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When it comes to a pristine 1982 Q-IV, I'm just an old softie. As far as I'm concerned this was one of the best, if not THE best, models CanAm ever produced. This was sent in by a guy who identified himself only as Rory. |
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Jerry Waggy sent in this pic of his 1977 MX-3. He says he's been working on it for 9 months now. I wonder if he needs a ladder to get on? |
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This was sent in by John Jackson of the United Kingdom. It appears to be a 1980-81 Qualifier III 400 set up for motocross. Wonderful job John! |
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The Texas Tornado This bike was featured on the mainpage in August/September 2002. The machine was built by Steve Bizzle of Texas. Here's the note that came with the shot: It is a 175 MX-2 engine, rebuilt and massaged by Al Roberts. The forks are Kayaba gas, the rear shocks are Hagon Gas (Girling). Azonic bars, all new lavers, cables, whirlpull throttle connected to a Keihin 34mm "PJ" series carb, plus the usual cosmetic restoration. This bike is one fast mutha, and it seems to draw a crowd, which is always fun. Anyhow, I thought you might like to see how we do things down Texas way. You can contact Steve at sbizzle at prodigy.net |
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A TNT 175 and MX-2 250, both owned and restored by Craig Ellis. Unfortunately we only had room to post Craig's TNT 175 on the mainpage. However, he has an equally beautiful MX2-250 to share with us. Both bikes are complete Resto's. All we need now is Huey Lewis & the News playing "Back in Time." Here's Craig's letter:. Enclosed are some pictures of two of my favorite Can Ams that I own, and I think that they would be a nice addition to your web site. Both bikes were completely torn down, and then all the parts were either painted, polished, or cad plated. The one bike is a 1975 TNT 175, and the other bike is a 1975 MX-2 250. I wouldn't have been able to do them if it were not for your website and Al Roberts. I got into Can Am motorcycles because my father had bought a brand new 1975 TNT 175 when I was younger. We sold the TNT years ago, but I always loved the bike. Finally a couple of years back I found and bought a 1975 TNT 175 just like we used to have. That bike was my first Can Am project. I now have a son that is old enough and has taken interest in riding, so I though that the TNT would be a good bike that I could ride next to him with. I have also gotten two of my brothers into Can Ams. That one TNT of mine has now turned into a hobby and a collection of several bikes. My current projects are a GP 250 and a MX-1 250. If you can use these pictures that would be great. Thanks, Criag Ellis ELLISPAINTER at aol.com |
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1979 MX5 250 I have attached some pictures of my 1979 MX-5 250 that I race in Mid-Atlantic AHRMA. After getting the bike in August of last year, I ran three races on it and then fully disassembled it for a complete rebuild over the winter. There is not a part on it that was not completely disassembled. I sandblasted everything down to the bare metal and after lots of cleaning, painting, and polishing this is what it looks like. I had a custom paint color mixed to match an original MX-orange part, but the paint did not turn out quite as I had hoped and needed a little more red, if any viewers have any paint color ideas please e-mail me. I polished the aluminum swingarm, levers, throttle housing, chain "horseshoe" and ignition cover (I took the ignition idea from the 1974 MX-1 125 project.) I spent many MANY hours sanding, polishing and waxing the plastic to bring back a "showroom shine." Plus, to replace the heavy stock unit, I reworked and installed an aluminum modern bike silencer, and also made a custom chain rub from a modern bike. There is a new o-ring chain, sprockets, cables, and along with new fasteners, any of the existing irreplaceable ones were polished. I also designed the custom printed numberplate backgrounds with mounting hole cutouts and the "vintage" Fox logo. Plus the motor was completely rebuilt and "tweaked" by Bond Way. I am running novice class, and even though I won't likely be leading the pack, (yet) . . . For your viewers, I have MX-5 numberplate backgrounds (yellow & white) like the ones you see on my bike (but without the Fox logo,) Can-Am stickers (MX & Enduro) along with lots of other stickers very cheap! E-Mail me at cntjunior at aol.com or catch up with me at the Mid-Atlantic races! |
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Boss 280 - Con't
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TNT Cont' from
the March Mainpage:: |
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We thought
this was a nice note from one of the viewers. Thank
YOU Brad for the compliments!
Your web site was very helpful to me, Thank you! |
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Tony here from Retro Racing
www.viper.org.au/retro.htm
in Melbourne Australia. Just
thought I'd email you some shots of my Sonic. After 18 months in the
restoration dept. here it's finally ready for it's first outing. Can't wait
to see what it's like. Note the funky piggy back resevoirs on the forks. In
a lot of ways I was very lucky with the restoration. I had a pair of genuine
front and rear gaurds here in the shop for years that I couldn't identify.
