Fox Racing Motocross Gear History 1974-2000

This is a look back at the history of Fox Racing from its inception in 1974 as The Moto-X Fox through the year 2000. In it, I go through the ads and gear that have made Fox Racing a motocross icon over the last 40 years.
Let me know if you like this one and I will dow something similar for AXO Sport , JT Racing, Answer Racing and perhaps some other classic gear companies.
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[@MalcolmBlakeSeeAndHear]

Thank you for making this video dude. I don't mean to get all soppy but watching this reminded me of so many memories with my mom and dad. They passed away over 10 years ago. I actually cried when I saw the pawtectors at 35:35 because it triggered a whole series of memories for me. Those were my first ever pair of racing gloves and while moto-x was always the dream at that age (8), my folks persuaded us to race bmx because it was cheaper and we did not have much money. Looking back now with a big lump in my throat knowing just how expensive those gloves were and just how hard they had to work to give me a pair. They made so many sacrifices for us. Kids, honor your mothers and fathers. They give up much to give you the joy of racing.

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Thank you for sharing

[@barrycuda3769]

Very cool memories ' thank's for sharing.

[@joelacorte8642]

I actually worked @ Fox Factory in the mid 1970's. It was a wonderful experience…. Thank You

[@alexsaucedo8032]

In my opinion. Fox racing gear is the best ever hands down. Love fox gear. Thank YOU for sharing this

[@ethanlancaster76]

Best?? They used to be one of the best companies to make motorcycle suspensions for the professional dirt bike racers who had enough financial backing to afford 5-10k per bike. I still love Fox gear and especially their racing apparel and jerseys but there are so many great companies making very specific and niche aftermarket parts for dirt bikes it’d be really hard to find a single piece of gear or performance mods made by Fox that is truly the best money can buy. That’s sort of like saying that Oakley makes the best sunglasses in the world as they are both huge conglomerates that are publicly traded for the sole purpose of making the most profit for the smallest investment possible. Unfortunately because of this fact they don’t even make nearly the best suspensions anymore but they have done well enough in the past to relay on advertising and the new riders who think they have to be decked out in Fox gear and have as many Fox stickers and accessories slapped on their bikes to be cool and look like they can ride.

[@richiedagger733]

I like thor gear.... but my dogs name is thor so I'm bias hahaha

[@alexsaucedo8032]

@@richiedagger733 I like Thor gear. . Thor and J T. and axo. Love those clothing gears. . Awesome looking designs and colors

[@arnoldsanders6878]

I was born in '61. When I was 8. My uncle came by on his BSA. Took us for a ride and I was hooked. We used to ride our bikes downtown and look thru the store front at the local bike shop for hours !! Then When I was about 12. I bought my first DIRTBIKE mag(with bottle money) !So stuff like this really sticks out to me ! Thank you sir !!!!!

[@chopperenduro6590]

I still have my Brad Lackey Hallman boots , moto x fox cold weather racing jersey , gold belt kidney belt & JTRacing Suzuki racing leathers from the 70's + a 1978 moto x fox & DG catalog

[@abcdecghijklmn]

Baby blue zebra print jersey & pants THE BEST looking set ever!

[@abcdecghijklmn]

+ c😍mp2 & r😍😍st2!!!

[@yancysipes5085]

Nice work! Rick Johnson and the zebra gear was my gear👍🏼

[@TroyCollier]

Biggest walk down memory lane ever for me. Well spoken, great job. Appreciate all your throwback content.

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Thanks I appreciate the kind words

[@cuda4094]

@@TheMotocrossVault you should do a side-by-side comparison of gear then and now

[@Two-StrokeLife]

Love these videos, as someone who grew up with an uncle who raced in the 70's and handed down his magazine collection to me each summer I worshiped the riders of that era. I finally got my chance to race in the 80's-90's so I love the riding gear from that era as well. @ 39:10 that's no practice track it's Hollister Hills G.P. track. I don't know if it is still around but I had a few opportunities to ride there in the 90's.

