good thing he wasn't on a 450

I wanted to have an alarm clock made that sounded like a ripping 2-stroke, and gave a puff of castor oil smoke in the air. I could not think of a better way to start every day. :)

Great story. Michigan guy here to, and I had a crush on Angie Ritchie. :) The other great jump they put in that is no longer there, the "double double". it was tricky for those guys for a few years. I remember Bradshaw landing right on the face of it, bouncing over the lip, and rip away. I think he was just testing it to see how it felt. I was standing maybe 20 feet off the track from that landing jump. I never felt a 125 shake the ground before. If they didn't do that first double perfectly, they would not even try the second one. We don't have obstacles that separate the talent like that anymore. The 4-strokes are too fast now, and bigger jumps are not the answer.

Thanks for sharing a rad story brother!

Cool. Is Tim your cousin?

@@trentnichols5075 Steve borck is my cousin. First to jump it on a quad

Quads are gay asf so not impressive

@@Superfreak_willys Super Gnarly on a QUAD whoa Full SHRED

They put more powerful motors in the bikes, so the tracks got faster too. 2021 just ended, 2:08 fast lap time. The track time per lap used to be over 3 min, and the track layout has not changed all that much.

Ricky Travis and Stewart cleared it on 125s.

"Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end. We sang and danced, forever and a day. We lived the lives we chose. We thought we'd never lose, cause we were young, and sure to have our way." I don't like the rest of the song, as they got older, they got defeated, as if that is the way life is. No, Mary Hopkin was not from the USA. But as you say,----they were the good old days. I think we are defeated to, but not us. :)

Kawasaki has a great long record of building strong 2-stroke motors. I don't think I remember any of them since late 70's that were a dog off the floor. I only had 2, a 1976 KD125 when I was 12, (a enduro bike with no lights with knobby tires and a number plate up front.), and it was faster than the Yamaha DT and Suzuki TS enduro bikes,---and my 97 KX250 was a mid range monster. There may have been a bad one in the 70's, but I don't ever remember reading about a bad motor from Kawasaki in MXA. Handling was a different issue. :)

No, I think the FIM has the influence of how the land owners build the tracks now. I would even bet if the track did not want to make his track the same as the rest all across the country, (that has to mean force, we would never do that otherwise), they would lose their race date. I wonder if that is what happened to Muddy Creek? Further evidence of hurting our talent is the redundancy of the SX tracks, nothing but rhythm sections (designed to keep everybody the same speed), and whoops. The FIM has done more damage to this sport in the world, and the USA, than any other entity of the industry. They are dysfunctional socialists, or worse. 5 point red star in the word "Motocross" on the podium banner. That is not pro American man.

Not that jump. That jump did not exist in the 70's. I think this year is 88 or 89, and that leap was put in just a short time before that.

That would be a long ass pedal home....redbud is out a ways from town. And not on Redbud trail...that's a fast road with no shoulder.

@@EarthSurferUSA 1992

i was at Red Bud in 85 there was no 3rd jump the first jump was a WALL i didnt even give that section camera time i dont think anyone jumped the double cause the first jump was a wall i watched practice there was a double jump a few turns after it was a uiphill type Laroccos leap wasnt made till 1992 and it seemed more critical then cause the 3rd jump was not built up this year in 2024 the jump is not even in the same place the old takeoff is where the grandstands are now and it seems they shortened the distance i could be wrong but the original was alot more critical

I now port 2-stroke engines for a living, and when Kawasaki came out with the semi truck first for the team, Mike was on a 250 2-stroke, and his dad was still his mechanic. A factory Kawi guy said we could come back in an hour, (during signature time then), and he would show me and my buddy the inside of the semi trailer. We came back, and he took us in,---went up front and left us alone in the trailer. There it was, a ported 250cc cylinder sitting on the bench. I picked it up and took a look inside. I was shocked that there was very little work done to it, possibly just some blueprinting to get it to factory spec, and maybe a touch more, but that was it. Then Mikes dad came into the trailer from the front, saw me with the cylinder in my hands,---and kicked our butts out. :)

at 0:07 is the 1st time... 2:00 the 2nd...

You must not have eyes.

