FEATURED RIDER #10

JEFF LONG
HONDA CR450F
#2
AGE 40
 SCROLL DOWN FOR BIO

 

 

JEFF LONG AKA mxjeff2 IS THE OWNER OF JL GRAPHICS.   JEFF WAS BORN AUGUST 19, 2008 WHICH AS OF THIS PAST MONTH WILL QUALIFY HIM TO RACE THE 40+ CLASSES.  JEFF IS EMPLOYED BY AMERICAN IRON HORSE MOTORCYCLES AND HAS BEEN FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.   JEFF, AS THE OWNER OF JL GRAPHICS PAINTED HELMETS IN THE 1980's and 90's FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL PRO RIDERS SUCH AS HAWTHORNE, TINNEY, GOODMAN, UPSHAW, BOGARD AND WOOLSEY.

JEFF CURRENTLY RACES THE VET PLUS 40 A, AND PLUS 35 A CLASSES.  HE HAS BEEN RIDING FOR 28 YEARS NOW.  JEFF STARTED OFF IN 1984 NMA 80cc MOD. NOV. CHAMPION AND 1984 NMA 80cc STOCK NOV. RUNNER UP.  IN 1999 HE RACED THE GNC PLUS 25 INTERMEDIATE  AND OVER 30 INTERMEDIATE CLASSES AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN BOTH CLASSES.

RIVER VALLEY MOTOCROSS IS THE MOST VISITED TRACK BY JEFF AND HIS FAMILY THIS YEAR.  YOU WILL FIND HIM OUT THERE WITH HIS SON COLIN WHO IS RIDING A CRF70.  JEFF'S ALL TIME FAVORITE TRACK WAS MOSIER VALLEY MX BACK IN THE 1980's  HE IS A BIG FAN OF OUT DOOR NATURAL TERRAIN MOTOCROSS TRACKS. 

ON BOARD HIS #2 CRF450 YOU FIND A FACTORY CONNECTION SUSPENSION AND A FMF PIPE.  JEFF WEARS A CUSTOM PAINTED SHOEI HELMET PAINTED BY HIMSELF, SMITH GOGGLES, LEATT NECK BRACE, ANSWER GEAR,  ALPINESTAR TECH 8 BOOTS AND EVS KNEE BRACES. 

JEFF'S ADVICE TO ALL YOUNGER UP AND COMING RIDERS IS TO CONCENTRATE ON TECHNIQUE, FITNESS AND STUDIES. 

JEFF WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS SPONSORS RAY GRUPP AT MAXIM MOTORSPORTS IN ALLEN, TEXAS AND TERRY BILLS AT TUCKER ROCKY.

JEFF ENJOYS MEETING KNEW PEOPLE AT THE TRACK EVERY TIME HE IS OUT THERE AND RIDING WITH HIS CURRENT FRIENDS.  LOOK FOR THE #2 RIDER ON THE HONDA AND GO UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE GREAT PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH IN THE MOTOCROSS INDUSTRY.