10 signs you grew up racing in the 90s

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Hgibbs566 2/5/2015 8:30pm
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You cut holes in your cotton jersey so you wouldn't die from heatstroke in the 100+ degree desert.
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JB 19 wrote:
https://youtu.be/VQ2XW-JILwk
I'll never forget this song from watching terrafirm 2 a million times as a kid, I was born in the mid 90s though so I was watching this a few years too late.



And from my favorite part in Steel Roots.



"When the bottom, line in all this seems to say, there's no right and no wrong way, sorry if I don't feel like, living the way you do", fricken love this song!
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I on purpose roll into the pits with my window rolled down rocking something from Offspring, Pennywise, NOFX, Blink 182 or anything from the 90's.... I love the look on the group of teenagers looking at me with that "what the hell is this old fart listening too..." look on their faces!!!

cracks me up.... Tongue Tongue Laughing Laughing
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bvm111 wrote:
I on purpose roll into the pits with my window rolled down rocking something from Offspring, Pennywise, NOFX, Blink 182 or anything from the 90's.... I...
I on purpose roll into the pits with my window rolled down rocking something from Offspring, Pennywise, NOFX, Blink 182 or anything from the 90's.... I love the look on the group of teenagers looking at me with that "what the hell is this old fart listening too..." look on their faces!!!

cracks me up.... Tongue Tongue Laughing Laughing
Haha, I do the same damn thing, except I'd be one of the teenagers you're trying to screw with!Laughing I honestly haven't found anything else that brings the same energy as those guys do, and I can't stand the popular "music" everyone else seems to listen to now.Sick Something about keeping it high intensity but fun at the same time just seems like a good fit for moto. Gotta add Strung Out to the list as well, can't have a moto music discussion without them!Woohoo

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Ktm s werent cool. and the july issue of motocross action arrived to Mexico in august.
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When reading all this kinda depresses you because your old now Shocked
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Not gonna lie... I just took my tld helmet fin off two weeks ago. Yeahh....
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Wow....you guys are good! Reading some of these replies bring back a lot of good memories.
Ryan_Huddleston 2/5/2015 9:55pm
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Frodad78 wrote:
You knew how to keep a Factory finished pipe from turning into a rust heap and thought the nickel plated pipes were for harleys.
JeepnMike wrote:
Naval jelly followed by WD-40 after each wash!! :) I will add a few off of the top of my head to this list.. Most late...
Naval jelly followed by WD-40 after each wash!! Smile

I will add a few off of the top of my head to this list.. Most late 80's to early 90s:

Someone already mentioned CEET seat covers (loved those)
How about Tuf radiator shrouds?
DMC
Dumonde Tech oils were "new"
Cheng Shin tires
Hi-Point boots
Golden Spectro
Devol machined disc guards (speaking PC, I am not a fan of Ted Devol)
Uni Trak
Full Floater
Pro-Link
$4 a gallon Trick Fuel

hvaughn88 mentioned bleached hair.. There is another hair fad from the 90's coming back, just look at Deano and Albertson!

Whoever let AXO marketing in the US die should be beaten with a bat. Great times, good memories posted here. The Ratio Rite made me smile immediately.
Nothing says 90s like jolly rodgers!
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If you ever entered in the Catalina Grand Prix (Yes, we're still talking the 1990's)
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Ryan_Huddleston wrote:
Nothing says 90s like jolly rodgers!
Heh! Where I broke my femur. That place had a lot of character though.. It was a great place to race / practice. All of the hills and uphill start, lots of places to watch the races from too.
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You rode a KX60 (not a 65) and it came in Flo Green.
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Spot on top 10 haha

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Nice article by the one & only Brotocross.
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Spydee 2/6/2015 12:47am
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Haha that's an awesome article! Art Eckman and David Bailey always reminded me of the 90's racing.
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You still call a supermini a "big wheel 80 or 100"
When you think Carmichael, you think kawasaki.
The nac nac is the coolest trick ever.
Freestyle motocross was the trick contest at Paris supercross.
You have spy goggles that are the exact same as Scott 89s but soo much cooler
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Torco1 wrote:
I loved Sinisalo gear, that's all I wore in the 80's............ [img]https://www.leguidevert.com/_lgv/img_forum/2014/11/305909_1725_csteel65-3.jpg[/img]
I loved Sinisalo gear, that's all I wore in the 80's............

Beat me to it.
Sinisalo is nowhere to be seen dowadays. My favourite gear.



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Crusty Demons. Showed the world how big dudes went.

White Brothers Catalogs.

Loud Exhausts

Klotz Benol

GeorgiePorgie 2/6/2015 4:42am
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"4. You still ALWAYS check if your gas is on"

My first FI bike. I was like....so wait....I just....kick the bike and it starts ? No way.
GeorgiePorgie 2/6/2015 4:47am
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My mom always tells me this story: " we rolled into high point for the pro national weekend on Thursday to race the weekend. Rita was working the gate and she says well where do you wanna park ? And I was like 7 and I said "anywhere next to miss rad n bad and all them"



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JeepnMike wrote:
Naval jelly followed by WD-40 after each wash!! :) I will add a few off of the top of my head to this list.. Most late...
Naval jelly followed by WD-40 after each wash!! Smile

I will add a few off of the top of my head to this list.. Most late 80's to early 90s:

Someone already mentioned CEET seat covers (loved those)
How about Tuf radiator shrouds?
DMC
Dumonde Tech oils were "new"
Cheng Shin tires
Hi-Point boots
Golden Spectro
Devol machined disc guards (speaking PC, I am not a fan of Ted Devol)
Uni Trak
Full Floater
Pro-Link
$4 a gallon Trick Fuel

hvaughn88 mentioned bleached hair.. There is another hair fad from the 90's coming back, just look at Deano and Albertson!

Whoever let AXO marketing in the US die should be beaten with a bat. Great times, good memories posted here. The Ratio Rite made me smile immediately.
Cheng Shin Tires!! man how I forgot about those blasted things!
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jamma10 wrote:
[img]https://johnleskodotbiz.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/no-fear1.gif[/img] [img]http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=16380[/img]

Had one of those stickers on the back of my Jeep Wrangler back in the 90's. Thought I was cool...
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Trimming your own backgrounds and numbers with punk rock playing and coors light flowing.
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Spydee wrote:
[img]https://www.freeride.co.uk/img/review/large/98.jpg[/img]
Guilty as charged, haha. I had some navy blue ones with tire tracks on the lens and some black and yellow ones with skulls, or maybe nails, I can't remember.
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If you told others that your bikes weren't "Pink"... they were "Fluorescent Red" (Honda) and "Magenta" (Yamaha)...
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this was a mini bike and you desperately wanted one to race the backyard nationals
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Rock these with my mullet...
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Torco1 wrote:
I loved Sinisalo gear, that's all I wore in the 80's............ [img]https://www.leguidevert.com/_lgv/img_forum/2014/11/305909_1725_csteel65-3.jpg[/img]
I loved Sinisalo gear, that's all I wore in the 80's............

I remember seeing Wardy in those white Sinisalo boots and thinking they were the coolest thing I had ever seen in my life!
Who can name all of the guys in this ad?

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