Old AFM photos 1989 and 1990 (or there about)

WoodsChick · Nov 5, 2012

i_am_the_koi said:
How is this not already in the BEST OF BARF section???

Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!

hitman5532 said:
Best thread I have seen in a long time

Right on! Glad my scanner is earning its keep :laughing

OneRedLT4 said:
Wow, I remember a few of those guys when I was just starting, Joe Brett, and Montano.

Paul Kellogg was a friend, I think it was 95 when he won the championship as I was just starting with AFM

He might have won something in 95, too, if he wasn't doing supermoto by then, but this championship was in `92, as we were racing dirtbikes by `95 :teeth
The ride that clinched it...

A few more on the way in a minute or two!

WoodsChick

slydrite · Nov 5, 2012

A few of those guys are still racing now, I think. Kamholz does SuperMoto, Montano and Earnest still road race, yeah?

WoodsChick · Nov 5, 2012

Roadstergal said:
Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing! :thumbup

I like this one. "We don't need no stinkin' airfence..."

Hey, at least the hay bales were better than the old tires that preceded them :laughing

slydrite said:
Superawesome WC! :applause

Thanks, Mr. slyd

slydrite said:
A few of those guys are still racing now, I think. Kamholz does SuperMoto, Montano and Earnest still road race, yeah?

Yeah. Montano is a test rider and writes for Cycle News, and he's been doing the Isle of Man for years. Earnest is still at it. Dave Deveau was doing supermoto a few years back, too, I think? I know Jeff Hagan was.

WoodsChick

WoodsChick · Nov 5, 2012

Speaking of hay bales, James Pierce #811, 750 SuperStreet,
Sears Point, April 1989

Eric Elvin on Paul Kellog's FZR400, Grattan Raceway in Michigan, maybe?

AFM South, Riverside, March 1989, 750 SuperStreet
#62 Kevin Rentzell, #29 Lynch?, #36 Jerry Ernst (RIP)

AFM South, Riverside, March 1989, 600 Superstreet
#62 Kevin Rentzell, #54 JoeBrett Williams

Eric Elvin, Sears Point

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Eric's custom graphics

Sean Conway. Remember his shop over on Clawitter in Hayward?

David Gibbons FZR1000 1987 Sears Point

David Gibbons 1984? He won the Battle Of The Twins class on a Vision

arty

David Gibbons oof!

#316 David Gibbons leading Doug Toland into Turn 2, Sears Point
AMA National 1989

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WoodsChick

WoodsChick · Nov 5, 2012

WoodsChick said:
He might have won something in 95, too, if he wasn't doing supermoto by then, but this championship was in `92, as we were racing dirtbikes by `95 :teeth
The ride that clinched it...

A few more on the way in a minute or two!

WoodsChick

(yeah, I'm quoting myself :laughing)

I also remember this as being 1992 because it was Eric's last year of racing after 8 years and we were doing on the Sunday Morning Ride again. We were on our way to Tam Junction one wet morning and my friend Gary lowsided on the sharp righthander offramp, his GSXR 750 (now mine) dumping its oil all over the place. We were trying to clean it up when we heard a bike coming. We tried to get the guy to slow down but he was coming in hot and he went down in Gary's oil. As he went sliding by we recognized him as our buddy Paul, and we noted that he must have gotten a new FZR 400 that week :laughing
Yep, he'd just picked it up the day before...hadn't even taken the stock plastics off yet

It was this bike in the photo above :thumbup

WoodsChick

UDRider · Nov 5, 2012

Awesome.

Johndicezx9 · Nov 6, 2012

:thumbup

Thank you, awesom pics, and because I'm a greedy bastid, MORE!!!!!

+1 on the move to Best of BARF!

97rr · Nov 6, 2012

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.

horsepower · Nov 6, 2012

Those Mullets!! I see Michael Ernst and Tom Montano in a whole new way now.:rofl Still friggin' fast as hell though, hair or no.:cool

The second shot of Dave Deveau in the white leathers......fap fap fap

love

IBYS · Nov 6, 2012

Awesome photos... Good reminder to take photos every chance you get. In 30 years the photo will hold a story and moments that some will not believe.

iehawk · Nov 6, 2012

Love 'em! :thumbup

budman · Nov 7, 2012

Here are a couple.. I have scanning to do too!

