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That's ok, I'm just showing my age.

You're only old if you can remember Bengt, Arnie Kring and Torsten Hallman coming over and racing in the inter-am series in 1970.
Or in 1966 when Torsten showed up at Hopetown to show us all how slow we were on TT bikes. We all just stood there with our mouths hanging open. Then to just rub it in, he returned in 67 with Roger DeCoster, Joel Robert, Dave Bickers, and Ake Jonsson, all finishing way ahead of the "americans"
Then every teenager with a dollar to his name spent it to make Torsten a multi millionaire buying gear from THOR. If you didn't wear a Joffa mouth guard and THOR boots and chest protector, you were a squid of the highest order.
I bought and raced Huskies from then on. Still have the 82 250 XC.





This is what WE were riding in 1965.




This what Torsten and his buddies showed up with in 66 and 67.

Ake Jonsson Hopetown 67


Roger DeCoster Hopetown 1967 He hadn't even thought about talking to Suzuki when this was taken. Notice they don't have numbers on the plate, but letters. A,B,C.... they weren't AMA riders and were just there as an exhibition, to show us how bad we were.