Subject: Old school pitbike races - SL70 and XR75
From: Terry Frazier Response To: Top of Thread.  
Date: 10/31/2008; 9:51 PM Comments: 0
Categories: Events, Vintage
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Recently my old school friend Ronnie Welch sent me a bunch of pictures from TVRC's annual "King of the Ant Hill" race in Texas. If you were under the misguided belief that pitbike races were some new phenomenon, well, let me assure you that the only thing truly new in dirt biking is the backflip.

There were plenty of cool XR75s, including some single-shock models using aftermarket swingarms. But Ronnie was representin' for all the Po' Boys who had to ride 'em like they came from the factory. His beater SL70 was sporting nothing more than a Green Weenie filter and a DG-style megaphone.

Wish I had been there. I have two SL70 project bikes sitting around the house here somewhere if I can ever get back to them...

pitbike_gate.jpg

pitbike_start.jpg

xr75-single.jpg
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