tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post4582599998827512834..comments2020-02-02T13:27:28.669-08:00Comments on clawbikes: Diamond in the Roughclawbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09398597737526515260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-8739357317277685832011-02-17T13:05:30.748-08:002011-02-17T13:05:30.748-08:00Jeff, if it jogs your memory, I was the guy with t...Jeff, if it jogs your memory, I was the guy with the YELLOW Super Rat.<br /><br />Yeah, the guy who 'sure crashes a lot, but at least he's trying hard.'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412870475839127788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-53022654105619369262011-02-17T13:03:39.671-08:002011-02-17T13:03:39.671-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412870475839127788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-91483249267468894342011-02-17T13:01:07.170-08:002011-02-17T13:01:07.170-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412870475839127788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-49086842037443727062011-02-17T13:00:07.450-08:002011-02-17T13:00:07.450-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412870475839127788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-10026984188012649442011-01-31T19:10:53.303-08:002011-01-31T19:10:53.303-08:00Nope. I lived a few blocks east of Bob and Rick P...Nope. I lived a few blocks east of Bob and Rick Plumb - 33rd East and 2920 South.<br /><br />Sidenote... I crashed some, but never really got hurt riding motocross. I crashed my mountain bike last July and my shoulder is still bothering me.<br /><br />What happened???Mark E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811208200728715555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-41483817872725382292011-01-31T13:56:55.835-08:002011-01-31T13:56:55.835-08:00Mark, thanks for the comments. Hard to get bikes o...Mark, thanks for the comments. Hard to get bikes out of your system, not that you would want to... I thought the Super Rats were awesome. Did you live near Wasatch Blvd. and 45th South? There was a guy who used to ride at one of our moto fields with a Hodie.Jeff Clawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779960746345495558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-60838607595388765772011-01-16T07:19:11.948-08:002011-01-16T07:19:11.948-08:00Wow! A voice from the past!
I was a Bob Plumb dis...Wow! A voice from the past!<br /><br />I was a Bob Plumb disciple in 1970-72. Bought a new Hodaka Super Rat, took it home and tricked it out just like Bob's - B&N reed valve w/ 32mm Amal carb (true!), lowered frame, lengthened swing arm Koni shocks and Van Tech leading link front end (like the DKWs) with Yamaha front brake (stock brake was weak).<br /><br />Bike was fast with great torque (stock pipe with homemade Coke can silencer). More than once I beat everybody to the first turn and ended up leaving the turn behind everybody else! Unlike you, I was more wrench than rider.<br /><br />Great fun. My buddy with Husky 400 tried it out one day in Parley's gulch. He was amazed at what 100cc's could do.<br /><br />And... I was there at the 'Fire-O Cross!' We got out of the car that day, looked at the 12" tall dry grass everywhere and thought, "Man, if one guy drops a cigarette..."<br /><br />Evel... I didn't see the wheelie, but I was on the course at the bottom of the hill just after the jump with the heavily berm'd right and immediate left back to the starting line. Evel looked terrified riding that hog!<br /><br />I Googled 'Bob Plumb' on a whim just to see what he was doing. Found your blog. Fun reading!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Mark Elam<br />60 years old<br />Now riding MTB, single speed and tandem.Mark E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811208200728715555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7636882310199695727.post-8992719442807874862010-11-28T23:02:00.353-08:002010-11-28T23:02:00.353-08:00You still have the '78 Maico - cool.
You invo...You still have the '78 Maico - cool.<br /><br />You involved with the vintage MX scene at all? I dabbled through some websites, looks pretty damn fun.<br /><br />If I had the time and dough, would pick up something like your Maico, and give it a go.Dan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609122101907983132noreply@blogger.com