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Yeah, I knew that was Hollister, but a drew a brain fart at that second and did not feel like going back to re-record that segment LOL

[@robertrishel3685]

From the late 70’s through the 80’s I ran JT Racing, Sinisalo, AXO, Malcolm Smith, Answer and FOX; my favorite for sure was FOX. I gotta add: GREAT VIDEO. I’m of the same generation as you, although I walked away from MX completely in 1990, didn’t even so much as watch a race on TV until the 2000’s.... work, family, all that....plus I was dead tired of injuries. I regret it now though.... terrifically nostalgic, this video.

[@edgardojosemercado6199]

MR TONY , THANKS FOR YOU MAGNIFIC WORK BRINGING TO US HISTORY .

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@krisholden5365]

I remember spending hours looking at that mid-90’s Fox gear in the Dennis Kirk catalog with my brother. I can’t count the number of lists that we made of our dream gear whenever we couldn’t actually be out riding! Of course, we couldn’t afford it as the bikes we had were worth about the same as a set of Fox gear at the time!! That didn’t stop us at all!!! Cool video, thanks for the memories!!

[@abcdecghijklmn]

I once visited Yoko factory in Forssa, FINLANDIA! To my surprise they were also manufacturing Fox, O'neal, Answer & RS Taichi pants😮 Bought Larry Ward's team Suzuki Taichi pantalones(stil with tags on. Too special to use:), one pair of Fox, O'neal prototypes and got some Answer mtb shorts for free😊😊😊

[@bryans5150]

Hey man! I can't express how thrilled I am with your true documentary of the past legends of our beloved sport. I have a huge stack of magazines from the 80's when I saw the 86 125 shootout I got tears in the eyes.thanks for keeping us old farts inspired.

[@TheMotocrossVault]

LOL thank you for the kind words. I am very glad you enjoy my work

[@calebowens8955]

I'm still crossing my fingers for them to re-release the orange technique gear that Carmichael wore in 2002 or 2003

[@ambercopeland5316]

Thanks for answering so many questions!! Big fan of vintage fox!! Cheers!!

[@TheMotocrossVault]

You bet!

[@79series]

Such great highly quality thorough detailed videos. Well done mate 10 /10

[@carverac]

Really enjoyed this Tony, as with all of your other vids. Here's looking to 100K!

[@richiedagger733]

I just discovered this channel yesterday, big fan already!

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Thanks

[@Matt-416]

Absolutely outstanding!!! Thank you, sir.

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Thank you kindly!

[@devinlaboda2572]

Awesome video! I'd love to see one about No Fear!

[@danamassey6445]

Just wanted to thank you for all the videos and articles you post. They take me back to some of the best times in my life. Definitely puts a smile on my face and makes a day better.

[@tonyz7189]

I’ve been waiting for a program like yours!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!

[@TheMotocrossVault]

You're so welcome!

[@2DclanSnipingTeam]

Great job. Brings back memories.

[@andrewsinnett8098]

Thanks for another great video Blazer! Those roost 2's laster forever...happy times.

[@siyz250]

Tony. So glad you exist and l have found your channel! Now my most viewed by far. Old races & bike reviews my favourite. Re this video. Totally agree with your tastes in Fox gear..... Except, & its a big one.. 1995 Red Riders gear. Keep up the great work. Regards, Simon, New Zealand MX fan.

[@kickonthejams]

Great Video Blazier! so good I wanted it to keep going...maybe one day a part 2 2000 - 2020

[@TheMotocrossVault]

That's the plan!

[@timconnell9587]

Another awesome video! JT Racing, Fox, Scott,and Bell Moto 3 also come to mind.

[@ridingdeep8530]

Thanks for putting this together man, took me back to much better days. Rick Johnson was my hero back then, what he wore I wore. I have a set of Spider Web, Image gear (made in the early 2000's) that I use for racing to this very day, such great gear.

