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[LongRanger_imp]

Absolutely. You and I are the same age. I subscribed to Mini Bike Guide (which became Minicycle) and recall when the Rockford Chibi was introduced. 60cc two-stroke, 3-speed, with a distinctive fuel tank design and fold down bars like the Z50 and CT70. Rockford also made the 60cc Tora and 100cc Taka, which were a bit bigger and styled like other minicycles. I have the back issue somewhere. The stud magazine test rider at the time was a 14-year old kid named Davey Carlson. He could ride the wheels off anything they'd let him test. And there were kids like Jeff Ward and Brian Myerscough who were tearing up the MX tracks on their XR75's at places like Saddleback, Escape Country, Carlsbad and Indian Dunes. They were my idols and I was so jealous.

I remember all the minibike and mini cycles from the late-60's snd early-70's (Taco, Bonanza, Rupp, Bird, Heath, Cat, Benelli, Arco, Broncco, Indian, Chaparral, Gemini, Fuji, Rockford, Hodaka, Steen, and of course the Yamaha JT1 and JT2 Mini-Enduro and YZ80 and the Honda QA50, Z50, CT70, SL70, XR75 and ST90). All the kids on my block had Briggs & Stratton or Tecumseh-powered minibikes with centrifugal clutches and jack shafts. We'd break master links all the time and have to beg our parents for $1.05 for a new one. This was almost 50 years ago but as fresh in my memory as yesterday. I could go on and on...

So yes, all those motorcycle jingles you mentioned are in the front of my mind, always cherished, never forgotten. Good stuff.