70-71 AMA season, old racing photos

[xmailman]

OK I'm done with my online photo album.

http://picasaweb.google.com/billxmailman/AllMCPhotos#

It shows pictures I took during the 70-71 season at San Jose. Plus just other m/c related pictures. I took pictures for someone else so these are only the few that I took for myself.Even a picture of my Matchless.

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[pashnit]

Wow! These are great shots - love the action shots. Reminds me of being at the Sacramento Mile and standing right up by the fence and having these things zoom by. Whadda rush! Great memories X.

[pashnit]

Terrific stuff!

[pashnit]

And this one... Is this your Matchless?

[xmailman]

Yep, that was the Matchless. Featherbed frame and all.Could you imagine todays marketing types talking about a " Featherbed" frame?

Sold it to buy a HD Sportster. Matchless handled much better. Sportster would "bind" up in a corner then the rear end would step out to the side. YeeHah!!

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[Strega 51]

Originally Posted by xmailman

OK I'm about 90% complete with my online photo album. Still have to put some of the photos in order.

http://community.webshots.com/album/215796883kMHzBl

Let me know if it does or doesn't work, right here on this forum.

It shows pictures I took during the 70-71 season at San Jose. Plus just other m/c related pictures. I took pictures for someone else so these are only the few that I took for myself.Even a picture of my Matchless.

xmailman

Bill any pic's from Trans Am motocross at Sears Point, Very intrested where the track was laid out as relation to the road corse. Some very big hills surounding the road course.

[xmailman]

Sorry, no Sears Point pictures. I didn't even know they raced there.Off road I mean.

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[pashnit]

Originally Posted by Strega 51

Bill any pic's from Trans Am motocross at Sears Point, Very intrested where the track was laid out as relation to the road corse. Some very big hills surounding the road course.

Don't know if this is related, but few years back did a fun little photo shoot of the vintage dirtbike races at Sears Point. The dirt track they have there was pretty homey. Haven't been there though since they pumped all that money into the place just recently.

[pashnit]

[Strega 51]

Originally Posted by pashnit

Don't know if this is related, but few years back did a fun little photo shoot of the vintage dirtbike races at Sears Point. The dirt track they have there was pretty homey. Haven't been there though since they pumped all that money into the place just recently.

No Tim it was much earler around 1974 It was called the Trans Am series it ran in the fall the Euro's would come over and battle the Americans, the riders were the likes of Roger Decoster, Hekki Mikkola, Gerrit Wolsink, Brad Lacky, Marty Smith, Jimmi Weinert, Garry Semics and on and on. Motocross from 74 to about 84 was my favorite period of racing bar none.