[@kukko83]

Clicking on the video out of interest, I didn't think I'd sit through it all at once but yet I did. Great info on a surprisingly interesting subject! I don't ride anymore (wish I did) but this video brings back a lot of memories, especially from the mid 90s era onwards. Gearwise, early 2000s was when I caught on to the baggy pant/freeriding movement, and I thought that was the coolest thing ever. Looking back on it now, I think that was a pretty weird fad as far as riding gear goes. What's interesting though, is the strong connection with Finland that Fox seemed to have in the 80s. I never knew that my home country's flag, was such a mark of quality on the US market back then.

[@danieljohnston1798]

Very Cool. I grew up racing in the 70's through mid 80's, so there was some cool stuff in there. I agree the 86 gear was and still is the coolest. Love to see one of these on JT Racing, they also had the coolest gear ever.

[@odingnarles]

Solid video! Been riding since the mid 80’s started racing in 88. Loved fox gear !! very glad you did your research 👍🏼

[@ryanpawley]

Great job, more please! No Fear would be a short and sweet history

[@getoutofthetimetrap5435]

I still have some of those mid Eighties Fox catalogs and about just as many old dirt bike mags like you do on that book shelf , only mine are all in tubs in storage. 😂 Great stuff to see again nice work thx .

[@chadkennedy529]

Amazing video as always tony. I had a ton of the stuff from 93 up... sorta forgot what some of it looked like.

[@richardkey4289]

Cool video.I've ridden w/ Fox gear since the '80s; right now I'm rolling w/ yellow fox pants, w/ burgundy striping.classy!( it was on sale, off- season)

[@TheAdoringFan7]

Wow. What a collection. Thanks alot for putting together this amazing video, fox is without a doubt my favourite brand, has been since i saw its logo when i was a real youngin, love the old school terrafirma 4 yellow fox gear, forget who it was riding in it, even though ive watched it probably 20-50 times.... being 20 now i suppose i havent missed out, but wow is there some history here...

[@davewall338]

Loved this, great video, i wore fox from 91 when i started racing at 5 years old and stayed fox till i quit in 2010, fox rules, great vid tony

[@VictoriaStobbie]

Bought the Fox Bombers (both lt and mx) (which seem like rebranded gloves) and wanted to know the history behind the company. Thank you for making this video.

[@mike23417]

I stuck in through this whole video, as i have not only a fox head tattoo on my right arm i ran fox in 98,99 before making the switch to troy lee designs in 2000 and ive been a TLD guy ever since. But 98 in my opinion was the pinnacle year of fox gear i had the a whole basket of each color way and design, all but M.Cs blue and yellow bc i was on a honda in tje 95,96,97,98 99 and 2000 before getting a suzie bike in 01. But i sure appreciate this viseo!

[@TheMotocrossVault]

Thank you for watching

[@unclequack5445]

Blaze I always liked the yellow Honda wing it gave a splash of color to the overall package. the 80s and 90s mid 00s were NOT boring at all...…..

[@Bradygoodz]

This is sweet. Thx man

[@tacoenvy]

Well done man, great job.

[@sunspiral79]

Yeah..The mid 90s gear is my favorite..Still have a few jerseys. Youre correct..the red and yellow anniversary gear wasnt available for retail...The Honda boys looked too badass in it

[@johnpena9165]

Back in the 80s nobody made better riding gear than JT Racing, I believe all the top riders wore JT Racing gear sometime during their careers !

[@wtfftw24]

Very interesting, looking for JT racing history as well!😁

[@TheMotocrossVault]

That would be a great one to do for sure

[@SPROCTER1]

Great Video and great knowledge....

[@bobbyyankee7897]

this guy needs more subs thank you

[@ArborGuardRoseville]

Awsome, we want more!

[@BostonBanshee]

Wow the 90s gear brought me back I’m trying to find the mid 90s late 90s stuff to match my mod 90s yz’s those we my race years!

[@tappedout300xc]

Excellent video! Well done!

[@michaeljohn8905]

Darryl Hannah ! Fox was awesome I could never afford it though. Lol

[@diggs7252]

This video was so awesome...Thank You!