From my family collection.

Steve Hipp got me to switch from MX to road racing.
1984 Champ on his RD.. brother Pete raced on in Vintage for years and years.
Both Steve and his son (kevin) do some vintage racing together still..

Palo Alto connection:
Steve Hipp
Peter Hipp
Blaine Ida
Eric Kondo
Dennis Anderson
Kurt Marriner
the budman

Most of the crew in that pic grew up in PA too.

and my Kids.. DJ and Kyle.. now 32 and 29.. makes me old!

May have spelled Lamasio wrong.. :teeth

Godspeed Blaine.. :rose

veefereefer · Nov 7, 2012

Some really great stuff here!!! Love it!!!!...oh and thanks!!!

WoodsChick · Nov 8, 2012

IBYS said:
Awesome photos... Good reminder to take photos every chance you get. In 30 years the photo will hold a story and moments that some will not believe.

You are so right! At the time it was all about the bikes and racing, and I really wish I had more "people" photos from back then. I also wish I had more photos from the earlier days. Eric started racing in 1984 but there just aren't that many photos from that era. Lots of slides hidden away in his dad's things but I don't have access to them

Not yet, anyway. I'm working on it a lot harder now.

I'm on my way to Oregon to ride my dirt bike right now. I'll post up a few more when I return early next week. in the meantime, give us all you got, budman!

We see Kurt Marriner around every now and again. Last time was at a BLM meeting for Clear Creek. He looks exactly the same!

WoodsChick

Flying Pig · Nov 8, 2012

budman said:
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Eric Kondo
...

Holy crap. You got a pic of Kondo without a cowboy hat?

KazMan · Nov 8, 2012

Flying Pig said:
Holy crap. You got a pic of Kondo without a cowboy hat?

Yeah Solomon :| I had to show off my mullet hairstyling :rofl

budman · Nov 8, 2012

Here are some more..

Grabbed the photo album.. so scanning will be done on more.

I think my favorite racing picture ever is the one where I am telling my son Kyle I love him and I will be back in 30 minutes after my race. His smile.. the trusting nature of a son knowing Dad will be coming back safely just always got me.

My boys and I created secret good luck handshakes that we did before every race. Luckily for me.. I did return safe every time. Maybe not on my bike..:laughing

But safe in the crash truck none the less.

DJ took the picture of Kurt Marriner and I "side by side" on the straight before any chicanes and shit.. full run down to T11 and then go baby!!

The 1989 Endurance team James Stevens and I took 7th overall and 4th in the Open Superbike Class on my Production Gixxer 750.. good day. Lots of fun.

poma · Nov 10, 2012

You da Man Budman!

budman · Nov 10, 2012

Just a guy who had fun.

The sticker on the windshield of my ninja in the.pic with DJ says "Is this the life or what?"

It was.. loved it.

KazMan · Nov 10, 2012

budman said:
Here are some more..

Grabbed the photo album.. so scanning will be done on more.

I think my favorite racing picture ever is the one where I am telling my son Kyle I love him and I will be back in 30 minutes after my race. His smile.. the trusting nature of a son knowing Dad will be coming back safely just always got me.

My boys and I created secret good luck handshakes that we did before every race. Luckily for me.. I did return safe every time. Maybe not on my bike..:laughing

But safe in the crash truck none the less.

DJ took the picture of Kurt Marriner and I "side by side" on the straight before any chicanes and shit.. full run down to T11 and then go baby!!

The 1989 Endurance team James Stevens and I took 7th overall and 4th in the Open Superbike Class on my Production Gixxer 750.. good day. Lots of fun.

Awesome pics Bud! I'm even in the 600 Prod pic #193 a couple back from Daven :teeth

I think this race I had to start from the last row as I had no points in class :laughing

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