Dirt Bike History 101 - Page 192

KansasBob · 01-13-2013, 06:18 PM

Ok, do any of your SoCal guys remember this outfit?
Is any part of the business still on going?

wfopete · 01-14-2013, 04:35 AM

Sweet XL's, one of my all time favs. Keep the oil clean & watch those cam bearing surfaces.

Strong Bad · 01-14-2013, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by KansasBob

Ok, do any of your SoCal guys remember this outfit?
Is any part of the business still on going?

I don't remember them. I did a quick google search for GEMCo in Santa Fe Springs and came up with this:

http://www.gemcoinsulation.com/

KansasBob · 01-14-2013, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Strong Bad

I don't remember them. I did a quick google search for GEMCo in Santa Fe Springs and came up with this:

http://www.gemcoinsulation.com/

Thanks
It's always cool to me how cottage industries pop up to make specialty items like this, then vanish just as quickly.

I have 3 pairs of these, and the first set only lasted a couple of hours ebay. I must have been too cheap.............

R80st · 01-16-2013, 09:43 PM

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I think it is a ESO Speedway engine and a bsa frame I saw it on a farm. I was looking for a BMW. He would not sell it

darmst6829 · 01-17-2013, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KansasBob

Ok, do any of your SoCal guys remember this outfit?
Is any part of the business still on going?

I have a pair of those on my Campera!

Dave

blaine.hale · 01-17-2013, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KansasBob

Ok, do any of your SoCal guys remember this outfit?
Is any part of the business still on going?

No idea but they pop up on ebay every now and again. I need to grab a set for my Matador.

Trailing Jack · 01-17-2013, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by nachtflug

those were and are such good looking bikes. not having a dealer in town in the 70's we never gave honda the time of day, if it wasn't a kaw/suz/yamaha then it was a honda and as far as we were concerned geek bike. the 70's honda's never cease to amaze me as far as their lines and look. great bikes. I'd kill for a nice SL100...

My brother-in-law had a 250 Motosport, my sister (his wife) had an orange SL100.
That 100 was my first bike when I assumed it from my sis.
There's some pics somewhere in the family of those bikes.

Flug, if you ever see Jack again, ask him about the time he raced my brother-in-law's 250 at the local stock car track.

KansasBob · 01-17-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by blaine.hale

No idea but they pop up on ebay every now and again. I need to grab a set for my Matador.

I have two sets left, and one is on ebay right now. Send me a PM and I'll make you a better deal than what I have them listed for.

Scootern29 · 01-21-2013, 12:57 PM

Jeff77 asked for some pics of old MC club jumpers. Here is a couple of the Hilltoppers.

Scootern29 · 01-21-2013, 01:02 PM

I rebuilt a set of forks for an old buddy of mine this week with new seals and internal cleansing. He showed up with a 36 pack of adult beverages and this in a shadow box frame.

This is the last shirt made out of 144 originals. Deadmans is still where it was but nothing has been done with it. I believe that Rocket Rex Staten still owns the property. It is near Apple Valley CA.

JeffS77 · 01-21-2013, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Scootern29

Jeff77 asked for some pics of old MC club jumpers. Here is a couple of the Hilltoppers.

Thanks

Gonna make my own for my pretend club

got to get the wife on the sewing machine

supershaft · 01-25-2013, 08:16 PM

I only saw him race once. He ran away with both open moto's at the St. Peters Trans AM qualifier in I think it was '74? He was from Texas if I remember right. He was on fire that day! Then he didn't make it to the actual Trans AM later that same year. That same year DeCoster won both 500 moto's and Jimmy Ellis won the 250 overall at the Trans AM itself. DeCoster was butter smooth. I read in an interview that St. Peters was then his favorite American MX track. It was one bad ass track!

BIG ED XT FAN · 01-26-2013, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by skorpioskorpio

Being a Honda 4 stroke rider in the swarm of yellow bees back then made you appreciate them even more. It was a tortoise and hare story for me. The YZs, TMs and RMs would mop up on me and my thumper around a track but across a corn field they had no chance when I hit fifth I'd just mope on past and bury them in that 4 stroke rooster tail that never ends. The interesting part of the story on my two bikes, as much as they look alike, is this:

Nice 250!! I start off-road on a 1972 XL 250. No power, but sure was fun.

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bk brkr baker · 01-28-2013, 07:26 PM

Marsh Runyon's KR 750 MXer

Dick Mann 'sTriBSA 500 at Honda Hills ,1988.

01-13-2013, 06:18 PM	#2866
KansasBob Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Topeka Oddometer: 454	More parts ID Ok, do any of your SoCal guys remember this outfit? Is any part of the business still on going?

01-14-2013, 04:35 AM	#2867
wfopete Suffer Fools; Gladly! Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Somewhere North of Dover, AR Oddometer: 310	Sweet XL's, one of my all time favs. Keep the oil clean & watch those cam bearing surfaces. __________________ *Suffer Fools; Gladly!*

01-25-2013, 08:16 PM	#2878
supershaft because I can Joined: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay area Oddometer: 6,087	I can't remember this fast mofo's name! I only saw him race once. He ran away with both open moto's at the St. Peters Trans AM qualifier in I think it was '74? He was from Texas if I remember right. He was on fire that day! Then he didn't make it to the actual Trans AM later that same year. That same year DeCoster won both 500 moto's and Jimmy Ellis won the 250 overall at the Trans AM itself. DeCoster was butter smooth. I read in an interview that St. Peters was then his favorite American MX track. It was one bad ass track! supershaft screwed with this post 01-26-2013 at 03:51 PM

01-28-2013, 07:26 PM	#2880
bk brkr baker Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Location: The Bluegrass Oddometer: 4,160	Marsh Runyon's KR 750 MXer Dick Mann 'sTriBSA 500 at Honda Hills ,1988. __________________ RR's Catnip Hill to Peoria ___Loopin' Seattle to WestFest It started with some beers __1500 miles to the Dentist Skeedaddle to Seattle______ A 30 year old on a Three Flags Run

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01-21-2013, 12:57 PM	#2875
Scootern29 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2012 Location: In the hot, hot, dezert Oddometer: 237	Jeff77 asked for some pics of old MC club jumpers. Here is a couple of the Hilltoppers.

01-21-2013, 01:02 PM	#2876
Scootern29 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2012 Location: In the hot, hot, dezert Oddometer: 237	I rebuilt a set of forks for an old buddy of mine this week with new seals and internal cleansing. He showed up with a 36 pack of adult beverages and this in a shadow box frame. This is the last shirt made out of 144 originals. Deadmans is still where it was but nothing has been done with it. I believe that Rocket Rex Staten still owns the property. It is near Apple Valley CA.