Back in the glory days, you could throw on a helmet, (or not), and brrrp through some back dirt paths until you fell and broke your arm.
Nowadays, everyone is so concerned about things like safety, reason, and consideration. But back in the glory days of the 1970s, you could grab a dirt bike, throw on a helmet, (or not), and brrrp through some back dirt paths until you fell and broke your arm.
If ever you needed evidence that things aren't as free as they used to be, check out these 22 awesome pics of dirtbikers shredding through the 1970s, featuring a man named Mick, a man named Jody, and more.
1
1977 Country Springs
Gravity Cavity.
2
“Another Race at the Fairgrounds”
1974.
3
“My Dad”
“With his bike, sometime in the 1970s, mid 20s.”
4
Moto Cross
Jumping in the ‘70s.
5
“Early 1978 on a YZ”
At Rocky Ridge.
6
1970s Dirtbike Badassery
With a crowd.
7
“Farmers Field”
Around New Burn NC 1972.
8
“My Dad”
Riding in a 1970's SoCal motorcycle race.
9
Fairgrounds
In Greenville NC, 1974.
10
TM Suzukis
In North Carolina.
11
“Some Cornfield”
In Greenville NC, 1972.
12
“Fairground”
Note the beer can beneath the jump.
13
“Speed Shot That Same Day”
Jump.
14
1977
On an 76 RM 250 outside of Gilbert Az.
15
Fairground
Speeding through.
16
Jody Weisel
And His Hodaka Super Rat.
17
On a Center-Port CZ
Practicing in the oil fields just south of Long Beach, 1976.
18
Texas
Cross country race.
19
Intense Battle
Ketchup Cocs vs Jody Weisel.
20
100 Pro Class
At Saddlebac.
21
Jody
On a Hodaka in 1977.
22
The First Turn at Mosier Valley
Between Dallas and Forth Worth, in 1974.
