kx500 jump

[USMC 500]

found an old picture of me jumping my kx500 over another rider on a cr500 in europe........


Wait!!  Thats not me, thats Jeff Emig at the MX Des Nations.......that year they had 2 back to back down hill doubles that the Americans turned into one big quad jump....Emig said in an interview that he was still getting used to the 500 and grabbed a bit too much throttle and accidently jumped it as a quad jump.....scared the piss out of himself...hahahaha

[USMC 500]

OK...really.....here is a picture of me jumping my old KX500........


d**n It!!!  Thats not me either.....thats Tom Webb testing the 92 KX500 for dirt rider......Tom Webb has ridden more bikes that most of us combined and he still considers the K5 one of his all time favorite mounts.  He was no slow poke in the desert either.

[USMC 500]

OK this one is definitly me.........


Ah Hell!!!......Thats just Mike LaRocco jumping his 500 for Dirt Bike magazine........Mike was the last ever 500cc ama national champ....1993 was the sad year we said goodbye to the 500's.  This magazine shoot and the 94 MX Des Nations were the only occasions were Mike got to rock his #1 plate on the K5.  Check out the trick 2-piece clutch cover on that factory bike.

[Motorrad]

have a better rez shot of that one?    somthing goofy up with the engine cases and waterpump

[USMC 500]

Here is the link to the dirtbike article......there is a bigger shot of LaRocco and the bike......

http://www.dirtbikemagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=9F4F461E88C04C65858CDD3C382A19F5

[USMC 500]

While I'm at it......here is the link to the article in Racer X.....Jeff Emig talks about his first ever ride on a 500 two stroke at the 96 Des Nations.....very good read.

http://www.racerxonline.com/2011/09/08/proof-jeff-emig-talks-mxon

[81cr450]

found an old picture of me jumping my kx500 over another rider on a cr500 in europe........


Wait!!  Thats not me, thats Jeff Emig at the MX Des Nations.......that year they had 2 back to back down hill doubles that the Americans turned into one big quad jump....Emig said in an interview that he was still getting used to the 500 and grabbed a bit too much throttle and accidently jumped it as a quad jump.....scared the piss out of himself...hahahaha

That looks just SO badass especially the way the cr500 rider is cowering

[Polar-Bus]

found an old picture of me jumping my kx500 over another rider on a cr500 in europe........


Wait!!  Thats not me, thats Jeff Emig at the MX Des Nations.......that year they had 2 back to back down hill doubles that the Americans turned into one big quad jump....Emig said in an interview that he was still getting used to the 500 and grabbed a bit too much throttle and accidently jumped it as a quad jump.....scared the piss out of himself...hahahaha

That looks just SO badass especially the way the cr500 rider is cowering

This is also the view Doug Henry got when he brutally over jumped at Budds Creek ! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJvHxAgOXV0

[Foxx4Beaver]

Nearly 18 years since that Doug Henry "free fall"...and it still turns my stomach to watch it.

[USMC 500]

Doug is a tough man......Buds Creek crash broke his back.....came back and broke both arms.....came back and finished his back off.......in a wheel chair and still rockin and rollin......My hats off to you Doug.

[Foxx4Beaver]

I have a 1992 supercross that I taped on a VHS tape,and STILL have it....where Doug went over the bars of his YZ125 off a table-top into a set of whoops.....he just layed there on his back with his arms up like a dead squirrel in the road.It was from that point on,I always watched and admired him,knowing he was a New Englander.

[sandblaster]

Once you get past the ad it's a good video:
http://www.motocross.com/features/doug-henry-back-in-the-news/

[Foxx4Beaver]

Once you get past the ad it's a good video:
http://www.motocross.com/features/doug-henry-back-in-the-news/

Yeah that was good....he's a definite inspiration.

[Dutch-K5 Fan]

This is the video of that MXDN in 96.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOHRUIYhWHw

Dutchie

[Polar-Bus]

Foxx, you will appreciate and relate to this :  Watching Doug race as a 125 pro in New England was a privilage, he was SO fast and precise, as was John Down, and the "amazon expert" Jo Jo Keller ! Here's a recent inspiring Youtube comment by Jo Jo for all us old expired MX guys :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNVOmKC8A6s

I will never give in to "not riding" resulting from old age I just have to rethink an match my current skill and stamina to the right bike !

I'm actually going to get back to old skool 125cc 2 stroke simplicity. Looking to get a late model YZ125, and build a "rider friendly" 144cc bike with a FWW to broaden the midrange. My hip is healing excellent, and I will be 100% healthy after one final hernia repair in another week... 2013 is looking GOOD for me from looking through MX goggles !