times)

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