I'd been trying to flog them for $10 each but nobody wanted them. When the
sonic arrived and I realized what they were I breathed a huge sigh of
releif. The Australian importer back in the day, Bert Flood Motorcycles,
happened to have a pair of sidecovers and tank decals on the shelf still
from 1982. Anyway, with the way everyone is going nuts over four strokes
these days I thought it might make a neat addition to you great site. Keep
up the good work. Tony. Yes Tony, it
does make a good attition to the site! (Ed.) |
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Al Roberts and his herd. |
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Ken Napolitano asked if we would show off his MX5. He's won 2 of 8 races on this bike. This shot was taken at Budds Creek. Very nice action shot Ken! This bike is mint. Check out the bottom two photos. |
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1977 Qualifier 250 -- This is an excellent example of this model CanAm. The machine is owned by Regan Morben who sent in the photos to share with viewers. Looks like Regan took very good care of this motorcycle. |
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Chris Huhn sent in this shot of him playing with his 1978 MX4 250 (with MX5 side panels). There is nothing better in life than taking out your old CanAm and riding the hell out of it. |
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CanAm 100 Mike, |
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Submitted by Mike
Burnham -- His super trick CanAsaki |
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DeWayne Jones posed for this shot at the Vintage Iron World Championships on 5/24/2000. Thanks go out to Dean Donelson for sharing this one with us. |
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Anthony Stock racing his modified CanAm at Ty Croes, Anglesey on 16 April 2000. Photos taken by Paul Wilkinson. |
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Al Roberts' 1975 MX-1 250 Ser# 16. Al bought it from Ives Petit in Valcourt, who had bought it at a Bombardier auction. It was a factory race bike. The bike had thrown the chain and had caused a gear tooth to break inside the transmission. When Al went through the motor with the help of David Brown they dicovered the MX valve had been changed to a TNT and the ports had all been polished with the exhaust port opened a little. This was all done by the factory. Al talked to Jeff Smith about the bike and was told that was common on the factory race bikes at that time. |
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This photo was submitted by Elliott Iverson who won the Formula Singles championship at Willow Spring on my Wood-Rotax dirt tracker, on Goodyears, in 1996. |
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Paul Kalika (Australia) and his modified 370. It started out as a 79 Qualifier II 370 but now leans toward the motocross variety. This bike has an alloy swingarm, piggyback Ohlins, Fox forks, aftermarket fenders, and modified RM 400 Suzuki sidepanels. |
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Scott MacDonald of Cornwall Ont Canada sent in these photos of his 1973 125 MX-1. Looks like a nice bike! |
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Rob Jared ice racing in Feb. '76, in Quebec. This is what all the motocrossers did in the winter back then. Nowadays, it has become specialized and the dirt trackers rule the ice in the winter with their specially modified bikes. Thanks for the pics Rob. |
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Can Am team truck. Again, this was taken in Chicoutimi in June '76 -- Photo submitted by Rob Jared. |
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Jimmy Ellis, also in Chicoutimi. Can Am didn't spare any expense bringing in the ringers. Just for the record, Ellis made Runyard look bad that day, as Runyard did to the locals. -- Photo submitted by Rob Jared. |
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Buck Murphy in Ulverton, Quebec racing in the 250 expert class. Ulverton is located a couple of hours away from the factory in Valcourt. Photos submitted by Rob Jared. |
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Mike Runyard in Chicoutimi, Quebec, June 1976- Photos submitted by Rob Jared. |
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Joe Ross poses with
his 1974 125 MX-1 in front of the Classic CanAm Racing Team trailer at the
AHRMA national motocross at Casey IL. This was Joe's first race and he
took 3rd place overall in the 125 novice class. |
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May 1st, VDR race
at Woodland WA. |
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More photos from
the May 1st, VDR race at Woodland WA. |
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Dean Donelson berm shooting his 1978 MX-4 at Honda Valley, CA Near Hesperia. Submitted by Dean Donelson |
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Jim Ellis at Red Bud Trans AMA on May 20,1977 Submitted by Lynn McEwen. |
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Jim Ellis chasing Rex Staten on a Harley Davidson at Red Bud Trans AMA on May 20,1977 Submitted by Lynn McEwen. |
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Nice shot of Jimmy Ellis at a Trans AMA motocross on Oct 26,1975 in Herman, Nebraska. . Submitted by Lynn McEwen. |
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Ed Tobin's 1977 250 T'nT. Not too long ago, Ed found this bike in the back room of a motorcycle shop collecting dust. This clean looking machine is not a restoration -- it's completely orignial. While we were taking pictures, Ed fired up the cold engine with one kick. Very cool. If you enjoy the Classic CanAm website, I should also tell you that Ed has contributed a great deal of what you see here, including the 1979 Qualifier 250 restoration project. And if you ride motorcycles or 4X4's off-road in California, Ed is one of the people who advocates for our rights to use land for this purpose (not to mention a long history of setting up National enduro events). |
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Fred Brown and his 1974 MX-1 250. I am proud to say that Fred and his wife Rose have become good friends. We met in 1998 at Sears Point and have since learned a great deal about building vintage CanAms from each other. If you ever see Fred and Rose at the races, make it a point to say hello. photo by Mike Rydman |
