01-21-2016, 12:31 PM
I attended an indoor speedway race at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1974 or thereabouts. It was absolutely amazing. Those bikes accelerate like a light switch and the riders are phenomenal. Between races, they held a trials exhibition. Guys on Ossa's, Montessa's and Bultaco's riding up and over huge obstacles (water tanks, redwood stumps, barrels, vehicles, etc.) without dabbing. I knew what trials was but I was stunned at what I witnessed. When I watch what they can do today on modern bikes, I'm even more in awe.
