Jodys Box

"I admired Preston Petty, but I laughed at him that day. I called him a curmudgeon. Now, all these years later I realize that wasn't an insult"
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I’ll never let anyone convince me to jump a double just because someone as fast as I am did. I want someone much slower than I am to jump it before I’ll even think about it
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Back in the good old day they didn't just let you walk across the border, instead they looked closely at the stamps in your passport and grilled you before letting you in
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Too much popularity may not ruin a sport, but it changes it...for the worse. A sport’s founding traditions, history, customs, values and beliefs go out the window as new people flood in, they dilute the purity of the goal
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Never tell your mechanic that you think the dogs on third gear are worn out before checking to see if there are any teeth on your countershaft sprocket
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Not your typical motocross video, Jody Weisel made this film as a special feature for the “Monsters Of Motocross” gala in 2008—it tugs at the heart strings of every motocross racer
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"We have met the enemy and he is us!"
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But, whether or not some high-paid factory star wins on it, probably won't make a bit of difference on your purchasing decision
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Everybody has someone that they lost before their time and, inevitably, the list grows longer as we get older. Please take a moment to remember those you've lost as Jody remembers his friend Tom
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Team managers and mechanics are tough. They have seen it all and don’t suffer fools easily. When someone supports your racing career with everything they’ve got, they can be your toughest critics
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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
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Why this would be a better country if more people exercised the moral responsibility that comes with living in a democratic society.
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"After my first moto an old guy came over and asked, “Is this your first race?” I considered playing it cool and telling him that I was pretty hot stuff back home, but I thought better of it because he was a lot older—maybe 25 and I didn’t…
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Not your most unforgettable—his
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No, that is the wrong thingie. I’m not talking about the tabletop after the Seven Widows. I’m talking about the one right after that whatchamacallit jump.”
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Truth is hard to come by in the sports world, let's just say, what it seems to be isn't always accurate
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You gotta read this, it's the dark version of motocross bike history
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It goes without saying that there are thousands of brave men who have climbed onto their bikes over the last five decades without suffering a scratch in the pursuit of speed — but I've taken up their slack
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If the motorcycle industry didn't built what he wanted, he built it himself — and he sold thousands of them to riders who wanted the same thing
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You can’t make yourself cool. It doesn’t come with the way you wear your hat or the way you act on the podium — and, if you try, it eventually becomes embarrassing
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"I’m willing to bet that even the most loyal readers of Jody’s Box know little or nothing about my life. Certainly not from my nonexistant Facebook, Instagram or Twitter feeds."
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Take this opportunity to laugh at your Vet racer friends because the lord knows they are laughing at you
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I quit racing CZs because CZ had stopped improving. They had lost their will to live and I had lost interest in hitching my wagon to their falling star
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I get e-mails that start, “Since you are an industry mogul, you should do something about....” You can fill in the blank with what they want me to fix
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If you live long enough, history repeats itself many times & and eventually the sport becomes numb to what shocked them the first time
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When you think of all the motocross heroes, these names don't pop into your head, but they should
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What makes sports stars worthy of adulation is that they can do what most mortal men can't. They live on the edge of what the rest of us cringe away from.
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15 cool rules that would make the sport bigger than NASCAR and provide the fans with a thrill a minute—not that the Dunlop Tire Roll wasn't exciting
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How the single most famous obstacle in motocross history happened & it changed American motocross by happenstance
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I hate knee braces! They clank when I walk, make we feel like Frankenstein’s monster rampaging through a Bavarian village and irritate my legs. But, without the knee braces I wouldn’t clank, I would creak
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