Yeah you have to have a 4 stroke if you want to win today but 2 strokes are the most fun and so easy to maintain. I started riding in the 80's and 2 strokes were where it was at. The Honda XR's were the only 4 stroke I would even consider back then. 4 stroke need too much maintenance.

@@tommywallbanger you do not have to have a 4 stroke to win today. You have to have the talent to ride to win

@@mulisha0351 Thanks for clearing that up for me. Who's the last guy on the pro supercross or motocross circuit to win on a 2 stroke?

@@tommywallbanger here we go with this bs. the factory will not allow their racers to run smokers. barcia tried this many times and Honda promptly said no despite barcia wanting to run smokers. many other pros have tried this route as well and all have been told nope. if you think smokers arent competitve you need to go check hard enduro and the worlds toughest races where smokers easily beat the 4 strokes despite being the "inferior" bike.. put jefferey herlings on a smoker and watch him clean house as usual. it has nothing to do with the bikes, factories outside of ktm dont make money on smokers, just the 4 bombs and thats why you dont see smokers. remember honda has bought out the ama and the rule book to keep smokers from racing competitively.

@@mulisha0351 Did not know that. I trust you. Sounds like you know what you're talking about. I'm a 2 stroke guy myself. I have ridden since 1983 but I don't race, just a free rider. I mostly ride mx style out in sand pits in NJ. I thought that everybody was on 4 strokes because they were faster and that the 2 strokes as much as people like them, just weren't getting on the podium. I know 2 strokes (300 cc) rule enduro and woods. I have only owned mx bikes. Right now I have a 2015 KTM 150 SX and I just got finished putting a 2004 KTM 200 SX engine in it. Thanks for the info. What bike or bikes do you own or ride right now?

RC did it. Pastrana did it. Maybe more, not sure. Only a hand full though. Not all of the 250 riders were doing it form many years too. This was when the tracks separated the talent. With the more powerful 4-strokes, the tracks got faster, and they have the tracks wired. I know the answer is not faster tracks and bigger jumps. The engines got too fast IMO.

But Travis didn’t have the run at it like Mike did here. Much shorter distance.

I saw Kelly Smith case that jump during the 4-stroke nationals on a huge KTM 4-stroke. He did not crash or break any bones, but he broke his motor mounts and the engine shifted ion the frame pulling the carb boot off the carburetor, so he DNFed the race. I was friends with his dad at the time and talking with him mear the jump. While we were talking, before Kelly cases it, his dad said, "He missed a gear.". I was pretty impressed that he was so in tune with Kelly's racing, he knew he missed a shift while I was talking with him. I sure didn't hear it.

Sick story man. Thanks for sharing. I’ve never been to red bud but a race weekend out there is on my bucket list! 👊🏽

I hit my 2st RED BUD in 1979 when I was in 9 grade. Then didn’t go to a mother one till this race. My brother & I hit every race for the next 19 years! For most of those I lived at the trailer park across the street from the track. Would have to get up for work with a hangover large enough to k.o. Tyson and my skin sluffing off of me in big sheets!! Oh what fun!!👍🏻

I can't believe you got kicked out for sparklers. Must have been some stupid rent-a-cops. One of the last years I went there, sunny and hot, over 90 degrees, and they had a new rule no tents and stuff on the hill that could block other fans view. I bought a FMF umbrella from the FMF trailer, and used it to block the sun off of me. Two rent-a-cops told me I could not use it, so I went back to the trailer and asked for my money back. The FMF folks got a hold of one of the track management, had the rule changed right them and there, so I kept the umbrella, (still have it), and used it all day. Later, in the heat of the day, I was walking down the main hill in the infield, and there I saw him, a old man over 80 years old, sitting in his lawn chair enjoying the race on the side of the hill, bothering nobody, and he has a FMF umbrella blocking the sun for him. It made me feel great that FMF and I made a difference for that old gentleman.

Rrrrreeeeedddd bbbbuuuuuuuuddddd!

Stellastarr?!

I have my can of it from a couple of years ago when they were selling it at the track. Red bud is my local track.

2 strokes rule man! I joined the dark side once and bought a 2004 KXF 250. That thing blew up twice and it was right back to 2 strokes...forever.