Riding In A Two Wheeled World…
The skills that got me the job at DG were those that made a good motocross-racing mechanic. And truth be known, being a good race mechanic was all I ever wanted to do. However, after…
During the 70’s, there was a growing abundance of “so called” engine formulas that were claimed to let you easily calculate the ideal port timings, compression ratios, expansion chamber dimensions and carburetion. Even before my…
Once the bulk of the product development work of any one bike was done, I immediately handed off all maintenance and mechanical duties to our sponsored rider’s “mechanic-buddy.” By the time a local pro-racer had…
By far the biggest turning point during my time at DG was the hiring of (then) telephone salesman Kenny Boyko. Ken had extensive experience in the corporate world, as well as a long history in…
In the late 1960’s, there were numerous franchise gas stations that sold high-octane pump gas that was being demanded by the Detroit “muscle car” owners of the era. Chevron stations in California carried 101-octane “White…
When I arrived at DG in 1975, the majority of the DG expansion chambers where built by a large nearby fab shop called J&R Manufacturing. J&R was a big shop that specialized in metal fabrication.…
After the DG team successes of early 1976, the team was a motocross racing machine looking for the biggest of challenges, and we were about to meet the biggest of all. Since the late 1960’s, a…
To many folks in the 1976 national motocross community, it seemed as though Bob Hannah (above center) had “appeared out of nowhere” to become the most talked about, and dominant, 125 motocross racer in America.…
It is a total bummer that a hard-working bike shop owner was duped out of a brand-new Trek Powerfly 5 after a customer taking a test spin decided not to return. He still might return…
Ever notice how any car or motorcycle manufactured in 1969 is cooler than any other year? I'm sure you can find exceptions, but for the most part, 1969 rules. This Yamaha YL2-C is a prime…
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