Friday
Feb092018
Style in any Era!
Friday, February 9, 2018 at 2:39PM 
Roger DeCoster epitomized classic motocross form and function. RD won 6 world championships for Suzuki, but in 1975 he ran number 2 since his rival Heikki Mikkola had captured the championship the year prior. Suzuki had already been penalized in 1973 when the ruling body decided to make the teams meet a weight limit, and the Factory Suzuki was 30 pounds too lean! This was also the beginning of long travel machines and you can see multiple top shock mounts for his moved forward and laid down rear dampers. Too, sound issues were just coming into play and you can see the gigantic rear silencer on the downpiped factory 370 Suzuki.
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I know I am getting OLD but If my memory serves me correctly, DeCoster won 5 500cc World Championships.
Joel Robert won 6 in the 250 cc class.