Vintage Hillclimb Memories

rpeterson · Post by **rpeterson** » January 25th, 2010, 10:03 pm

I jumped in the back of my Dad's truck to go to the Supercross on Saturday night and he said to check out the Cycle News on the seat. Our mechanic at Malcolm Smith has had it filed away for quite awhile at his house.

Blast to The Past - Widowmaker 1987

RP

britincali · Post by **britincali** » January 26th, 2010, 1:18 am

I was 7

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » January 26th, 2010, 6:22 am

8, and dad had a sweet '87, he won the extended class in valley city that year or the next on a stock length bike

REV · Post by **REV** » April 26th, 2010, 10:33 pm

SPeechless...ANd did ya catch the one-four!

REV · Post by **REV** » June 8th, 2010, 7:42 pm

I am looking for as much history as I can about our sport.

We owe allot to Hillclimbing , as it was the first " Professional" form of Motorcycle Competition. Our new brother, BSmith, is going to post his amazing collection of photos and stories in this thread.

Names, dates, first events etc... The beginning is the most important along with Carnegie's but all will be appriciated
thnks
REV

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » July 5th, 2010, 10:52 am

ktm power

rpeterson · Post by **rpeterson** » July 7th, 2010, 8:41 am

Thats the bike I copied to make my Twin CR. The rider is Jean Claude Anere and the photo is from Arette. One motor is actually a 540.

Sweet bike for its time.

RP

rpeterson · Post by **rpeterson** » July 7th, 2010, 8:41 am

I've heard about this climb for awhile down here in So Cal over the years and I found a little info on it. Est. in 1915, the climb was claimed to be the one of the century, with the best riders in the world and 35,000 spectators. Unfortunately the 405 freeway goes through the site of where the climb use to be.

Great article.

http://www.oriesteele.com/Articles/western.html

Tractor tire or chains ?

RP

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » July 10th, 2010, 11:19 am

bsmith · Post by **bsmith** » July 13th, 2010, 8:44 am

NICE ARTICLE RP,,,I WAS THERE THAT YEAR,,,GO KENNY,,, THANX!!!!

pstoffers · Post by **pstoffers** » October 16th, 2010, 9:43 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLf0PDY6 ... re=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XyGsNR ... re=related[/youtube]

Slomo · Post by **Slomo** » October 16th, 2010, 2:46 pm

Cool stuff Paulie

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REV · Post by **REV** » March 16th, 2012, 8:33 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsbQ2sX ... ture=share[/youtube]

pstoffers · Post by **pstoffers** » March 16th, 2012, 1:47 pm

So I was out at my old boss's house today. I seen this on the shelf and thought I would share... He was/is a bad ass. We call him "Boss Man"
He is who got me in to hillclimbing!!!

BannedCR500Riders.com

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