Evidently, motocross racing was getting regular coverage on television in the late 1960s. Motorcycle Sport’s unnamed ‘Scene’ contributor, a traditional enthusiast to be sure, was not delighted… nor was he particularly excited about an inexpensive fastener called the ‘split pin’.
Maynard Hershon
The Real Thing, Motorcycle Sport, February 1969, from a section called Scene
One of the voluptuous pleasures of this decadent age is that you can loll in your easy chair and watch motorcycling scrambling on the tele. It’s not the real thing, though.
Amusing though it may be to see the antics of clever
