OT....Dang!, Marty Smith just died in an accident...
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OT....Dang!, Marty Smith just died in an accident...
Just a few weeks ago, there were posts here that touched on old motocross legends from the 70's like DeCoster and Marty Smith. He was my motocross Idol when I was a kid riding my Honda XL100.
Yahoo News just posted an article that Unfortunately, Marty Smith and his wife died in a dune buggy accident.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/motocross-hall-of-famer-marty-smith-and-wife-nancy-killed-in-dune-buggy-crash-001330099.html
R.I.P. Marty and Nancy,...Keep riding your Elsinores into the sky!
Yahoo News just posted an article that Unfortunately, Marty Smith and his wife died in a dune buggy accident.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/motocross-hall-of-famer-marty-smith-and-wife-nancy-killed-in-dune-buggy-crash-001330099.html
R.I.P. Marty and Nancy,...Keep riding your Elsinores into the sky!
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It may be macabre but I really love that photo taken in their last hours. Doin' what they loved.
I rode my friends Elsinore at 17. What a bike, way above me.
RIP
I rode my friends Elsinore at 17. What a bike, way above me.
RIP
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Thanks Marty.
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Sorry but posts need to be bicycling related. Exceptions tend to expand all over the place . Thread closed.
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When I was 13, I simply HAD to get a pair of "moto cross" handlebars for my Sting Ray(clone) muscle bike. You had to have the motorcycle-style grips too. And then a number plate. I also ditched the banana seat in favor of a regular bike seat.
Jumps were my speciality, I could jump further than any of the other kids in the neighborhood, because I had better acceleration over the 50 feet or so leading up to the ramp, and hit the ramp going faster than anyone else, so I flew further. Good times. The only time I rode a motorcycle in the dirt, I hit the front brake going around a turn and almost broke my leg when I went down and my foot got turned 180 degrees. I stuck with bikes after that.
Jumps were my speciality, I could jump further than any of the other kids in the neighborhood, because I had better acceleration over the 50 feet or so leading up to the ramp, and hit the ramp going faster than anyone else, so I flew further. Good times. The only time I rode a motorcycle in the dirt, I hit the front brake going around a turn and almost broke my leg when I went down and my foot got turned 180 degrees. I stuck with bikes after that.
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