![]() ![]() Kicking off the entire Ghost Rider franchise, Johnny Blaze made his arrival as a stunt motorcyclist in Marvel Spotlight #5. After being riddled with bullets, Robbie is brought back to life by the ghost of a Satanic serial killer, Eli Morrow. Introduced in All-New Ghost Rider #1, Robbie Reyes was an ordinary car mechanic living in the harsh and crime-ridden streets of East Lost Angeles. RELATED: 10 Questions You Had About Ghost Rider’s Powers, Finally Answered Robbie Reyes and Johnny Blaze are both in league with a demonic entity, which makes them a danger to themselves and their loved ones. Whether riding on a motorcycle or driving around in a muscle car, there is no stopping Ghost Rider from getting his skeletal hands on the guilty. Possessing superhuman strength and hellfire powers, Ghost Rider is a walking and talking skeleton on the search for vicious criminals. A great bike.Before Ghost Rider arrives with his own TV show on Hulu, here are 5 reasons why Robbie Reyes is the best Spirit of Vengeance and 5 reasons why Johnny Blaze will always be the true Marvel Comics' supernatural anti-hero. In the end I gave an extra $200 and rode it home and for 17,000 more miles. I got some advice from Dave Roper when he heard what was up. I made you an offer, that's it.Īnd it went on and on ,Sal trying to get deeper in my pocket,me saying nope. He got Sal on the phone and Sal says ,"You got to pay more,the bike is like new." Nope says I ,It's got 3000 miles,it's a used bike. The truck driver hemmed and hawwed and tried to get me to offer more. I dug deep and offered $7000, which was about 3 times more than I'd ever paid for a bike before. So I asked "How much?" and got the, Make an offer ,thing. The "truck driver" as Sal, who I talked to on the phone later, refered to him, said "It's for sale, you know". It was the first one I'd seen in person, after reading all I could find about them in magazines.Īnyway, Ghost was sponsering Nancy Del'goto in the 883 Sportster class and they had sent the Ducati along in hopes of someone like me falling for it. I went to Vintage Days in 1991 and one of the first things I saw in the pits was this. I believe this is Sonny on his CZ in a race at Fishkill NY. I believe Mickey won the 500 support class at Unadilla in 1979. On the left is well know retired pro MX racer Mickey Kessler. Here is Sonny again (60 years old and looks great). Here is a photo of Sal and Sonny taken at the 2013 Unadilla MX rewind where Sonny was recognized as one of the Legends of Motocross. Sonny must be there too, perhaps to the right of Barry? I'm just not sure. The guy in the red Ghost shirt, just under the flag, I think that may well be a very young Barry Higgins. That is Roger Decoster in the Ghost shirt and Joel Robert to his right. Now have a look at these two chaps in yellow. Ghost may have also sponsored Barry Higgins early in his career. If I remember correctly, Sonny had top finishes in many nationals in about the 1972 season on a CZ. And I believe Sonny Defeo (Sal's son) won the very first AMA sanctioned national motocross race. Ghost was also very involved in the early days of motocross. My buddy bought his used cb400F there around 1979 or so. Ghost Motorcycles was a happening place on 1970's L.I. ![]()
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