Story by Robin Hannah #960
| Farb, As a Vintage MotoCross racer and a slight history buff, I like to think of myself and the people I race with as MX history re-enactors. Civil War battle re-enactors have a term for their fellow battle re-enactment participants that although they look to the untrained eye to be "Civil War" in uniform and all, they are wearing rubber soled shoes or have plastic buttons on their shirts or the dye in their clothes is not vegetable based making the colors too bright all of which are not period correct for 1860's America. The people making these mistakes are called Farbs. |
| About this time last year I was pondering all this while looking over some Sand Hill Pictures . There was a group of Expert Vintage Mx riders. I started to laugh to myself thinking what if they showed up to the rubber band in 1970-4 looking as they did? Or if our standard for re-enactment were as strict as the Civil War guys. We, and I mean we would be FARBS! Look at us all Canary headed colors only seen" ina godda davida" baby in 1972. So our bikes play the part but we don't. Then I remembered Ed Sims. Take a picture of Ed on the track haul'in the mail by himself. Mix it in with some early 1970 MX pics and chances are you and your baby boomer buddies wouldn't be able to tell when Ed's were taken. His outfits are like a time machine, transporting you back visually to a real Milepost in the 1970'S Mx Zone. |
| Ed Sims takes us back to 1967 With his Husky 360 Viking |
| Below Ed Sims impression 1974 |
Some of Ed's gear he painstakingly rounds up to
get that just right Vintage Look that gives him his
trademark Authentic appearance. Snell Approved
and all.
get that just right Vintage Look that gives him his
trademark Authentic appearance. Snell Approved
and all.
1974? No 2002 Ed just did it again. Sent
you back with his skill of period
shifting.
you back with his skill of period
shifting.
Below is Ed circa 1984 I mean 2004 Now He's got
me doing it. Wait a minute, I feel woosey, what
time is it? Look next time you see Ed Sims at the
races just give him a big round of applause to let
him know you appreciate his effort. Oh and by the
way, if you look in the top 2 pictures Ed Sims is the
third from the left in one and horseback in the
other, it seems 1860's are another of Ed's
specialties. Ed from all of us, You make our races
alot more fun with your time machine.
We thank you.
me doing it. Wait a minute, I feel woosey, what
time is it? Look next time you see Ed Sims at the
races just give him a big round of applause to let
him know you appreciate his effort. Oh and by the
way, if you look in the top 2 pictures Ed Sims is the
third from the left in one and horseback in the
other, it seems 1860's are another of Ed's
specialties. Ed from all of us, You make our races
alot more fun with your time machine.
We thank you.
| One of my Heros... |