[@wapartist]

Wow on all, but THOR. I started with Torsten Hallman boots in 1985, and have Thor stuff now. Never knew that Also the level of homoeroticism is off the charts on some of these Fox print ads

[@deborahchesser7375]

Oh yeh, I rocked the Fox and JT gear, High Point boots, Bell Moto 3, yep

[@hendrixlp1970]

This entire video just goes to show you; when you have a business, and you see a new trend, PIVOT, AND BE BOLD!!

[@alwaysready4017]

Thanks for this-

[@RosaDesign]

I ran with Fox 89-92 very good memories in this video! 👍🏼 But when was the logo tilted and where are my favorite gloves Fox H2O? 😲🇸🇪

[@jasonweidman9081]

Coolest gear of all time!

[@Jewan711]

I loved the fox air shock on my 78-79 YZ125’s. You definitely needed a nitrogen bottle as the shocks would fade with just air.

[@chrisgleis2821]

Good stuff

[@ArtaviaEddy1975]

Yeah great job 🏁🏁🏁

[@Milkmans_Son]

No wonder I remember wearing boots that were too small. $175 in 1986 is nearly $450 today.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

I hope you do one for No Fear!

[@reecehenderson6994]

Do you know about any of the Fox road racing gear? I have an awesome one piece Fox leather suit but can’t find any info on it.

[@MrCowboywillie1984]

I still have my set of zebra/pink late 80s early 90s pants/jersey. size 30 I think. I was in middle school so it wasn't cool to ware pink, I used a black sharpie to black out the pink. I regret it now but nothing I can do about it. I plan on having my daughter and son ride with them.

[@DanniGold1]

One of the years catalogs had a centerfold of McGrath jumping and saluting the crowd at Glen Helen National. Do you happen to have that picture?

[@unclequack5445]

''The graphics were very eighties'' news Flash Blaze Boy it was the 80's Aaha ha ha...…. and damn do I miss them.

[@SmilingGreyhound-ds1ix]

I was a Fox Dealer out of Las Vegas NV from 1974 till 1986 my Dealer # was 2190 so I was the 2,190 Dealer in the World'...I was what you would call a boot leg Dealer I ran it out of my Garage ...I was still in high school 18 years old ..in 1980 one of my best friends Lenny Giger got a full Fox Ride on a CR 250 , sadly he committed Suicide in the late 80's ...Fox even had a poster of him that he would sign at every New Years Party I had at my House ...

[@Jimmy_Watt]

"The Motocross Fox" was Jeff's wife. Wow!

[@derrickzenner9300]

Nothing else compares

[@VlogEpicness]

8:43 the price for a pair of pants really hasn’t gone up that much. Helmets are 10 times that.

[@donaldfuller5041]

I wonder how much it cost fox to use the manufacturers name on the clothing? The Dream On shot was pretty cool.

[@jonmccormick8683]

The only person that rode TX-10 was Jeff Stanton. Early JMB before JT.

[@kawzzrkal]

What happened with FOX after year 2000 ?

[@christopherhurtle7167]

I had the terrafirma video vhs... Lol

[@MX-CO]

Tell the Story of 125's from 1974-2000

[@discmotoslots]

the air-shox needed to be charged with Nitrogen. If you pumped them up with air at the gas-station they pumped up bad (probably your issues with them)

[@mrabrasive51]

Larry Wosick??

[@abcdecghijklmn]

Those....93? 92? Gloves sucked ass! Colors faded and the palms wore out in notime😣 The pants fit like shit (made in Mexico)

[@deborahchesser7375]

Barnett with the porn stache LMAO

[@siyz250]

Also... Like the bike styling, gear all looks the same with every clothing option boring and dull. And every year looks the same as the last, as with the bikes! Every year in the 80s, 90s and early 00s you could tell every year bike change and the gear worn.

[@gpaull2]

Too bad that their gear is mostly made in China now, and doesn’t last as long as it used to. 😟👎

[@anselshort4798]

Please do answer

[@TheMotocrossVault]

What is your question?