« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2012, 05:09:04 AM »
Back in the mid '70s you had to have "this years bike". One year down was a serious disadvantage in those days! The suspension development was breathtaking. From 4" in '74 to 11.5 or even 12 is '79. Travel has not changed much since then (although quality sure has).
I want some race footage of the 199? YZ
I want to see the 75... for me that was the game changer... The mono-shock and extended travel. Boy that brings back memories. I have a 74 Honda Elsinore CR 250. the engine was excellent, and had good suspenders for the time, but within a few years the mono-shock and extended travel made my bike extinct. I had no problems until the track got too ruff, and the bikes with the newer suspenders would float over the track, while I was getting the crap beat out of me.
Without cash to buy a new bike, at the age of 15/16 I retired from racing.. but not from riding.
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