Relatives , old pics and motorcycles

[cusso ken]

Bruce if it was exactly the same it was probably a 1940 Canadian built model ,1941 models had the Maple Leaf front clip and from then on during Americas involvement during the was the design didn't change some were badged as Chevrolet others GM and also Maple Leaf ,they also brought out 4WD models a bit lighter than the Ford and Chev Blitz wagons.

 

[bruce aussie]

Bruce if it was exactly the same it was probably a 1940 Canadian built model ,1941 models had the Maple Leaf front clip and from then on during Americas involvement during the was the design didn't change some were badged as Chevrolet others GM and also Maple Leaf ,they also brought out 4WD models a bit lighter than the Ford and Chev Blitz wagons.

I don't think it would have been exactly the same, Dad said it was but remember he was 2 when the first one was wrecked. He would have spent alot of time in the red one but wouldn't remember the green one.

 

[1olbull]

@bruce aussie
How is it the pix look worse shape than the truck?

 

[1olbull]

Over the Rainier 2 jump at Puyallup Raceways circa 1971 Trans-Am Sportsman class.

 

[TriumPhil]

Looks like you weren't ready to catch that much air judging by your body position and the "whoa, Nelly" look in your eyes, Steve.

 

[bruce aussie]

@bruce aussie
How is it the pix look worse shape than the truck?

Don't know what the pic's went through. Who ever took them had them in their pocket for about 40 years untill they run into my dad in a pub in Grafton and gave them to him.

 

[martym52]

Over the Rainier 2 jump at Puyallup Raceways circa 1971 Trans-Am Sportsman class.

TM 250 or is it a TM400?

 

[1olbull]

TM 250 or is it a TM400?

Good eye there, Marty.
Phil, I think I was trying to move forward to lower the front end. I would have been on the front brake as well, but wasn't in the photo.
Unlikely I was startled as I LOVED the jumps and several times broke foot pegs off the frame when landing on the little 125. In practice, once in awhile I would jump over the heads of riders in front. Only rider around my area that I watched sail over me was Jimmy Pomeroy and he went onto moto cross world fame.

This was before the TMs. It was a 125 enduro that I had stripped, lengthened the swing arm, added Curnutt shocks, blue printed and opened the exchange ports.
The following years I was on TM 250 and 400 as depicted below.

 

[martym52]

Good eye there, Marty.
Phil, I think I was trying to move forward to lower the front end. I would have been on the front brake as well, but wasn't in the photo.
Unlikely I was startled as I LOVED the jumps and several times broke foot pegs off the frame when landing on the little 125. In practice, once in awhile I would jump over the heads of riders in front. Only rider around my area that I watched sail over me was Jimmy Pomeroy and he went onto moto cross world fame.

This was before the TMs. It was a 125 enduro that I had stripped, lengthened the swing arm, added Curnutt shocks, blue printed and opened the exchange ports.
The following years I was on TM 250 and 400 as depicted below.

I had a '71 TM400 man killer, I still have some pains from that animal, LOL!

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I had a '71 TM400 man killer, I still have some pains from that animal, LOL!

I had a '74. Hardest starting bike I've ever run across. Tons of compression and no flywheel effect. Had about 2 times as much power as it did brakes and suspension. It was a blast to ride though.