1981 Kawasaki SR500

Featured here is Dave Thorpe's 1981 Kawasaki SR500. Dave Thorpe raced this bike during the European GP season and was Kawasaki's only works GP rider. Considering he was still recovering from a badly broken leg during the 1980 season, Dave's results were very encouraging.
This bike was featured in VMX magazine issue number 26.vVia : www.vintageworksbikes.com

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1981 Kawasaki SR500

Featured here is Dave Thorpe's 1981 Kawasaki SR500. Dave Thorpe raced this bike during the European GP season and was Kawasaki's only works GP rider. Considering he was still recovering from a badly broken leg during the 1980 season, Dave's results were very encouraging.
This bike was featured in VMX magazine issue number 26.vVia : www.vintageworksbikes.com

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Donny Schmit's 1990 Suzuki

Via : www.americanmotorcyclist.com

Many of the bikes in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum tell the story of technological progress and innovation. This bike tells the story of one very determined racer.


Donny Schmit carved out his own career path to motocross success. The Minnesota native got off to a good start by winning the 125cc West Region title in the 1986 AMA Supercross Series. But

Donny Schmit's 1990 Suzuki

Via : www.americanmotorcyclist.com

Many of the bikes in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum tell the story of technological progress and innovation. This bike tells the story of one very determined racer.


Donny Schmit carved out his own career path to motocross success. The Minnesota native got off to a good start by winning the 125cc West Region title in the 1986 AMA Supercross Series. But

Early Years of Motocross Museum Tour

.Legendary Tom White of White Brothers Racing, graces Robin White and Robin Hartfiel with a private tour of his world-renowned bike collection.This incredible collection of bikes and memorabilia under one roof in Orange County California is so impressive that you have to see it to believe it..

Early Years of Motocross Museum Tour

.Legendary Tom White of White Brothers Racing, graces Robin White and Robin Hartfiel with a private tour of his world-renowned bike collection.This incredible collection of bikes and memorabilia under one roof in Orange County California is so impressive that you have to see it to believe it..

Vintage Motocross by Oscar by Alpinestars

.© Oscar by Alpinestars.

Vintage Motocross by Oscar by Alpinestars

.© Oscar by Alpinestars.

.Jeffrey Vincent Smith MBE (born 1934 in Colne, Lancashire, England) is a former world champion motocross racer.Bill Nilsson (born December 17, 1932) was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the first ever F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957 riding an AJS Sten Lundin (born November 20, 1931) was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1959

.Jeffrey Vincent Smith MBE (born 1934 in Colne, Lancashire, England) is a former world champion motocross racer.Bill Nilsson (born December 17, 1932) was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the first ever F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957 riding an AJS Sten Lundin (born November 20, 1931) was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1959

1965 CZ Twin Port

.In the annals of motocross, the CZ Twin Port stands out as an early exotic race bike. The 250cc (as well as the 360cc) elevated the sport to new heights with a hint of how new exotic metals could transform the machinery.Using magnesium in many of the CZ's components (primarily the drum brake hubs and engine cases) brought the 250cc bike's weight down to a claimed 214 pounds.The bike had an

1965 CZ Twin Port

.In the annals of motocross, the CZ Twin Port stands out as an early exotic race bike. The 250cc (as well as the 360cc) elevated the sport to new heights with a hint of how new exotic metals could transform the machinery.Using magnesium in many of the CZ's components (primarily the drum brake hubs and engine cases) brought the 250cc bike's weight down to a claimed 214 pounds.The bike had an

1980's works CZ125

.Via : www.vintageworksbikes.comThe following photos are of a 1980's works CZ125. The bike is water cooled and very trick! Photos compliments of www.cz-motocross.wz.cz.

1980's works CZ125

.Via : www.vintageworksbikes.comThe following photos are of a 1980's works CZ125. The bike is water cooled and very trick! Photos compliments of www.cz-motocross.wz.cz.

1973 Maico 400

.By Tom White via : www.motocrossactionmag.comGerman Wilhelm Maisch started making motorcycles in 1935 under the name Maico. Unfortunately, the company was soon swept into World War II and began building aircraft parts for Hitler's Luftwaffe. After the war, under terms of the surrender, Nazi party members were barred from majority ownership of German companies. To get past this law, Wilhelm, a

Lee Sutton Vintage Photos

.All pictures copyright Lee Sutton..

Memorable MC '81 Paris-Dakar BMW

.By Frank Melling via : www.motorcycle-usa.comWhen I rode the factory Paris-Dakar Desert racer I was very much on BMW's Christmas card list, since very few journalists got to ride the works bikes. This was not surprising because there were only three built for the 1981 season. The bike I rode was well and truly trashed - as in terminally dead. It had been hammered round Africa for three weeks and

Carl Bastedo

.Carl Bastedo has been an outstanding performer in almost every aspect of Canadian motorcycling, although always with a leaning toward off-road competition.He'has been a passionate contributor to the categories of competitor, team builder, sponsor, educator, promoter and marketer for more than 50 years. He is still going strong as owner of Motopark, the long-running motorcycle recreational

Sachs / DKW 125

.By Tom White via : www.motocrossactionmag.comThe German-built Sachs/DKW 125 was one of the first popular purpose-built 125 motocross bikes in America. When motocross exploded in the U.S. in the late 1960s, the choice of good, entry-level machines was limited to Hodaka Ace 90s, Kawasaki Green Streaks and a potpourri of oddball brands.European brands were the first choice of aspiring 125 class

Brad Lackey

.1972 AMA National Motocross Champion.First American to win the 500cc World MX Championship.copyright © 2008, digitalphotography.tv/Charlie MoreyBrad Lackey was one of America’s pioneering motocross racers of the 1970s and ‘80s. In 1972, Lackey won the AMA 500cc National Motocross championship. In 1982, after a decade of trying, he became the first American to win the 500cc World Motocross